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Im going to be sooooo annoyed if its delayed. :mad:

I'm not surprised. Now what would surprise me is if EA was delaying the release to give us all a perfectly running, bug free game. *snort* I'm so funny!

Heh, that ain't gonna happen (not sure all the bugs will turn up until there are lots of people giving it a work out), but I'm concerned that they've found something so heinous that release is not an option, making me wonder what ticking time-bombs are imbedded in the code that nobody has yet discovered. Maybe they need better beta testers.

Mmm hadnt thought of that, maybe its better then, I read that article as EAxis trying to find a suitable launch date to "cash in" on the game as much as possible.lol.

Snootysims:

A few bits about the delay; I've set the release date countdown a full month later, but you must realize that it may not come out until May/June as EA told European stores that it will be released in the first half of 2009. Further more, Spong.com was told that February 3, EA will give an official statement about the delay.

Spong.com link - http://news.spong.com/article/16990/The_Sims_3_Delayed_?d=200901261218&cb=72

Yup. Given the money producing potential based on Sims 2, I don't think they are too concerned about the long-term potential. However, this might just be classic marketing tactic, sort of like fishing, tease with the bait a bit before you hook 'em, by then there will be a general feeding frenzy going on and there will be a good catch beyond the initial one. It will also provide a general feel for the demand for the game. Always remember, to us it is a game, to them it is a revenue producing product.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I'm honestly wondering (/hoping ...) if they are adding onto the game after the creator camp and getting some actual fan feedback and all. The fact that you can't make more neighborhoods did not go over well, and with the economy being so bad this game HAS to sell. Loads. Which it likely will either way, but it would definitely sell more if they tweaked it a bit ...

I don't know. Could just be me being hopeful, but if that is the reason they're delaying the release, then by all means! Delay away!

20.2.2009 ... you will see,it will be!!!

magicflute - it would be nice if that were the reason. some feedback from the creators camp says that EA were immovable on some things  :(

From the few things I've read about the creators camp there's a lot missing from ts3 that is in ts2 but there also seems to be a few contradictions - at Parsimonious the blog there says that we will be able to have files to load into the game but then it also states that EA is making it that we can't ... I'm a little confused

I shall wait till the furore dies down and there's a file available to I don't have to use the disk all the time!

Aye, the confusion only serves to fan the flames, which in turn increases interest. That is to their advantage. So is the speculation. It is frustrating right now, but in a couple of months it will just be forgotten, dusty history and a lot of simmers will be off and running with the shiney new, myself included, most likely.

Lol, we can only but dream eh Joy  1giggle  2coffee

Im hoping if its delayed they might add some more stuff.lol

yes, I have caved I'm afraid! After swearing blind that I wouldn't get it, I pre-ordered it the other day ... don't ask, I must have been having a mad moment. Quite why I want my pc loaded with freaky looking sims I'm not sure

Anyhoo ... I pre-ordered it from play.com and they've got the release date as 20.02.09 (plus a nice vomit-worthy pre-order bonus "Hawaiian" print texture)

LOL. The lot of us are hopeless, Ali. Sims is more than just a game, it's an addiction.

yep, you got that right!

EA had released a statement today (that was later taken down) on their news page that gave the release date of June 2.
As it has been taken down, all bets are off, but the investors' page for EA still does have that date as the official ship date.
It ties into the fiscal woes that EA is having-they had a very bad financial quarter ending in December, and are laying off an additional 1,000 people as a result of those results. It should not surprise anyone that this delay is happening-it's obvious that the company is in great turmoil.

They put the statement back up, sorry thought I had the link. When I first read it I was like 'GRR!' but if they're making the game better, I suppose I can wait...June is so far away though! I don't know if I can wait that long before spontaneously combusting!

P.S. what about the people who pre-ordered it? That really sucks for you guys...

Actually, the official EA page for the release date was modified so that there is now a counter to the release date of June 2. That is official as of this moment.
Sorry for the bad news, but a delay was almost inevitable given the financial uncertainty of the economy right now and the fact that EA had a terrible quarter ending in December.
I wouldn't hold my breath on them improving the game, though. They're notorious for releasing games that have major bugs that take many modders to fix.

Wait, a 'counter'? I promise I'm not stupid, and this may be a dumb question...I just don't want to be misinformed!

idk about the calender part but why would they put up a release date for february; have us all excited for it to come out then when we're just a few days away tell us its not happening! couldn't they have mentioned that idk in JANUARY! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR  :'( :-\

This counter:
http://thesims3.ea.com/view/pages/coolstuff.jsp

EA's changing of the release date Just PO's me badly :mad:

Yep, June 2nd.  And here I thought I was going to buy it this month.   :rolleyes:  Should have known better anyway when it comes to EA. 

