The Sims 3 (Last edited on February 19th) (Graphic heavy)

Cinematophile · **Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:21 am

dunkin wrote:

Oh my FInally... I've been waiting for this for such a LONG time! ahhh nice! Totally getting it!

Yes, good luck waiting again. Earlier this wednesday, EA has officially announced that Sims 3 final releashing date (Hopefully) will be on June 2nd only in America and Canada. If you're not from either regions above then it'll take a little bit longer to wait:
June 4th: Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Australia.
June 5th: Uk, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Russia, Czech.
The reason for the inconvenient delay was for revamping faults as well as marketing campaign, they want it to be ground-breaking and deserving the high quality too.

Scrawffler · **Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:38 am

I'm looking forward to it. I'm a big fan of the Sims series, and the graphics and new gameplay options look amazing.

Too bad we have to wait even longer. Though that's actually worked out quite nicely for me - I graduate this May, so my coursework will be over by the time I'll have a chance to play it. Otherwise I'd have probably ended up being distracted (yeah, I'm terrible like that!).

Snickelfritz · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:23 am

-pulls out hair- I am super PO'ed that they changed the release date to four freakin' months from now! :evil:

However, I guess I'm still a sucker for continuing to want to get they game anyway.

Cinematophile · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:42 pm

Adelaide wrote:

-pulls out hair- I am super PO'ed that they changed the release date to four freakin' months from now! :evil:

However, I guess I'm still a sucker for continuing to want to get they game anyway.

That we'll see. I wonder if the wait is worth it though. It seems they actually provide us some last months to be with Sims 2. Which I will miss it terribly after that. For the better or the worse, I don't know.

Sure, the wait puts me off too but I guess that I'm just the biggest sucker there is to still hanker for it :wink:

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This certain article may explain 'bout the delay (it's what every sane person would do in a crisis like that):

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EA also announced today that it plans to reduce head count beyond its previous 10 percent estimate. EA now expects to cut its workforce by 11 percent, or 1,100 employees, as well as close 12 facilities, "narrow its product portfolio," and eliminate certain other costs. The publisher has already enacted a number of these cuts, with such studios as Skate 2 and Need for Speed developer Black Box and Madden NFL office EA Tiburon both having confirmed layoffs in the past month.

As a result of the grim holiday quarter, EA said that it would once again be lowering its full fiscal-year outlook. For the year ending March 31, EA now expects to pull in between $4.2 billion and $4.25 billion in fiscal 2009, with a loss per share of between $3.29 and $3.56.

In news that would also impact the publisher's lowered forecast, EA said that it would be bumping a trio of games out of fiscal 2009. The Sims 3, which had previously been expected on February 20, is now expected to arrive on June 2. BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins, which had been penciled in for a PC launch before the end of March, is now slated for the back half of 2009. Finally, Godfather II will move beyond its announced February 24 date, though no updated release window was revealed.

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