The franchise of sims was already a real phenomenon since its debut, but the fourth opus launched in 2014 will have taken it to the top, with in particular a passage in free-to-play Last year. A perfect economic model to attract newcomers, and today, Maxis And EA Games announce that The Sims 4 has 70 million players.
The studios do not hide it, THE free-to-play accelerated things, with 16 million new players since last October and a 53% increase in average weekly player count. This growth comes mainly from Brazil, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and even Poland. 75% of newcomers live outside North America. Of course, the many packs and kits are appealing, with 7 million downloads in the last week alone. Moreover, the big extension Grow Together was also a huge successit became the best-selling expansion during its launch week, and players have already created 8.6 million sims infants, built 1.7 million new homes in San Sequoia and completed 27.1 million steps, including 12.2 million for infants alone. If you missed it, you can find our developer interview right here: The Sims 4: Growing Together, what about infants, the preference system and life stages? Here is our interview! Phillip Ring, executive producer of TheSims 4adds:
It’s amazing how much our community has grown over the past eight years, and our players continue to inspire us with their countless ways to explore life in The Sims 4. We know The Sims 4 continues to be a creative outlet for people, and our team strives to deliver innovative new game content that allows our players to embrace the chaos that comes with self-discovery.
The adventure is of course far from over, Maxis And EA Games reveal this week two new setswith first Vegetal haven. Thanks to this additional content, players will be able to create green spaces and build small greenhouses for gardeningwith lots of elements like glass windows and doors, starter seedlings, stacks of pots, planting tables or even hanging flower baskets. The second set, Attic Treasureswill be devoted to old decorationswith old and used objects, such as furniture, second-hand clothes, old cases of milk bottles filled with vinyls, trophies from another time, old family photos, a TV far from being high-tech , trinkets full of dust or trunks long forgotten in an attic.
The release date of the kits Vegetal haven And Attic Treasures is already set for April 20, 2023 in The Sims 4. The title is playable in free-to-play on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, you can also find the extension grow together To €39.99 on Amazon.
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