Ever wanted to rock your own Sims-themed apparel to the beach? Want to wow everyone at the family barbecue by showing off your adoration for Maxis’ iconic franchise? No? Well, fair enough, but for those of you who do then it’s great news because The Sims Shop has teased a new merch drop this June as part of the Sim Your Summer roadmap!
Yes, as part of the Sim Your Summer lineup, that Toni covered earlier, you’ll also be able to up your apparel in real life with a selection of Sim-themed merchandise. These will be available exclusively in what sounds like a limited-time drop for the official Sims merch shop, set to arrive in June. What does that include? Well…we don’t exactly know yet.
Unfortunately, the roadmap is a bit cagey on what exactly is coming to the merch shop. But given that we’ve already seen The Sims getting a bit of a rebrand, that could tie into the kind of merch we’ll see. We may see a new logo or indeed the recently refreshed plumbob making an appearance.
Now I don’t necessarily expect anything out of the ordinary. Swimsuits, shorts, t-shirts and maybe a couple of caps. But we may be seeing more of the new branding for The Sims on this. A chance for The Sims to be a bit more stylish, as it was back in’t day when things like The Urbz were cavorting with The Black Eyed Peas.
Ultimately the Sim Your Summer roadmap is one that I think will have a pretty clear-cut influence on The Sims going forward. I’ve been positing for a while that it may only be a matter of time before EA begin pushing The Sims 4 to be a numberless Sims ‘service’. And while the upcoming roadmap may lay out concrete progression, the merch may offer an early look at how things may change for The Sims in 2025.
