The Sims Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

Voodoo Extreme has a small piece on EA Games celebrating The Sims' fifth anniversary. They have apparently sold over 54 million units in the lifetime of the series. From the article "The very first The Sims videogame for the PC began shipping to stores this week in February 2000 and took the nation by storm by becoming the #1 selling PC game in four out of the last five years."

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Re:really?

[Destoo]

Which type of game is the sims..

That is a question that baffled me for a while until Tycho resumed it in one line.

It's a modern day doll house.

Think about it. That's all that it is. Just like your little sister playing around with her Barbies, this is what the Sims is. No more, no less.

I'm not saying it's not good, I'm not saying it's not addictive. But after watching my sister play for a few months, and seeing people still hooked on it, I get the analogy. I played a little but focused more on "let's build a cool house" than even "finding more clever ways to torture Mr.Sims".

Fake? Everything is fake. Wrestling, Religion, Money, TV, even your relationship. Perception is true. I still cry when Alice gets back home, or when Tetsuo dies. All fake, but they touch you more than anything real.

what a lot of posters are missing, is that

[512k]

The sims isn't a game you "win". You don't progress twords ONE set final objective, and then it's completed.

Think of the Sims as a cross between a dollhouse, and a demented sitcom. You just sit back and watch the fireworks.

Network TV would never have a show about a bank robber named Tortilla Del'sim, his assortment of illigitmate children, their neighbors, whos entire "home" consists of an outhouse, with a phone on the outside, to order pizza from..etc...