The question though that I’m interested in, is how has EA gone about making The Sims such a commercial success? It begins of course, with the base games. That’s a fact that pretty much sells itself. It is, and perhaps always will be, the biggest selling gaming franchise in PC history. You’d be forgiven for not actually being aware of this, because under the radar EA has manufactured by far the biggest cash cow in gaming history.įun fact: The Sims, as a franchise, has sold almost 40 million more copies than Call of Duty, and 15 million more than GTA. Not to mention the huge array of console and handheld versions of the core games, plus console exclusive titles and even Facebook and mobile versions of the game. It doesn’t stop there though, The Sims has also branched out over the years into numerous spin-offs including The Sims: Medieval, MySims and The Sims Stories.
In total EA has published a whopping 26 full expansion packs across all three games as well as 18 smaller Stuff packs, most of which add new ideas to the series as well as a host of new in-game content. So well in fact, that those three core titles are by no means the only deployment of the brand not by a long shot.
You knew that, right? Even if you’ve never really dabbled in the world of weird and wonderful life simulation games, you knew that The Sims is a thing, and a thing that sells very well. There are three core The Sims videogames on PC.
Articles // 14th May 2014 - 9 years ago // By Ryan Davies The Sims: Gaming's Biggest Cash Cow
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