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EA looses an estimated $9 million as downloads of The Sims 3 hit a faster rate than Spore...
EA was hit hard in the wallet when Spore found its way to torrents, in the process becoming the most pirated game of last year with over 400,000 illegal downloads across a three week period and an estimated 1.7 million downloads in total.
But it seems that record is set to be broken, with Bloomberg suggesting that the recent leak of The Sims 3 is on track to break past that figure with 180,000 downloads recorded between May 18th and May 21st. Bloomberg suggests the overall cost of such numbers is likely to be around $9 million to-date.
Following the furore surrounding Spore's use of online DRM, EA made the decision to ship The Sims 3 with more traditional disk-based copy protection methods. EA claims that the version leaked is a buggy pre-alpha build and is missing content featured in the final version.
The Sims franchise has surpassed 100 million sales to-date, although analysts believe that the piracy issue will see The Sims 3 initially selling less then its predecessor. Pacific Crest's Evan Wilson expects The Sims 3 to shift 2.5 million copies in June compared to the 3 million units of The Sims 2 sold during the first two weeks upon its release.
TVG has contacted EA to comment on the figures but has yet to receive a response.
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Added:Tue 18th Jan 2011 01:43, Post No: 803
post799,
the sims3 is better on the pc than the consoles. it has way more content, and it is just much nicer to play with a mouse and keyboard.
this is pretty much the only game i'd recommend the pc for rather than consoles though haha.
Added:Fri 10th Dec 2010 22:08, Post No: 802
I am extremely surprised taht EA Games allowed for this to hit the selves in the poor condition that it is in................I have not heard one person speak of anything good ......everyone seems to be experiencing the same problems.....never mind all the stupid glitches of sims who can't work or get stuck in walls and dirty dishes showing up at random places........refirdgerators not being accessable............even my neighbours refridgerator was not working people starving and dropping dead everywhere........once you get to third generation the wii simpley freezes any time that you try to save it.....you can't build anything as it keeps telling you that it is a fire hazard (why give us the option then)..... then my wii stop reading the disk all together........... and now EA games isn't even taking any responsibilty for this.............. they should send out a recall before people run out to buy it as a gift for their loved ones who obviously will be extremely dissapointed........... They are ignoring the issue now just so they can still make money from the christmas rush which is pretty low on their part........... many parents don't have the income to buy stuff like this often and to save money to buy something that doesn't work and obviously EA games must know about the ongoing issues is pretty low on their part............... boo!!!!! :( to EA games on rushing out a product without properly testing it on the appropriate platforms...............
Added:Fri 10th Dec 2010 13:55, Post No: 801
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Added:Mon 06th Dec 2010 04:23, Post No: 800
I have had nothing but problems with the sims 3 for wii
there are so many glitches that its frustrating to play, which sucks cause the sims is so fun.
i cant buy ANYTHING because it says my free space is full and its a fire hazord..
so i sold everything i owned even my HOUSE. to clear my free space. and i still can not do anything.
random dirty dishes pop up on in random places so then i cant use the item that its placed by.
(like the fridge. you cant open it, sell, or delete it. so you have to have more than one fridge after it happens.)
my sims turn invisible sometimes and i can see their thought bubbles but i can see their bodies.
my sim walked passed a trash can and got stuck in it haha.
its seriously mind boggling that there are so many problems. and i have read many sites that have reviews and a lot of them have the exact same problems i have..
its almost like EA had a deadline to be done by and they didnt reach it so they just put it on the shelves anyway unfinished.
i definitly reccoment waiting to see if they recall it or just get it for the PC.... cause it sucks.
Added:Sun 14th Nov 2010 00:11, Post No: 799
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE SIMS 3 IS BETTER ON PC OR XBOX??
Added:Fri 05th Nov 2010 21:43, Post No: 798
can anyone help me with passing the time? *looks around* guess not...it comes out on the 17 for wii where i live and its only the fifth...soo...yeah... plus i knew about it since may so ive been waiting awhile...feels like im bout tew pop...
Added:Fri 05th Nov 2010 21:41, Post No: 797
what can i do to pass the time...*sigh*
Added:Fri 05th Nov 2010 20:08, Post No: 796
fffffffffffffff
Added:Tue 02nd Nov 2010 12:48, Post No: 795
i love this game !
Added:Mon 02nd Aug 2010 16:57, Post No: 794
i cant wait til it comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!