Also, while sims also attracted a lot of female players, especially relative to games at the time, I think there's also something to it dressing up the dollhous

Also, while sims also attracted a lot of female players, especially relative to games at the time, I think there's also something to it dressing up the dollhouse experience in video game trappings that made it appeal to boys too in a way that would have been frowned at if they played with an actual dollhouse.