The Sims 2 beats EA’s launch record

With over one million copies sold in the first ten days, ‘the Sims 2′
has set a new PC launch record for Electronic Arts.

Since its original release ‘the Sims’, a game where you control every
aspect of the life’s of a number of virtual people, has pumped out an
amazing seven best selling PC expansion packs, as well as less welcomed
console spin off, and a Nokia N-gage version.

A second try at a console version, “the Urbz: Sims in the City”, is set
for an November release on PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Game Boy Advance, and
(err.. in November?..) Nintendo DS.

The more talked about new features of the second game is virtual DNA,
which is passed onto the Sims’ relatives, and further control of the
Sims’ life.

Calling the game (or “franchise”) a “cultural phenomenon” Gerhard
Florin, Senior VP and MD of Electronic Arts Europe, stated, “The game
has sold one million units worldwide in its first ten days at retail –
and more than fifty percent of those games were sold here in Europe”.

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Cian Ginty