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"Writin_Reg;c-16216516" wrote:"Erpe;c-16216509" wrote:"Writin_Reg;c-16216498" wrote:
The Truth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game)
Yes. 11.3 million sold copies sold of TS1 while TS2 only sold a little more than half of that.
I also agree about Will Wright’s intentions with TS1. But he and Jeff Baum had sold Maxis to EA. So it was EA who paid the bill and decided the budget and it seems clear to me that EA only gave TS1 a very low budget because EA didn’t believe in the idea and also refused to let the game have the name “Dollhouse” because the huge majority of gamers back then were boys.
EA did not sell maxis to ea until after The Sims 2 was released - and Will included in the contract as him being and equal EA partner. He still is an EA partner and EA has a part in everything from the Stupid Fan Club Will has to the mobile games he does today. It is not as cut and dried as you make it seem and all your timelines are way off. The only part EA had in Sims one was the PUBLISHER- period.
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis :
”In 1997 Maxis agreed to be acquired by Electronic Arts by means of a stock swap which valued Maxis at $125 million. The transaction completed on July 28, 1997. Compared to other companies acquired by EA, such as Origin Systems and Westwood Studios, the absorption of Maxis took a slower pace, and the company staff was lost only gradually”
So yes. EA controlled Maxis already from 1997. But as a part of the deal Will Wright became an employee in EA and he kept his staff. Therefore EA paid the development costs also for TS1 and decided its budget.
Maxis only existed as an independent company owned by Jeff Braun and Will Wright from 1987 to 1997. But most of its games were losses instead of profititable. SimCity (released by Maxis in 1989) was an exception though and probably the main reason why EA wanted to buy Maxis anyway and Jeff Braun and Will Wright had no other choice than to sell the company if they didn’t want a huge risk of going bankrupt.
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