Sims 3 is a knockout!

Sims 3, is finally out, and well, people are going gaga over it, it seems. EA games has reported 1.4 million PC/Mac units sold since its June 2^nd release. Even more interesting is the vast amount of player created content being downloaded, things like houses, parks, furniture, and pretty much anything. Also the game is top of the list on payable apps in the app store of i-phones.

While the sims’ world is definitely growing green, and EA is reporting its best ever PC release, I cant help but wonder why does the sims concept work. I’m not going to call all players escapist… but none the less why not just be what you do in the game outside.

Well, I know its easier, hell I was making out with a chic in under 5 mins of conversation when I played, something quite amazing, I really didn’t feel that good. While I’m sure the game has many things you’d never really wanna do, it might still be fun to figure out ways of doing the cool stuff you always wanted to do in real life.

The game is fun, but I don’t know, everything in there, from what little I know, is just too ‘ordinary,’ and everyday for it to jog my imagination. None the less I guess we all wanna earn in the 6 figures, so do what it takes.