The combination of new players just discovering the game and returning players (who are curious about what's new or want to play again because of the news) would increase the size of The Sims 4 community.Īlthough The Sims 4 is designed to be a single-player game, EA is trying to build a community behind it. Whenever a AAA title goes free, you can expect it to get a massive bump in active players.

That's why EA made the Desert Luxe Kit redeemable in-game at no cost to all players until October 17-exactly the day before The Sims 4 goes free.īut aside from the free kit, what other effects will a free-to-play The Sims 4 have on its existing player base? More Players, Bigger Community While a free-to-play The Sims 4 is a boon for new players, existing players who paid full price for the base game might feel shortchanged. You can also buy Kits for around $4.99 and Bundles, which are combined Expansion, Game, and Stuff Packs, for $24.99 on The Sims 4 website.

These packs add hairstyles, clothes, and items your Sim can interact with, priced at $13.99 and $6.99, respectively. By 2022, The Sims 4 had 12 paid expansion packs, costing around $19.99 each.Īside from Expansion Packs, you can buy Game Packs and Stuff Packs from the in-game lobby. And even though the game came out in 2014, Maxis continued to release free patches and paid DLCs for the game. Priced at $19.99, The Sims 4 became a massive hit for EA, raking in billions of dollars from its millions of players. It will also have no cost on the PlayStation 4/5, as well as Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.ĮA is following in the footsteps of Activision's Call of Duty: Warzone, released as free-to-play in 2020, and PUBG: Battlegrounds, which transitioned to the free-to-play model in January 2022. Starting that date, players can download the game via the EA App, Origin, or Steam. In a surprise post on The Sims 4 news page, EA announced that the game is transitioning to a free-to-play model on October 18, 2022.

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