Thu, May 28, 2009 | 21:18 BST
Pirated Sims 3 has been downloaded 180,000 times already
According to a Bloomberg report, The Sims 3 has been pirated and downloaded approximately 180,000 times between May 18 and 21.
It’s not out until June 2, and EA says that the pirated version is not even the full thing.
“The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game,” said EA rep Holly Rockwood. “It’s not the full game. Half the world — an entire city — is missing from the pirated copy.”
Comparatively, EA’s Spore was pirated 400,000 last year in the matter of three weeks.
The game does not have DRM software attached, leading some to speculate EA left it off due to the hoopla surrounding the inclusion of it on Spore.
More through the link.
Thanks, GameDaily.
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Posted in: EA, PC, Piracy, Simulation
Tags: the sims 3
11 comments
#1
Psychotext
28/05/09, 9:21 pm
Oops
#2
Gekidami
28/05/09, 9:24 pm
Thats what happens when a game goes up for download a month before it comes out, even if people did want to buy it they cant yet.
#3
JesteR
28/05/09, 9:43 pm
Yeah most logically thing EA should have done it is to release it as soon as the torrent was available to honest buyers dont feel stupid to actually buy the game.
#4
Peffy
28/05/09, 9:47 pm
Epic fail…
#5
JesteR
28/05/09, 9:54 pm
No kidding….
#6
Shatner
28/05/09, 10:09 pm
Maybe they should have just slapped heavy DRM all over it to protect it from theft instead. Oh, yeah, they’d be damned and ridiculed for that too.
Thing is, it’s The Sims – it’s a product that sells to a demographic that isn’t offended at the notion of paying for something. And EA will market the hell out of it and its expansions. And they’ll probably make money from it. And that’ll probably upset some people.
Big game gets pirated. What else is new?
#7
Gekidami
28/05/09, 10:17 pm
Its The Sims! Once it comes out it’ll sit on top of the PC charts forever. And as soon as it drops to second EA will release some dodgy add-on that should have arguably been in the original build and it’ll take the number one spot again.
4 add-ons and 10 item packs later they’ll release them in bundles and again it’ll fly straight off shelves.
#8
ShiroGamer
28/05/09, 11:01 pm
girl’s game
#9
deanimate
28/05/09, 11:20 pm
This is not a game.
It’s a fucking joke product that likes to think it’s a game.
#10
tenthousandgothsonacid
29/05/09, 8:29 am
“Yeah, it’s not the full product, honest. Please buy a copy ?”
#11
Gekidami
29/05/09, 8:30 am
lol Or redownload it when it comes out, hey! Right now its the perfect demo!