From New York to Moscow. That’s pretty damn far. So far, in fact, that Google maps can’t even calculate an optimal travel route. But the incredible distance between the two cities is the same as if all the Sims boxes sold were queued up together in one straight line. Because the Sims have sold over 100 million units, counting all the expansions. Which means that on average every third American or every seventh European would possess a copy of the Sims. At any rate, the series is clearly the most successful game of all time, not even Grand Theft Auto comes close.
EA can of course be thrilled over their success, because, as the New York Times reports, the Sims have brought in around 4 billion dollars, or around 500 million per year. One, not unimportant, reason for the success is that the game is disproportionately beloved by children and women; something most other games cannot begin to contend. On the other hand, the PSP editions, namely Pets and Stranded, have received less success and love. But to be honest, the PSP is simply not the right console for the executing the “real” Sims experience. That’s why we can get even more excited over Sims 3 which has been announced for next year and will allow people to move around their neighbourhood for the first time. So the successor to the 100-million-boxes-from-New York-to-Moscow-game has been secured, which is sure to make many more people happy. Who knows, maybe it will be from New York to Dubai soon.
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