“Paralives”, regarded by countless players as the biggest competitor of “The Sims 4 (The Sims 4/The Sims 4)”, officially reached the million-sales milestone just one month after its launch. The development team recently announced data that since the game launched early access on May 25, the cumulative sales have exceeded 1 million units. At the same time, the Steam Workshop community is also extremely active, and players have created more than 22,000 Mods, showing that this life simulation game has established a quite large community ecosystem. For an independent team with only a dozen development members, this achievement is almost a dream start.
The most famous bug turned out to be the naked weirdo!
However, compared to the sales figures, players are actually more concerned about another thing, and that is the “Naked Charlie” incident that became popular after the release of “Paralives”.
As early as the early launch of the game, players have discovered a mysterious BUG. In some cases, a naked character with no origin will suddenly appear in the player’s home, and even live in your home as if it were his own. Sleeping in your bed, using your toilet, and sitting on your sofa, the whole process seems like nothing happened. Due to the frequency of his appearances and the absurdity of the image, this mysterious man soon earned the nickname “Naked Charlie” in the community, and even became one of the most famous Internet memes of “Paralives” for a time.
Millions of players have only encountered 170 Charlies
Interestingly, the development team also responded to this legendary BUG when announcing the data this time. According to official statistics, only about 170 “Naked Charlie” incidents have been recorded since the game was launched. In other words, among the more than 1 million players, there are actually surprisingly few people who have actually encountered this BUG. But the Internet is so magical. 170 mistakes, but in the end, players all over the world got to know Charlie. To some extent, this naked uncle may even be more famous than some of the official NPCs in the game.
From challenger to new favorite
Since its release in 2019, “Paralives” has been regarded as the most likely challenger to the “The Sims” series to challenge EA’s status. Although it is still in the early access stage and many functions have not yet been fully implemented, judging from sales performance, the market has obviously given a quite positive answer. The development team even stated before that it will not launch paid DLC in the future, and subsequent content will be expanded through free updates.
For players who have experienced the bombardment of expansion packs for “The Sims 4” for many years, this sentence may be more lethal than any promotional video. Now it seems that the biggest enemy of “Paralives” may no longer be “The Sims”, but whether the development team can completely remove Charlie from others before the next update.