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Sims 3 sells 1.4 million in first week

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EA's claimed that The Sims 3's sold over 1.4 million units in its first week on sale.

The figure includes both Mac and PC SKUs. The company also said it had seen more than 7 million downloads of user-created content in the same period.

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