I am The Sims the first installment in The Sims franchise I was released for Microsoft Windows on February 4 2000 Mac OS on July 18 2000 PlayStation 2 on January 16 2003 Xbox and Nintendo GameCube on March 25 2003 I was developed by Maxis with Edge of Reality developing the console versions I am published by Electronic Arts with Aspyr Media co publishing the Mac version i am a life simulation game where you create characters called Sims