February 16, 2009

[MrAlex]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-Arts-...B0015YDH6O

For America...can't get it in Europe anymore...they get the release 4 days earlier  {no}
Know when we'll get it for PS3? Coz I'd prefer it on Ps3, assuming they're the same?

[lilia2055]

i think u shouldn't be hoping for the PS3 game anytime soon, which is understandable since the console versions are never the same as the pc version. the pc version is way better.

[MaidenM]

The release dates aren't very trustworthy at the moment, no matter where you look. I don't think I've seen feb. 16 anywhere, but I've seen many many different dates. The official (at the moment) is the 20th for most people, the 19th for me. Depending on where you live, but nothing is 100% certain right now. If that's what you're asking for.

I'm not sure they've even decided if they should make it for the consoles. I'm pretty sure I've read that there are no plans to release it for PS, Wii or any of the others.

[MrAlex]

At E3 they said they would make it for the PS3; Google it and you'll find it (I cba atm)

[MaidenM]

Really? I googled it as you said and I found nothing. Anyway, even if they do you should try to get it for PC instead. The console versions are never as good as the original PC ones.

[AbePwns]

Of course the console version  isn't the same as the PC version.

[MrAlex]

dateline= Wrote:Gamespot

Sims 3 unveiling on March 19?

New EA teaser site promises further details about the next iteration of its megapopular life-sim series in two weeks.

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Mar 6, 2008 1:35 am GMT

In November 2006, Electronic Arts chief financial officer Warren Jenson revealed that The Sims 3 was in the works. Though he was reticent on details about the next iteration of the series--which is so popular one of EA's four divisions is devoted to it--he did say the franchise would eventually arrive on the Wii and PlayStation 3 consoles. The Sims' Wii debut, MySims, went on sale last September to mixed critical and commercial success. However, to date, no Sims games have appeared on either the PS3 or its archrival Xbox 360 console.

That, however, may soon change. After over a year under the radar, the Sims 3 has resurfaced courtesy of a teaser page on the EA-owned URL thesims3.ea.com. The site went live this week with an enigmatic splash page showing an emerald-green crystal with the numeral "3" next to it. Below it are the words "More information coming soon!*" and below that the date "*March 19."

What exactly is EA teasing? An ESRB "Rating Pending" logo is discreetly tucked at the bottom of the page seems to indicate it is indeed a single Sims 3 game. However, the company has not elaborated on whether said game will be a proper successor to the Sims 2, which was released on the PC in 2004 and adapted for the DS, Mac, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, original Xbox, and Game Boy Advance the following year.

Sales-wise, the NPD Group reports the original Sims 2 has sold nearly 4.9 million copies on all platforms in the US, with the PC edition spawning 15 expansion and add-on packs. Other non-PC Sims 2 games included, The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 2: Castaway. According to EA, nearly 100 million Sims games have been sold worldwide since the Will Wright-created series launched in 1999.

Somewhere on GameSpot or a site like that (maybe IGN?) there was a guy that managed to get a glimpse of it on PS3 (as well as play it!) and write about it...can't find it though!
But it IS coming to PS3

[kl_turriff]

Purely curious, but would it be better to just pre-order through Amazon than EB games?

I was wondering this since if everyone has a different release date right now will all the stores/sites still gain access to their stock of Sims 3 games on the release dates or not?

EB Games has a release date of August 1st and the Canadian Amazon.ca has February 16th....so will EB still get it in on the 16th or...


...Help?  {blink}

[lilia2055]

right now no date on any site can be taken seriously, they're practicly throwing dates at us. so it doesnt really matter where u pre order it from, if they have an actual date every game store out there will have it that date simply 'cause the sims is huge.

so right now just stick with the feb date dispite what most sites say and keep it till EA gives us a new one.

[dxgirly]

Maybe they were "evaluating the launch window" and decided they could put it out 4 days earlier?