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FY2023 Q2

[...] can you maybe talk about your decision to take The Sims to free-to-play model?

Andrew Wilson -- Chief Executive Officer

And on The Sims, again, it's nearly 10 years old now. I mean, there are people who are going to want to play The Sims 4 -- yeah, it's nearly 10 years old now. When we think about -- there's a bunch of people who want to play that game who may not have even been born when we launched the game. And while we have a community of many tens of millions of people playing, we recognize the opportunity to really open up and bringing anyone who wants to experience The Sims 4.

As we look at the last 12 months, about 90% of all revenue was from extra content, not the base game. And so, as we think about the future, as we think about the evolution of The Sims experience and really bringing in more people to enjoy what The Sims offers the playing community, we felt that this was the right time. And I commend the team for really making this happen and really supporting their community. And what we've seen on balance is the community has been very thankful for this, very supportive of this, and is looking forward to welcoming what we hope is many millions more into that ecosystem overall.