The Sims is one of the most popular video games series for players and it is developed by Maxis and is published by Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts is the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue after Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. It is an American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games and it has been founded on May, 1982 by Trip Hawkins. [1] As of May 2011, the franchise has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide and it is also the best-selling PC franchise in history. So far, there are three main series of The Sims such as The Sims is released in 2000, The Sims 2 is released in 2004, The Sims 3 is released in 2009 and The Sims 4 will be released in 2014. This report introduces the main series of The Sims and will be focus on The Sims series video game to explain why it is a canon game and the reasons of why it is important.
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There are three main series of The Sims such as The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 so far and The Sims 4 will be released in 2014. The Sims is the first game in the series and it is the basic series. It was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2000. The Sims uses a combination of 3D and 2D graphics techniques. The Sims themselves are rendered as 3D objects, but the house, and all its objects are pre-rendered and displayed diametrically. [2] In this video game, the players can create human modes what they like. For example, the players can create a woman who with a sexy body or they can create a man with big eyes, even they can create a family such as father, mother and children. After players have finished create the human mode, they can start to enter the building mode and they can choose which house to live. However, every family will start off with §20,000 Simoleons no matter how many people there are in the family. After the family has been in the house which the players choose, the players can decorate the house. For example, they can buy the lights