The Sims 2: Open for Business

The Sims 2: Open for Business is the third expansion pack for The Sims 2, released on March 3 2006, which allows Sims to run a home or community lot based business. Aspyr released a port of the game for Mac OS X on September 4, 2006. New features included in Open for Business include:
 * A new shopping district area. The Maxis-created version (Bluewater Village) comes with new families and several examples of businesses that can be run.
 * Businesses that can be run. They can be run at home or on community lots. There are three main business types.
 * Shops: Sells objects or services at a price
 * Restaurants: Sims buy food and dine on the lot. Can be run without The Sims 2: Nightlife
 * Venues: Sims buy tickets and interact with objects on the lor.
 * New business tracker. This tells you important information about your business such as your business rank, what customers have been there and employee information
 * Reporter NPC. Reviews your business and can increase or decrease customer flow.
 * Business Perks. New rewards that help run your business better.
 * Talent Badges. A new system of skills that affect how well sims perform tasks.
 * Craftable Objects. Special objects that can't be bought in buy mode. These include new toys, robots and flowers.