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"They say Sims2 is in the prime of it's life....and sims 3 is likely to be years away...
this is directly from firingsquad.com
"ยป The Sims 3 In Development
There's one more revelation from the Electronic Arts conference call today. During the Q&A session EA execs confirmed that development is underway on The Sims 3, the third game in the mega-selling people sim series. However the game is still a ways off as EA plans to release it during its fiscal 2009 year which begins on April 1, 2008."
PS. I gotta play some spore before!!!