The Sims 3 Collector's Edition pre-order now available

by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 15th 2008 at 12:30PM }

EA announced today that the collector's edition of ~~Megalomaniacs~~ The Sims 3 is available for $70 at all your standard video game purveyors. It appears the items packaged with the game, which releases next February, haven't changed much since they were originally announced at Leipzig two months ago.

The collectors edition includes: the game, Plumbob (the crystal thing over Sims' heads) USB Drive and stickers, in-game European-styled sports car and a "tips and hints" guide. We're still amazed it doesn't come with a copy of Machiavelli's The Prince or Plato's Republic.

Tags: ea, sims-3, the-sims-3

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The Aggie CEO @ Oct 15th 2008 12:49PM

you guys forgot "DRM" from list of things included in the package......

DWells55 @ Oct 15th 2008 12:56PM

Yup. I bought The Sims 1 and a ton of expansions, but you can sure as hell bet I'll be skipping this one if they tack ridiculous DRM on.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 15th 2008 12:53PM

*JOYSTIQ WTF Didn't we learn our lesson from the hummingbird ad??? Your Best Buy ad had just as many problems as the bird did. I enjoy your site and am all for you guys advertising and making money, but this is insane. I can't even view an article without the ad popping up, clicking the skip commercial button a million times, and then going back and trying again. PLEASE FIX IT*

The Aggie CEO @ Oct 15th 2008 12:59PM

yea I hit that ad like 5 times 2day alone.........

I mean I KNOW they gotta make money in order to stay around but sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.......

Neuromancer @ Oct 15th 2008 1:11PM

Yeah it's pretty bad, unfortunately they wouldn't put these ads out there if they didn't work. Kind of like how 1,000,000 penis enlargement spams will generate a few sales.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 15th 2008 1:19PM

They got rid of the hummingbird after everyone bitched about it, hopefully enough people will bitch about this one so it can get removed. It's annoying as hell to visit this site when these kind of ads are up.

Zertoss @ Oct 15th 2008 1:33PM

So why aren't you guys running Firefox + Adblock + NoScript?

dramamoose @ Oct 15th 2008 2:17PM

FF+ABP= Ads? What are Ads?

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 15th 2008 2:18PM

Because I'm at work where I test things on Internet Explorer. Should we have to use a certain browser with add-ons just to make a site function properly?

Zertoss @ Oct 15th 2008 3:44PM

Well, it is a much safer way to browse. Virus-carrying ads can't infect you if you kill them with Adblock and NoScript.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 15th 2008 4:17PM

Haha, I've been using IE for years and have yet to come across a "Virus-carrying Ad".

David @ Oct 16th 2008 12:38AM

Shouldn't you actually be working instead of checking out gaming websites? There are other websites that'll allow you to test your IE without a hummingbird ad.

I enjoy having no ads.

Ever.

quasebrasileiro @ Oct 15th 2008 1:19PM

Anyone recall how long it took for The Sims 1 or 2 to come out on consoles after their PC releases?

Jeremy White @ Oct 15th 2008 1:31PM

It took a little over three years for The Sims to hit Playstation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube, and a little over a year for The Sims 2 to reach Playstation 2 and maybe the others, not to sure which other consoles it released on.

Haggard @ Oct 15th 2008 1:44PM

Wasn't really the same game though. Sort of like how there were two versions of Splinter Cell double agent.

quasebrasileiro @ Oct 15th 2008 2:04PM

Thx Jeremy... this is one I don't mind waiting for.

@Haggard- I'm sure it'll be 100% different. I'm just not willing to upgrade my PC for The Sims, you know?

Haggard @ Oct 15th 2008 3:24PM

Haha, fair play.

Danshini @ Oct 15th 2008 1:37PM

I wouldn't have fought a franchise like the sims would be fun and controllable on the consoles. I would like someone to tell me if the console versions of sims 1 & 2 where easy to control, considering the limited buttons on the controllers and the many icons on the menu's.