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Contents 1 best-selling of all time?! 2 The Sims 3 3 Disney-Maxis connections? 4 More Unconfirmed Rumors 5 Concerns from EA 6 Robosport 7 Should Klik n' Play fall under the "Related Games" section? 8 Has Maxis actually been disolved and where is the evidence of this?

[edit] best-selling of all time?!

I have removed the text best-selling computer game of all time in relation to The Sims as i was under the impression that Myst was the best selling computer game of all time. discussion? — Nate | Talk 00:07, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

Myst was the best-selling game of all time for quite a while. The Sims surpassed it quite some time ago. Sorry. Reverted your edit. — Frecklefoot | Talk 22:40, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

Actually, if I recall correctly, Diablo II passed the Myst record first, then The Sims. Coolgamer 19:09, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

I never heard that. Diablo II was quite popular, but I doubt it was more popular than Myst. It was an action-RPG—not exactly everyone's cup of tea. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:18, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Article on the topic. "Diablo II earned a coveted spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling computer game ever, with more than 1 million units sold in its first two weeks of release. Diablo and Diablo II together have sold over 5 million units to date." The original holder of that title was the Myst series. Later, The Sims overtook it. However, I was mistaken over the record of most UNITS sold. That still falls on Myst and The Sims. My mistake. Coolgamer 00:56, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Sims 3

Does anyone have the source for the info in the article about TS3? I'm personally curious if nothing else. Melissa Della 06:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, Will Wright hasn't planned too much on the sims 3, working on a new project, I can't exactly remember the name of. he wanted to make better faster algorithms, however I am not very enlightened on the subject right now...R. Nix 20:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of Spore; the Maxis team responsible for The Sims series are rumored to receive only direction from Mr. Wright and are nearly self-sufficient. In any event, I see that somone has removed the unconfirmed titles section, although I have seen increasing speculative information that TS3 is now in development. Ah well... Melissa Della 15:28, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disney-Maxis connections?

Could someone find a source for this rumor? I wasn't aware of anything related to its reasoning -- specifically, the celebrity cameos... --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More Unconfirmed Rumors

What is the basis of this speculation?: "Maxis programmers are currently working on five new The Sims titles, but only three of these releases are publicly confirmed. They will also be releasing five to seven expansion packs for The Sims 2 and a possibly release of the Sims 3 in 2009. By 2007, all future Sims games will not be called The Sims X, but it will be just be called Sims." If no citation is provided from a reputable/verifiable source, it should be removed. --Melissa Della 10:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concerns from EA

[The Sims was] Released despite concern from Electronic Arts that it would be a commercial failure Can anyone provide a citation for that? The fact that I smile when I say that (silly giant corporation, what fools, etc...), makes me worry about WP:NPOV. --Daev 15:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Will Wright said it in an interview once. It can probably be easily found through Google. — Wackymacs 15:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Robosport

Just noticed this page had no mention of the maxis game robosport. I'm not good at formatting articles, but it would be a good addition.

Done. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Should Klik n' Play fall under the "Related Games" section?

I know Maxis didn't make it, but they did release it, like with SimTower. Should it be added to the template thing? --BLuToRsE 12:41, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Has Maxis actually been disolved and where is the evidence of this?

How can one article on Wikipedia claim that Maxis exists and another claim that it no longer exits? Which article is correct? According to this article Maxis was closed this year in 2006 while on the Spore article it introduces Will Wright as the creator and EA Maxis as the developer of Spore. Additionally I do not see anything concrete that is supporting that EA has entirely disolved Maxis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(video_game)

Excuse me if I did this wrong. It's my first time. I just have an honest question abuot the accuracy of the article on Maxis.

Sissyangel 01:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I fixed this in the article. EA just retired the brand name Maxis, but kept the studio open. The development of Spore was probably initiated when Maxis was still a brand name, but is coming near completion under EA. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I have found in various articles regarding Will Wright and documents on the EA corporate website that refer to Will Wright's Studio in Emeryville as a Maxis Studio, and the Studio located in Redwood City is refered to as the EA-Maxis Studio. If anything is changing, it may be that the Maxis label is following Will Wright to Emeryville. I don't believe they will disolve the company entirely as long as Will Wright is around, but if they do this would be very big news to the gaming websites i.e. Gamestop/EB Games, etc. We would be seeing huge write ups and articles about it, which has not ever occured. Until there is an official announcement, I believe no one should be declaring Maxis has been disolved. Therefore, I further edited the article so that we are speaking of Maxis in the present tense. To my knowledge it remains a thriving game design studio. Sissyangel 22:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)