I'm pretty sure that the Sims franchise, which used to be a Maxis product, has been and still is incredibly profitable for EA. Probably more so than SimCity ev

I'm pretty sure that the Sims franchise, which used to be a Maxis product, has been and still is incredibly profitable for EA. Probably more so than SimCity ever could have been, just due to the size of the target audience[1]. Of course, why not do both? [1] And maybe it's easier to sell content packs for The Sims, though Paradox sure seems to be trying to do the same for C:S.