
MCVUK writes: "A year ago EA announced that The Sims franchise had sold 100 million software units worldwide.
The series, which began life in 2000, has spawned countless expansion packs, console spin-offs, laptop editions, an online game, and most recently, the MySims series. But there hasn't been a full Sims sequel since The Sims 2, which hit shelves way back in 2004.
But this June that is about the change, with the long-awaited The Sims 3, which the publisher promises will be the best Sims game yet."

With an expensive backlog of DLC that it struggles to run on modern hardware, The Sims 3 deserves revisiting.
They all deserve a remaster, alongside the Sims City games. Sims 3 in particular should be looked at more only cause of how hot it makes PC's.

A voice actor for The Sims spoke about his experiences doing voice work for the game's fictional Simlish language, and how there was no dictionary for them

The Sims franchise has been a part of my life ever since the first game came out. It was one of two games I camped outside of a store for, the other one being Black & White.