Thanks for the info.  I guess I will be buying an expansion pack for my Macbook after all.   :-\

While I'm not surprised, after all as previously stated by others, it IS EAxis. :rolleyes: And we all know what they are like by now. None the less, I'm raging! I got a new computer just so I can run it and it turns out I could have left it another few months and not shelled out the damned money (I've installed some Sims2 stuff on it and it looks beautiful but I digress...) Grrr.  :mad:

Well, That does it for me with the sims 3! i mean i can sorta understand about the issues but come on, we as sim fans have waited and waited for this and now a couple of weeks before release and they say , " oh sorry its going to be delayed!" If EAmaxis was smart and wanted to bost sales then they should have released it on time.

how interesting, I was given the date of June 11th, maybe thats for the australian release of the game. I agree, waiting a little longer will mean less problems and a better game in the long run, but its also hard to wait, knowing that once upon a time it was just days away from release

Actually, Sims 3 is not the only game they delayed yesterday-I read that the Godfather game is also delayed.
I personally think the delay is not only for ramping up the marketing for the game, as admitted by the CEO, but also to push any profits or losses into the next fiscal year, which starts in March. That way their shareholders will be happy with "improved" sales figures and less unhappy with any losses.
As it is, they posted a huge loss yesterday, and I'm pretty sure that their stock is going to probably take a massive hit today from the results.
It's a business, remember? They don't really care about the quality of the game, just the profits from it.

All too true, but I do think that the people working the project probably care about quality. Right now, everybody, EA included, is simply struggling to survive.

I had finally decided I would buy it so I pre-ordered it and I was really looking forward to getting it... Well, it's only 117 days left, could have been worse. Hopefully they'll use this time to make sure the game is as bug free as they can get it.

Geez. Sorry to hear about that. Oh, well, I can wait, plus it means I won't miss all my classes in March. :rolleyes: And they didn't cancel it. And what little workforce they have left after the layoffs can spend some of that time debugging, maybe fixing that sticky walking anim. Maybe host another Creator's Camp!

loversim is right, though. They would've had their December figures not long after New Year's. They could've announced it more than a week before shipment. The guys at my local EB are probably right pissed.

It looks like the UK/Canada release is June 5th. I am now scheduling that day and the next three off.

Not exactly first half is it EA? grrrr . Im hoping they will improve alot of things, like everyone looking the same and add maybe another neighbourhood, also this should be enough time to release at least one more sims 2 expansion or decent stuff pack or two..

Yes, I have read about that too. I think its either June or July. EA didn't surprise me.... I knew it couldnt possibly be that great. :-\

Haha lol, very nice.

I posted this in another thread but felt like putting it here now as well:

i feel really bad for those who pre ordered it and has been excited for it i mean come on why do they shoot themselves in the foot like this i mean don't they know there's gonna be alot of pissed off fans who pre ordered it? ;D


wtf? those pics of the ts3 they all seem to run together you can't tell which from which they all have the same faces and noses. thank god i did not pre order it.


way to go EA way to go they are truly the biggest jackasses. :rolleyes:


i hope all my fellow simmers have alot of fun with it. ;D

Its the eyes and the cheeks that are horrible. Although that sim in the purple dress eyes are not too bad but they are the same shape etc.. as the others. I cant wait to see if some very talented creators can change all that!!. If they dont add another neighbourhood or somewhere else, i can see myself getting very bored quickly once the intial novelty has worn off.

If you guys want to hear something strange the Guide for Sims 3 is Coming out February 20

Unfortunately the eye thing is one of the things that can't be changed in the game.   Kate mentions it in her review at Parsimonious, which really depresses me.  No elf ears, either.  :'(

It is almost comical reading this thread. Why would EAxis do any thing on time? Why would they do anything to benefit the player's? There really is no need! Why just this thread alone will spark an aggressive feeding frenzy once the game releases. I have every The Sims ep. I have all of The Sims 2 ep's and all sp's except for IKEA and M&G's. I for one don't care when it releases. There is no way I will get caught up in the new EP every 6 mos. routine.UNLESS......it is an amazing game beyond anything the sims 2 ever provided. Not likely, but possible. So please...Everyone buy the Sims 3 and write a review on it. Then I will decide wether or not to buy it, say by June of 2010 . ;D Please don't think I am being harsh, I do love my Sims. But what I have seen and read of version 3 has left me quite unsure about the quality and time  value of the game.

