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For companies that can afford it, that hefty price tag has usually been a small price to pay for access to a hundred million captivated viewers.

News of the kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease, and the half dozen ransom notes and 15 telephone calls to the Greenlease family that followed, “captivated the imagination of the United States” Heidenry said.

What captivated Chelsea about Alula was that it was something she wished had existed when she wanted to be a better support system for her close friends who are breast cancer survivors.

So the nature of that storytelling and the ability to share with others, I think, is what made The Sims captivate people for so long.