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1:01 AM on 06.10.2009, Justin Villasenor

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#Electronic Arts #PC #The Sims

Sims 3 sells boatloads,
undeterred by piracy.
The Brits love it too.

Lots of new content
and a saucy naked patch
may have helped drive sales.

EA celebrates;
they enjoy profits you see.
PR after jump.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the hotly anticipated The Sims™ 3, stormed retail shelves starting June 2nd and sold thru more than 1.4 million PC/Mac units within the first week making it the best-selling PC launch in EA’s history. Fan intensity is evidenced through the more than 7 million downloads of player created content including: Sims, houses, stories and more. The Sims 3, also available for download from the Apple App Store for iPhone™ and iPod® touch, shot up to #1 paid app position on launch day and has maintained that spot since launch.

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20 comments | showing # 1 to 20

Technophile

Very nice haikus sir.

Justin Villasenor

Thanks! I just got a random urge to try writing some.

Magnalon

Late night news! Rabble rabble! <3

This just blows my mind. 1 week of release and it sells nearly more than Mega Man 2's 1.5 million lifetime copies! Apply that brain buster to any "hit" game we know and love. Plus, The Sims 3 was leaked like no one's business.

Double J

I demand more late night news in the form of Haiku.

garison

haiku schmaiku.

John Johnson

I counted all the syllables. It's all legit

Chocobo Knight

Blame me. I'm one of those 1.4 million who splurged on Sims 3. :D

thisissami

That was done real well!
Keep up the good work Justin!
I <3 Destructoid!

CtMythic

This is awesome.

Joseph Leray

If I buy the Sims, will you write more haikus? :D

lyfeforce

This was equal parts random and awesome.

Dr Terror

I bought it, its mad. Kind of expected more in the way of sales, not exactly Halo 3 level... maybe it wasn't so undeterred by piracy? Moar expansions might fix that. Haikus also.

greks224

Sims 3 is great. Well deserved to go platinum.

habslove

I would have bought it if my laptop were good enough

bluemeep

Sim me is already a famous author, living in his squalid shanty and finding ass-random rubies just laying around on the sidewalk. I'm lucky to finish a single ruby-less paragraph in MY squalid shanty...

Also I bought $90 worth of point cards during that 1/2 off sale. I'm not really sure why.

Chronic Logic

Virtual life is sooo much cooler than real life, ala the Sims 3.

Jon B

Didn't suprise me at all. Roll on the Sims 3 custom mod tools!

PappaDukes

MatCD

Excellent Haikus,
That must have taken some work.
Refrigerator.

Uniquenamehere

The people who buy the sims are unlikely to be the same people who pirated it.

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