Calling The Sims a phenomenon doesn't quite do it justice. This is the series that's sold close to 100 million copies since it first appeared in 2000. This is the game so central to EA's bottom line that an entire section of the corporation has been dubbed the "Sims division." A Sims-related title has been a top-20 seller every month since its debut. (Some historical perspective: The No. 2 seller in its early days was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.) And it's not just the expansions and variations; the core Sims game, either on its own or in a compilation pack, regularly reappears near the top of the sales list.
The Sims 2 Legacy Collection just received a patch that fixes two issues, making it a solid choice until inZOI gets a performance update.
TNS: "inZOI has been recently released in Early Access and surprisingly, The Sims welcomed it with open arms and a fruitcake to boot."
With an expensive backlog of DLC that it struggles to run on modern hardware, The Sims 3 deserves revisiting.
They all deserve a remaster, alongside the Sims City games. Sims 3 in particular should be looked at more only cause of how hot it makes PC's.
