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News video games 07 February 2019, 22:42

author: Adrian Werner

The Sims 4 Earned Over 1 Billion Dollars

The Sims 4, along with the flock of its expansions, has generated more than $1 billion in revenue.

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The Sims 4 remains popular throughout the years.

THE SIMS 4:

  1. Developer: EA Maxis
  2. Publisher: Electronic Arts
  3. Genre: simulation
  4. Platforms: PC, XONE, PS4
  5. PC release date: September 2, 2014.
  6. Console release date: November 17, 2017.

Electronic Arts boasted that The Sims 4 generated more than a billion dollars of revenue. This amount includes the results of the PC original, console ports and the various add-ons. The number does not include The Sims Mobile.

Interestingly, The Sims 4 is still being discovered by new players. Last year, 4.8 million people joined the game’s community and the number of active users is still growing.

Let’s remind that The Sims 4 debuted on PC on September 2, 2014. The game was warmly-received, although there was criticism concerning some simplifications of mechanics in comparison to the third installment The production has an average rating of 70% according to Metacritic.

There were many add-ons to the game. The latest one is called Get Famous, and was released in November last year. In 2017 The Sims 4 was also ported to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The expansions are ported as well, but with some delay compared to the PC versions.

Add-ons to The Sims 4 sell like fresh buns. Last year, Electronic Arts boasted that the Seasons expansion found 800,000 buyers in just eight days after its release.

  1. The Sims 4 official website
  2. The Sims 4 game guide

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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