no way will i buy that game

I can have interest in the game, once the modding community tear it apart and put some modding program together. Maybe we can have some lovely CC for this game. Other than that, no interest. No flat-foreheaded sim kiddies for me.  2nono

I like some of the new animations and interactions, just can't stand the skins and hair.  I don't like that if someone makes a great texture then it can't be shared. I don't want EA pigeon-holed the game and the sharing community. That is what makes The Sims 2 community so great and the game successful. Plus I can't put nothing together artistically, so I need the community. :)

I was TICKED! I ordered from amazon (not knowing that they changed the release date) and i found that out so i just canceled. I was soo mad! But I guess they just need to work out the bugs or something and they dont want this game to be a mess up because this is the biggest thing they have released for their company! I am still mad!  :'(

I pre-ordered the collector's edition on January 30th 2009 from eagames site. A few days later found out the release was delayed to June 2009 :confused:.
I was upset :mad: as I had just tied up a good chunk of money that could be used for other things instead of tied up for 4/5 months with no product in my hand.

So I contacted them to cancel my pre-order & inquired about the sudden & late change in release date - pointing out my invoice even stated the ship date would be February 20th 2009 when I pre-ordered it.

Anyhow, my rambling here is to paste the response I received from them about that.


So this EA rep claims there had not been an official release then nor before the date of his response since the game is still in production ??  :rolleyes:

how is that possible when they've put out a countdown and everything? well hey thats wut we thought the first time and they changed it. but why would they keep putting out release dates and all that if its not official yet?

Anybody think that possibly the class-action lawsuits against EA & Securom might have something to do with the delay?As in EA realizes they'll probably lose the case, so maybe another thing they are "tweaking" is using another DRM program, so they gotta go back and reconfigure things?Just a thought.........

I don't think those have any impact at all. The cases have not been replied to by EA (I've checked) and there hasn't been any movement on the court's part to put them on a docket. It usually takes at least a year before a case goes to court in the civil division of the Federal court.
But I do think they're probably being cautious about not letting everyone know which version of Securom they're going to be using.
There's a new version in beta test. At our website, (ReclaimYourGame) we're holding our breath about EA using the newest version in the Sims 3. We have no idea what it is like or how bad it is.

Can they really use a beta software on a game that's being produced? Beta means it's still being tested. I don't something that's being 'tested' especially Securom, on my computer

Only EA really knows why they delayed the game...We can only guess.

Don't EA always do this though, announce a release date that is way too optimistic?

Yep, they do. I was anticipating Sims 2 when it was announced. I remembered twice being disappointed that the date was pushed back. Not that excited now, but will want to see what the game is like when it comes out. :)

Well, I can't wait to see what kind of hell & chaos we can do in the "open" town format. I mean, think about it........just take any hacked item for sims 2 that caused hilarity, or otherwise, on the lot you were playing.........now, expand that range of chaos to the street your sim lives on, then onto the town...........MUWHAHAHAHAH.........Hey, that sim caused my sim to cry,etc.....hmmm.lets go use this hacked item to set fire,make them piss themselves, whatever.The damages caused by sims 2 hacks, and I mean the intended ones,mind you, can cause trouble on a much grander scale now.Provided we get some great thinkers to really come up with some doozies,lol. >:D

They should revamp the whole thing and add better graphics.

I hope they will make better looking skins and make things like simPE possible. Sims in sims 3 are ugly because the skins are horrible. I know EA games has a horrible taste in clothes, no doubt that won't change. Even kids dress like 60 year olds.

I've heard that you won't be able to mod The Sims 3 in any way... Is there any truth to these rumors?

I'd say about 60% true based on the information available. It might not be ENTIRELY unmoddable, so you can still throw in ugly recolors and bad meshes, but something like the Insim is about 85% likely to be impossible.
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I agree with MagicFlute.  I have been searching the web getting feedback about the sims 3 as well as the release date.  If Maxis wants us to pay almost $50 for this game and by all means it had better be worth it!  :mad:  My question if they had more neighborhood will it be continous or do we have to wait until the neighborhood loads in order to play? :confused:  Many, many thanks everyone. 

i would like to think they soiled their underwear after reading all the negative feedback, and that they're putting togeather something that will sell, not might sell.

So, delayed so that they can install the newest version of Suck?  I seriously doubt that they delayed for bug fixing as I'm sure they were deep into production already.  If they did it for marketing reasons, then it once again proves that most marketing execs have their heads up their asses.  Hype wears off...  If it ends up being palatable to me, I'll have to find a no-cd and a way to kill the suck.  Maybe next year some time.