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August 06, 2009
Yahoo! News
"The Sims 3" in the United States since June, according to The NPD Group. "Spore" has sold over 1.7 million copies in the United States alone since last year, according to The NPD Group. ""The Sims"
was always an experiment,"
said Wright."We never thought it'd be a mainstream thing. We simply did a game and started adding expansion packs and did a sequel and added more expansion packs."
Read more: The Sims creator eyes the world beyond games (Reuters) | In this article: Will Wright, Reuters Limited, The NPD Group, Electronic Arts, All rights reserved, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, Yahoo, and Walt Disney Company
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July 25, 2008
PR Newswire: All Releases
"The Sims," is slated for release in 2009. In his last lecture, Pausch said:
"Like Moses, I get to see the Promised Land, but I don't get to step foot in it. That's OK. I will live on in Alice."
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April 17, 2008
CNN
"'The Sims' helped usher in a new type of virtual social game play, and with the increase in online gaming and multiplayer gaming, the social aspect and appeal of gaming is quite evident,"
said Anita Frazier, toys and video games analyst at market researcher NPD Group, in an e-mail.Read more: 'Sims' a global blockbuster | In this article: The Sims, Nintendo Co., E-mail, Mario, Will Wright, H&M, Electronic Arts Inc., and Pokemon
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Sims is a strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons ("Sims") in a suburban household near SimCity.
The Sims was first released on February 4, 2000. By March 22, 2002, The Sims had sold more than 6.3 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling PC game in history; the game has shipped 16 million copies worldwide as of February 7, 2005. Since its initial release, seven expansion packs and a sequel, The Sims 2 (with its own expansion packs), have been released. A third game, The Sims 3, was released June 2, 2009. The Sims has won numerous awards, including GameSpot's "Game of the Year Award" for 2000.
- Name:
- The Sims
- Genre:
- Life simulation
- Published By:
- Electronic Arts
- Series:
- The Sims
- Modes:
- Single-player
- Designed By:
- Will Wright
- Developed by:
- Maxis
- Media Type:
- 1 × CD-ROM
- Platforms:
- Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
- Inputs:
- Keyboard and mouse
- Engine:
- Custom
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