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BeosBoxBoy:
I am already known for being critical of EA's fashion sense, but honestly, maybe I was raised on another planet or something, because most of this stuff looks like it was inspired by the cartoons Beetlejuice and Totally Spies.  I spent some time looking at each item and honestly I think every item is flawed at some level, the skater/surf stuff has the most appeal to me, but I cannot imagine any of my acquaintance wanting any item in this mixed bag.

I spent three hours at EB Games this past Saturday and asked 84 actual teens who looked at Sims 2 stuff what they thought (only 82 finished the survey and their answers are presented here):

Does this look interesting to you?
yes: 4
no: 78

Do you think it is worth USD $19,99?
yes: 0
no: 82

Do you buy Stuff Packs?
yes: 11
no: 71

Do you think EA/Maxis shows any sense of taste in their designs?
yes: 17
no: 60
made vomit noises: 5

Do you "like" The Sims 2?
yes: 3
yes with custom content: 21
yes with custom content, hacks, and mods: 44
no:5
no, EA are liars or thieves: 9

Do you use any custom content by Marvine & Beosboxboy ?
yes: 71
no: 2
no, who's that? : 8
what's custom content? : 1

Do you think there is too much emphasis on female content in The Sims 2?
Yes: 71
No: 9
Are you really taking this info for a survey or are you some sort of child molester? : 2

Based on your experiences with The Sims 2, will you be interested in buying The Sims 3?
yes: 9
maybe: 34
only if there are sex animations: 11
no: 28

You said maybe, what would sway your decision in favour of buying TS3 (they were allowed to list more than one item)?
fewer software bugs: 34
more guy stuff: 30
more real life things to do: 27
real gay marriage: 19
sex animations: 13
better clothing: 11
EA performing oral sex on the person: 4
less stupid death $h!+: 1

Granted, 84 teens in an EB Games store doesn't give a basis to make an authorative data set; but I suspect it is a fair representation of the general sentiment of teens -- the "target market" of TS2 towards the game and EA.

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