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I have a question for those of you who have bought the game in dvd form. Does the game come with an activation code?

I got my pre-order copy today & there is no activation code anywhere. The only code-like thing is the redemption code for the store content. Am I missing something important or is there a can of whoopass with EA's name on it waiting to be unleashed on my end?

I got a redemption code and a standard activation code.

I got two codes. The one on the red card was the actual one for my game. I have no idea what the one on the booklet is for, but it doesn't work for the game itself. I'm thinking EA switched up the Limited Edition stuff redemption code and the activation code.

Narky phonecall to EB games tomorrow it is then!

Well then. I'm glad I didn't get a booklet at all, to further confuse me. For reference, in my box (Euro version)  were the following: scrap of paper with generic installation/warranty/epilepsy advice, flyer with an ad for Hidden Springs and Sims mobile phone games, and the red flyer with Sims Social on one side and the so-called code for the EXCLUSIVE CONTENTZ, which worked without complaint as the activation code during installation. Just the one code to be had in my copy, and mislabelled it was, to boot.

In light of this, I might give the super secret content activation code a try. Later. Like some time next month when I actually have time. Why is it that gigs all happen at the same time?

Mine was on the back of the installation guide where the 90 day limited warranty is. All the way at the top. I am in the US, maybe they messed up for other countries?

Mine was on the red card and I'm in the US too.

I too was confused for a couple of seconds until I read what the pamphlet/leaflet/wachamacallit said. You expect to get a separate code so you tend to keep looking for it. Of course it's ridiculous that some get a separate code while others don't which makes things even more confusing.

Not for YOU, Shouty Vole.  Get back in your dome.

So EA decided to give everyone an easter egg hunt for their codes, hiding them in different places even within the same country's distributions so that nobody would truly know where to look for the code unless they were willing to experiment. Joy!

Hey, look, it's the nibbler. Filling in your waiting time by chomping on some peen?

Well now that you're here...