News Tagged: the sims

The worldwide phenomenon that is The Sims continues to be as financially successful as ever. The Sims 3 sold over 3.7 million units during the product's release month (June 2009), making it one of the fastest-selling PC titles of all time (damn, how many times have I heard that one)...

The top-selling life simulation franchise from EA just got its official third installment and apparently it continues to sell like crazy (no surprises there). Sales of The Sims 3 exceeded 1.4 million units on PC and Mac in the game's first week on shelves, as confirmed by the publisher...

While many people have turned to the E3 for the latest scoops on various upcoming games, others seem to enjoy sitting at home and thinking of extremely interesting knitting patterns. It is those people that probably spend most of their time creating fascinating spinning star doilies...

You can attribute yesterday's lack of news to Memorial Day. But I figure, fuck it, with so many people dead and buried, who cares about nighttime gaming news anyway. Besides which, due to the aforementioned holiday, things were uneventful yesterday...

Death gets us all eventually. Seriously, who'd want to live forever anyway? You'd never see the end of WoW patches and The Sims expansion packs. Okay, it may not be fair putting those in the same boat, but what the heck. Death might be a blessing. A well-disguised blessing, but a blessing nonetheless.

NPD's top 10 best selling US PC games (January 18-24th) clearly show that The Sims still manage to outperform World of Warcraft and other PC titles. Check it out: 1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 3...

You don't want to see this sales chart from NPD, believe me. Oh fine, be like that. Here are the top 20 best-selling PC games in the US during December 2008: 1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 3...

It's a fact. The Sims 2 conquered the PC weekly sales chart (Dec. 28 - Jan. 3), overthrowing Blizzard's popular expansion pack World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King: 1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - (EA Maxis) $14 2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - (Blizzard) $40 3...

Sales data from NPD shows that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (what else?) were the top-selling PC games in the US during the week ending December 27: 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 2...

I'm glad I'm a hopeless dreamer. You know, just another average Joe with a vivid imagination, as opposed to being a down-to-earth kind of person, whose limited curiosities never exceed basic financial and physiological needs. Thinking beyond dreary daily routines, looking past empty and mundane activities of a pointless go-nowhere-job is something many people aren't capable of...

It seems like PC gamers haven't been into anything besides The Sims and WoW for ages. Oh and we mustn't forget those incredibly alluring Nancy Drew games, which occupied the very top of weekly sales charts for many months this year. The latest weekly PC sales chart for the US shows no changes...

Nancy Drew is back on atop the throne, as the best-selling PC game... well, for the moment anyway. Check out the latest top-sellers from NPD, revealing US sales during the month of July: Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice The Sims 2 Double Deluxe Spore...

Funcom's MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is doing pretty good on the market, selling over one million units and topping charts in Germany, Franks, the UK and US. The top 20 chart of PC best-sellers in the US has shown that AoC is still in the top, outselling ever-present franchises such as Wow and The Sims...

Well, not really. It's just an expansion pack for The Sims 2. That's what PC gamers prefer playing these. If you don't believe me, go ahead and check out NPD's top 10 PC chart for the US (covering the week of April 27 – May 3): 1.The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts - $20 2...

So The Sims franchise has sold 100 million copies since the first game came out back in 2000? They are breeding like rabbits I tell ya! AT COMIC: Congrats on 100 Million, The Sims!