The Sims 3 Facing Delay

January 26, 2009 8:49 AM

Though The Sims 3 was initially set to ship on February 20, publisher Electronic Arts tells Edge that it's "evaluating the launch window," suggesting a possible delay.

The official UK site for the anticipated PC lifestyle simulation sequel now lists a "TBA" release date, with the official US site promising that it's "coming in 2009."

While retailer listings are often an indication of a delay, online retailer Amazon.com shows both versions arriving during the week of February 15, with GameStop and Best Buy likewise indicating a North American release in the days following February 20.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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st4rdog

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January 26, 2009 9:09 AM

I've got a huge feeling this will suck.

The graphics don't look too hot either.
- hillemania
  
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  January 26, 2009 9:23 AM
  
  yeah, it sure doesn't look up to snuff, but maybe because they are still targeting a wide demographic of machines and don't want to go all Crysis on them.
  
  Besides the graphics I still have never figured out the long-term addiction to this franchise.
  - carbontree
    
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    January 26, 2009 10:22 AM
    
    "Besides the graphics I still have never figured out the long-term addiction to this franchise."
    
    Women?
  - harley
    
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    January 26, 2009 11:08 AM
    
    you are more right than you know.
- abovedefault
  
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  January 26, 2009 10:13 AM
  
  most machines are still running integrated graphics.
  - Topsiderover
    
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    January 26, 2009 12:06 PM
    
    You'd think they'd get around to making a half-decent IG soultion by now.
- JuffoWup
  
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  January 26, 2009 12:51 PM
  
  I think the graphics were kept down since they decided to make the entire neighborhood one realtime simville now. Why people like it is various though. Some of us just burn out our hate in humanity by enclosing our sims in walls and such.