With something like The Sims you don't know if it will be a flop or a giant hit. It makes all those hard months and years of work not so bad. People have selective memories where that's concerned. It was a struggle. But nobody is giving me any slack now.
Some people have no interest.
She read the reviews, and she likes hearing about other people playing it. She doesn't want to play it. There have been other simulation titles. In Sims they can create themselves and family. They empathize with it a lot more.