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Sims Online Shipping

by Steve Gibson, Dec 17, 2002 7:48am PST
Related Topics – The Sims Online

Although we dont particularly cover this game much here, it is in fact the biggest selling PC gaming franchise of all time so when a significant event such as it making the move into the monthly payment online space happens, it gets a mention! Sims Online is now shipping from EA

The Sims Online carries a monthly subscription fee of $9.99 with the first month being free. A credit card is required to register and play. [...] The Sims skyrocketed to the top of the charts when it began shipping to stores in February 2000 and quickly became a universal gaming and cultural phenomenon. The Sims was the best selling PC game of both 2000 and 2001 and is now the best selling PC game of all time. Translated into 16 different languages, The Sims has inspired five expansion packs; The Sims Livin' Large, The Sims House Party, The Sims Hot Date, The Sims Vacation and The Sims Unleashed. Combined sales for the franchise have topped 20 million units life-to-date.
*eyeballs all the expansion packs owned by the woman* Yeah... So anyone else think this thing is gonna just be huge? I dont even claim to understand the staying power of the game, which I thought would be a weakness for a game like this... but apparently it does.





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