TS3 L&P
witch:
Quote from: jolrei on 2009 May 13, 13:20:44
Also, I am happy to receive any spare $120 millions that people may have lying around. I won't even sell out a game franchise. Win-Win.
Hey! I have this Nigerian mate...
Emma:
Get him/her to send you pictures of them with shoes on their head.
mistyk:
They really want to sell this game.....this is part of an article taken from NY Times dated 5/13/09 full article here
"Electronic Arts executives wanted the marketing campaign to showcase the new features of The Sims 3, and to get people who might not play the game to understand what it was about.
The focus of the marketing is online, and beginning Friday, Electronic Arts will begin offering three ways for consumers to play with Sims characters on the Web.
There will be a free trial available at Sims3.com and at the Sims 3 fan page on Facebook, meant for people who have never played the game before.
Another option, called SimFriend, lets visitors to the Web site pick a Sim pen pal from among 120 characters, and that pen pal will send e-mail messages. For example, a Sim might send a message asking what type of dinner she should cook for her boyfriend, and the fan picks from options like "Cook an elegant meal." The e-mail chain would continue, tailored to the Sim's personality and skills.
"If the Sim happens to be a kleptomaniac chef, the response you get back might be, ‘Thanks, I went and stole food today,' when what you're expecting is ‘Thanks, I just had lunch,' " said John Buchanan, senior director of worldwide marketing for the Sims line at Electronic Arts.
The third option is called SimSidekick. A fans chooses from 6 characters on the Web site, and an image of the character that is chosen floats on top of the browser as the fan moves around the Web.
The character has site-specific responses to sites that Electronic Arts has chosen, like MTV.com, YouTube, and Twitter. On Twitter, for instance, where the mascot is a bird, a flock of bluebirds descends on the character, and, depending on its personality, the character will jump, wave his or her hands, or respond in some other way."
...not sure I would want a sim emailing me all day.
It will be interesting to see how many flock to the Sims 3 site on Friday.
MissQ:
I do want the little plumbbob drive, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I pay $99 AUD for it.
Sigmund:
Quote from: mistyk on 2009 May 14, 13:23:52
There will be a free trial available at Sims3.com and at the Sims 3 fan page on Facebook, meant for people who have never played the game before.
I find this particularly interesting, and potentially a smart move, if the thing doesn't suck (thoughI strongly suspect it will). However, I'd be interested in knowing just how much spyware crap comes along with this "free trial" before I'd try to download it. Interesting.
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