EA just revealed the staggering new figure for their 'Year in Gaming' blog post earlier today on December 16. Not only have players on The Sims 4 logged over one billion total hours played over the course of the year so far, but they've also created over 376 million Sims over the year (that's more than the population of the U.S. right now).
It might at first seem slightly surprising, given that The Sims 4 released over seven years ago all the way back in 2014. It's really a testament to the barrage of new content that EA has provided for the simulation game over the recent years, with major add-ons like Cottage Living, Spa Day expansion, and Scenarios breathing new life into the hit game.https://www.gamesradar.com/the-sims-4-players-clocked-in-over-one-billion-hours-in-2021/?utm_campaign=https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/2021-year-in-gaming
1.2 billion hours played.
529 million hours spent in live mode.
146 million hours spent in CAS.
226 million hours spent in build mode.
274 million whohoos.
376 million sims created.
11.3 million gallery uploads.
201 million gallery downloads.
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Hmm so what's the other mode that accounts for the rest of the time?
529 million live mode plus 146 million CAS plus 226 million build mode = 901 million.
Browsing the gallery, Manage worlds, The main menu?
And probably in that order, but it still leaves an awful lot of time for those. Unless that also includes loading screens... 🤔
I’ve probably added a few hours to that total from booting up the game, then getting either distracted by my phone or just letting it sit on the menu while I decide whether I actually intend to play.
I always play offline. I only go online to download and install new patches or DLC, and (extremely rarely) to use the Gallery. If I do go into live mode, build mode, or CAS while online it's only to check that everything installed properly. As soon as I am done doing those things, I close down and restart in offline mode.
So even though I have easily spent thousands of hours in this game by now, my account has my total time at about 60 hours. And I doubt I'm the only simmer who only plays offline.
You forgot the woohoo numbers.
Well, I spent a fair amount of time working frontline healthcare during a pandemic. Playing Sims has been my stress off ramp. I’m sure during COVID that’s been true of a lot of people. Self care isn’t a waste of time.
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I also spent time on my Nintendo Switch, iPad, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and Discovery Plus. Yet I found time for friends and family and volunteer work. ☺️
You also have to realize that many were staying home this year because of Covid and those numbers reflect that.
Separately, we have multiple signals that engagement has fallen in the latter half of the year.
I dont want to know how much time i spend browsing forums, youtube or other social media 😭
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Lol, I forgot about social media. 😄
Well Fortnite and Call of Duty are the big fishes and I don't think the sims4 is really comparable to those huge giants. But yes, it does feel like they have recently tried a bit more than usual to create player engagement.
A couple of million of players every year is not bad though, but I always find it fascinating... look at other social media, these forums etc. does it really feel like this game have a million active people?
It would be interesting to see other player stats too, mostly daily, weekly and monthly active players. I wonder how many they have had these last six months, I have barely played the game at all.
Haha, I was just about to write exactly the same phrase So then the other half must be mine - what happened to everyone else?
Lol, y'all are funny. 😂