THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
Hook:
There are a lot of things wrong with that $9 million number. First of all, not every store will sell the game at full list price. Check around and see what you can get it for. Second, EA didn't lose $9 million; most of that will be lost by retailers. EA only gets a small portion of it. But they like to imply that EA lost that entire amount.
I wish I had $1 for everyone who says they'll buy the game even though they torrented it, but doesn't buy it. This includes people who wait until it's remaindered to buy it from the bargain bin. EA probably wishes the same thing.
Hook
Acid_fairy:
Quote from: cyperangel on 2009 May 23, 12:37:20
Quote from: Acid_fairy on 2009 May 23, 12:26:28
Quote from: coltraz on 2009 May 23, 05:11:14
In other news, I realized my Sims stereo only works when playing CUSTOM music! All other stations and Sims 3 music is not working.
sigh.
Mine does the same. At the gym, the 'Electronica' station worked for a short while, and also the buy mode has also worked, but it's very intermittent. I have just updated my audio drivers so I will see if that makes a difference but somehow I doubt it will.
I am not sure whether you already noticed this, but the stereos only play music in one room. Unlike sims 2 where the music played all over, albeit lower and lower the farther you gor from the stereo, in sims 3 it only plays in one room, the one where the stereo is. Go to any other room, or outside, and you cant hear the music. At least that is how it works in my game.
ETA: Btw, this bugs the crap out of me. In sims 2 i used the stereo as a kind of background music, but with this new system, i have to have stereos in all rooms and outdoors to get the same effect. Flard!
Yeah I have noticed that; still doesn't work GAH!
Madame Mim:
Quote from: mistyk on 2009 May 23, 14:36:02
EA claiming to have lost $9million due to "pirates"
"The current number of illegal downloads of "The Sims 3" suggests lost retail sales of $9 million to date, based on the $49.99 starting price."
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Fuck me, but - no! I was not going to buy this game no way no how. I would not pay for their spyware, etc. I definately would not pay AU$100+ for something that Pescado is going to have to patch severely before it's playable (and I'm not talking 'bugs' I'm talking 'features'). In fact pirating may have done them a favour. If I decide that the 3rd party patches and all are enough to give the game more interest than a short term discovery bout I may even buy the game (when it comes down to a more reasonable price).
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: mistyk on 2009 May 23, 14:36:02
EA claiming to have lost $9million due to "pirates"
"The current number of illegal downloads of "The Sims 3" suggests lost retail sales of $9 million to date, based on the $49.99 starting price."
A meaningless figure when you consider that it is not possible to buy it anyway. The numbers are obviously inflated because everyone is download the Unauthorized Demo.
crunk:
I've always wondered how they could calculate figures of lost sales for games that aren't released yet. Obviously no one who has downloaded the leaked game will buy it - no one likes having hard copies of things! More whinning from EA while raking in tones of cash.
Also - new bug! I switched households to play the grown up sons of one of my sims, and when I switched back to the family home expected to find twin teens, a child, and a new baby plus the parents. One of the twins has disappeared. He shows in the family tree but is no where to be found, and no one can call him. Maybe I should check the graveyard - but holy hell, if the game let a teen die I'll be shocked. Almost as shocked as the fact that the game ate him!
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