naiwa 2026-03-31

Hyungjun Kim admitted developing inZOI was significantly more challenging than anticipated, while also explaining why The Sims has maintained dominance for three decades.



The head of inZOI, Hyungjun Kim, admitted that creating a life‑simulator turned out to be far harder than he had anticipated .He said that if asked to go back in time and start the project again, he would hesitate before committing .Kim also explained why The Sims has remained the genre leader for three decades: The Sims 3 featured an open world, while The Sims 4 shifted to a more closed, load‑based structure, and he doubts anyone will attempt an open‑world life sim again .He expressed sympathy for early‑access players, noting they are essentially testing the game for the developers, but added that this was necessary because the internal team needed an outside perspective to evaluate their work objectively .During the first week of early access, inZOI sold one million copies, yet the concurrent Steam player count quickly fell to only two‑three thousand .A demo was released before the early‑access launch and is now unavailable .Kim remarked that after nearly thirty years in the industry he realized the life‑simulator gen