Exists projects similar to The sims that maybe can take the monopoly of this genre, just to show how absurd The Sims is: if you sum all stupid DLC and expansions you probably can buy all current consoles for that money. The problem is the sports games, like you said the perpetual contract just kill any competition.
Exists projects similar to The sims that maybe can take the monopoly of this genre, just to show how absurd The Sims is: if you sum all stupid DLC and expansions you probably can buy all current consoles for that money. The problem is the sports games, like you said the perpetual contract just kill any competition.
Sounds like a decent candidate for an open source replacement project.