Sims 3 Release Delay Confirmed

Amy Tucker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:37:58 +0000

I didn’t want to believe that the reported delay was going to affect the US. I wanted to stay in my little fantasy world and believe that the delay would only hit the foreign markets and that the US would be able to thumb our noses at everyone else. [Not very nice but we were SO close to the release date!]

And then, I saw this in an EA press release:

“The June launch combined with the break-through game the team is building gives us the perfect runway to create awareness for The Sims 3,” said Russell Arons, Vice President of Marketing for EA. “The Sims 3 will be the original IP summer blockbuster of 2009 as we build off the success of the best-selling PC franchise of all time to create awareness with both loyal Sims fans and new players.”

Damn.

Can’t argue with that.

I just pre-ordered my game today and I keep telling myself that June is THAT far away. *sniff, sniff*

Source: EA

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Is the Sims 3 Release Delayed?

Amy Tucker — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:47:50 +0000

There’s been a lot of speculation in the past couple of days about whether or not Sims 3 is going to make its February release date. Most are citing the fact that the UK Sims 3 official site has changed the release date from Feb. 20th to TBA:

EA UK screenshot

Everyone [including 1up and Wired] seems to be running scared and using a quote from Edge Online that is quoting EA as saying, “[they are] evaluating the launch window” and “The game looks great and in the near future we’ll have more information”. The problem is that I can’t find the original press release that Edge Online is quoting from.

But, I did find a release from EA US with the release date still set for Feb. 20th:

EA US Sims 3 screenshot

I also looked on Amazon.com and on GameSpot.com and both are still listing Sims 3 as being released on Feb. 16th [Amazon] and Feb. 20th [GameSpot].

Amazon.com screenshot

GameStop.com screenshot

The reason I would like to read the original press release is because I have a sneaking suspicion that this might be a UK delay only and not include the US market but I can’t confirm that without reading the release.

Eurogamer.com specifically mentions European retailers in their piece which only seems to confirm my suspicions that this delay may only affect folks across the pond.

So, until further notice, expect the worst but hope for the best. If I can rustle up a copy of the “delay” press release then I’ll let you guys know.

BUT, from my digging, I’m going to say that I think that the delay is a European delay.

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