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The Sims 4 gained more than 15m new players in the past year, despite being over a decade old
The Sims 4 might be getting on a bit, what with having launched over a decade ago now, but that doesn't seem to have du…
To put that into perspective, it took The Sims 4 six years to amass 20m players after its launch back in 2014 - a figure that then skyrocketed following EA's decision to transition the formerly premium title into a free-to-play game in October 2022. Watch on YouTube The Sims 4's surge in popularity also explains EA renewed focus on the ten-year-old game, with the publisher having pledged more bug fixes more often this May as it looks to address years of 'frustrating' technical issues. Its launch follows a free base game update last week considerably expanding Sims' ghost-form gameplay (and making it possible to bonk Death), and comes ahead of a new series of creator-designed DLC packs.
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