What year did you start playing your first The Sims game?

I put 2000, as it was near the beginning, but after thinking about it hard, it MIGHT have been 2001 actually as it wasn't as soon as it released but a short while later, and very possibly up to a year after. Anyways, too long ago to remember for sure if it was 2000 or 2001, but it was Sims 1 and a long long time ago haha!

Very interesting! I didn’t realize that so many of us have been playing since the beginning! Far more than any other time frame.

That's why there's so much discontent on the official forum. The majority of the players here have been playing for a long time so there's much comparison of the current iteration to past versions.

I started of with Sims 1 for console and played it for a bit before getting Sims 2 on console and Bustin' Out. By the time Sims 3 came out, my younger brother wanted the Sims 3 PC version as a gift and I watched him play it a bit. Eventually, I downloaded it to my computer to play a bit but eventually the disc and the computer quit. Later on, after I was in my mid-20's, I ended up getting Sims 3 for myself and several expansions as a gift from an aunt. By this time, I had regained my interest in the Sims as I had several years where I didn't play. Now I own most of Sims 3 Expansions and Sims 4 base game. I didn't really get into Sims 4 so I've been mostly playing Sims 3 now.

We didn't have a computer.
My brother had a Playstation 2 and I found the game at Blockbuster. I must have rented the game at least five times before I bought the game. I played sims 1 and sims bustin out on PS2 but I was very disappointed with sims 2 and 3 on console.
When we finally got a computer I got sims 1 and gradually got the expansions in the sets (my mom was buying them so she insisted on better deals)
After "killing" our first computer with all of the sims 1 games we got another computer but I had to upgrade to sims 2.
It's basically been that way ever since. A computer dies, the new one is too powerful for the older version so I would change.
I don't own a current console so I can't try sims 4 on it. My brother owns a current console but he can't stand the sims so he's essentially banned me from getting the game for any of his systems. I won't do it anyway because of how little I liked sims 2 and 3 on console.

My friend had The Sims in 2004 so we played together, but I couldn't afford it for myself. Didn't buy my own game until The Sims 3 came out. I played TS3 until TS4 added toddlers, then switched and have been playing TS4 since. :)

I've only played the Sims 4 since last year. I was never really interested in it before, but then the base game was $5 and I was bored one day. Then I discovered you could mod this game pretty easily. That intrigued me and I also loved the story element and the challenges people would post. I enjoy games where you can create or add content or just play differently for different challenges.

@Brandontaylor We have very similar starts to playing this game. The same year, started with the same games on console with ts3 being the first on pc, have a younger brother who played, have ts4 but never got in to it, and still playing ts3. That's a weird, but also kinda cool, coincidence. lol

I was a bit late to the party.
I used to be vaguely aware that such game exists thanks to Youtube, but did not really pay it any attention before 2019. Now I have Sims Medieval, most of Sims 4 packs and am going to get Sims 3 soon.

My husband got me the Sims 3 base game plus Supernatural pack bundle for my birthday.