Well, paint my house. Electronic Arts announced today that it’s been a whopping ten years since the release of the original The Sims on PC back in the year 2000 when the Dreamcast was beginning its slow descent into obscurity, StarCraft was the height of RTS gaming, and PC gaming still mattered the Tribes series was the coolest thing to play with your friends (for me, anyway).
It’s still hard to believe we’ve come a full ten years since then. In ten years we’ve witnessed The Sims 2, console versions, too many sequels to even begin to count, and finally The Sims 3. We’ve seen the evolution of one of the biggest franchises in video game history, and having had the fortune to review the third game The Sims has grown up into a graphically proficient, diverse, opportunity-laden world where an entire town is at your disposal, even if I didn’t initially have the sci-fi setting I loved so much.
The Sims is just one example of the enormous changes in gaming companies, franchises, and trends we’ve seen over the past decades, but even by that standard it’s a notable one. Throw a party in your Sims’ villa or take them out to town to celebrate. Happy birthday, The Sims!
Simon Jones
Oh man, I used to LOVE Tribes!
I can’t believe the amount of content EA have managed to pump out for The Sims within a decade.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Mark Davis
I need to get my hands on The Sims 3…. but I know that’s a bad idea. That series is like heroin; once you start playing, its just a matter of time before you OD and wake up in an alleyway begging strangers for mouse batteries and a new power supply.
February 6th, 2010 at 9:22 AM
swallow
I can’t believe that it was so long ago. A toast to all those wasted hours spent on facial construction alone!
February 8th, 2010 at 5:18 AM