Sims Sales Top 100 Million

By Digital Trends Staff April 20, 2008

Sims Sales Top 100 Million It seems as if everywhere you look on games shelves, there’s something to do with The Sims. It’s been incredibly successful – but just howsuccessful has been revealed by game maker EA, who revealed that the game has sold 100 million units. That’s not as much as all the Mario games puttogether (that totals over 200 million), but still a very respectable figure. Then again, The Sims are available in 22 different languages and 60 countries, giving plenty of people the chance to buy.It’s also a huge online community that racks up over four million unique visitors each month – massive by any standards. The greatest popularity is with women, who comprise 60% ofplayers Rod Humble, studio head for The Sims label, said, "The Sims has been an interactive experience for people around the globe to explore their passion for creativity, and weare thrilled to be a part of that." Next year EA will release the long-awaited The Sims 3, and Humble offered a taster: "In The Sims3, Sims can go beyond theboundaries of their home lot, and immerse themselves in an open, living neighborhood, interacting with other Sims using our new deeper personality system."

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