The Sims has always been about celebrating new ways to play and offers so many possibilities to discover.'įor reference, The Sims 4 has been steadily gaining new players since that somewhat rocky 2014 release, and is routinely credited by EA as one of the franchises helping to drive its live services portfolio, along with the likes of Apex Legends and FIFA Ultimate Team. 'We’re excited to continue to welcome in more players than ever to create new stories, and explore without boundaries. Remarkable builds they've designed,' reads a blog from The Sims 4 team.
Unique Sims they’ve created, the countless stories they’ve told, and the 'Our community has continued to inspire us with the billions of Notably, the game has a vast library of paid expansions which, at full price, now amounts to somewhere over $900 worth of content altogether.īy dropping the $20 pricetag from the base game, EA stands to make it that much easier for new players to join The Sims 4 ecosystem, and potentially purchase some of that downloadable content down the line. Originally released in 2014, The Sims 4 boasts a playerbase of millions already, and has received no small amount of paid add-ons and free updates over the years.
