You’ve probably noticed it by now if you’re a fan of the life sim genre, but The Sims 4 has been doing the rounds for a long time. The original The Sims stepped aside to make way for The Sims 2 after just four years; The Sims 2 yielded to The Sims 3 after five; and the gap between The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 was another five years.
But today, The Sims 4 celebrates 10 years not only post-release but in active development: the latest expansion pack for the game came out just five weeks ago, and EA have announced plans for about a dozen more updates — both free and as paid DLC — before the end of 2024.
If you’d told us a decade ago that The Sims 4 would still be the current generation of the franchise by its 10th birthday, I doubt many of us would have believed you. Not only was EA’s release cycle for the series very well-established by that point, but with the best will in the world, it’s an odd place in The Sims’ history to choose to park up.
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