Sims 3 Already Downloaded 180,000 Times

[DeathKnell]

Piracy of half-finished, "buggy" version outpacing Spore.

Pirates are getting an early jump on Sims 3. With several days still to go before the title hits retailers, Bloomberg (via GameDaily) is reporting that it's been downloaded 180,000 times between May 18 and 21. And it's it not even the finished version.

"The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game," said Electronic Arts representative Holly Rockwood. "It's not the full game. Half the world -- an entire city -- is missing from the pirated copy."

These numbers come courtesy of BigChampagne, a company that monitors file sharing. They outpace even Spore, which was downloaded 400,000 times over the course of three weeks and eventually went on to be the most pirated game of 2008. The high download numbers were attributed to Spore's digital rights management software, which is absent in Sims 3.

"That's the nature of the business these days," said Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson. "PC games are available before they are released. That's an issue they have been dealing with for some time."

The final version of Sims 3 is due June 2. We'll see if the high piracy rate continues after that.

DeathKnell Reviewed by DeathKnell on 28th May 2009. Sims 3 Already Downloaded 180,000 Times Piracy of half-finished, "buggy" version outpacing Spore. Pirates are getting an early jump on Sims 3. With several days still to go before the title hits retailers, Bloomberg (via GameDaily) is reporting that it's been downloaded 180,000 times between May 18 and 21. And it's it not even the finished version. "The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game," said Electronic Arts representative Holly Rockwood. "It's not the full game. Half the world -- an entire city -- is Rating: 5

[Moby Master]

I already uploaded it when it comes, 18 May But links are dead.
Well done pirates

[Elio]

haha links still alive on my site

[shadow.prx]

wow and i was one of the people planning on actually buying it haha

[Curtis129]

HAHA yeh links are still alive in my rapidshare
lmao

[UltimA]

Heh, I was one of the downloaders.

There's nothing actually missing from the game.. it's just EA's attempt at saving face.

[Luke]

There's nothing actually missing from the game.. it's just EA's attempt at saving face.

Thats what my mom said LMAO.

* No joke *

[UltimA]

Why's your Mom downloading The Sims 3 and then evaluating EA's press release? :/

[Hawk]

''Why's your Mom downloading The Sims 3 and then evaluating EA's press release? :/''

Kode's mum/mom must be in the warez scene too. UltimA = Kode's Mother?

[Luke]

LOL she said it about this since we seen it on the news.

They say things like that all the time

Marketed as one of this summer’s blockbusters, downloads topped 75,000 within hours of the film being uploaded to BitTorrent and 20th Century Fox, the studio behind Wolverine, said the uploaded version was “stolen, incomplete and early”