The Sims 2 sells 1 million copies sold in 10 days - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

silver26 · 09-27-2004, 04:46 PM

All I can say is... woah !

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Biggest PC launch in EA history; 1 million copies sold in 10 days.

File this one under "the rich get richer." Electronic Arts announced today that The Sims 2 has sold more than 1 million copies at retail stores worldwide in its first 10 days on the shelves, making it the biggest PC title launch in the company's 22 years.

"The Sims franchise has become a cultural phenomenon and The Sims 2 is a game that changes the way we think about our industry," Frank Gibeau, senior VP of marketing for EA, said in a statement released today. Gibeau went on to comment that of the 1 million units sold, more than 50 percent of those were sold in Europe.

Offical Gamespot post

NeverBorn · 09-27-2004, 06:31 PM

I second that woah, but I really don't think we should be surprised.

MageB420666 · 09-27-2004, 06:36 PM

Yep, I expected it also, seeing as I got it within the first three days.

09-27-2004, 06:42 PM

i just bought it today, and i cant stop playing it.. wtf

portwineboy · 09-27-2004, 06:55 PM

It's like crack but it's going aside for Rome: TW. For now. Most of the time. Really. No, really.

Ace_O_Spades · 09-27-2004, 11:45 PM

It IS like crack... sweet sweet delicious crack cocaine

iamtheone · 09-28-2004, 04:27 AM

ya know, i don't see how people can actually "play" this game..... Me, yeah, i downloaded it.... I like to cheat and build big ass houses, but actually playing the game? what is the appeal?

portwineboy · 09-28-2004, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by iamtheone

what is the appeal?

It's hard to say. I would probably just stick with the "you're either gonna love it or hate it" crowd on the gameplay.

I constantly tell people it is a little creepy.

09-28-2004, 08:22 AM

to get WOOHOO! haha

Slayer · 09-28-2004, 08:51 AM

Just like Sims 1 after a few hours.....it gets really boring. Doing the same thing over and over again isnt fun.

silver26 · 09-28-2004, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Slayer

Just like Sims 1 after a few hours.....it gets really boring. Doing the same thing over and over again isnt fun.

I didnt say I liked the game, I was just impressed at the amount of units sold.

I too find it boring.

guthmund · 09-28-2004, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by iamtheone

ya know, i don't see how people can actually "play" this game..... Me, yeah, i downloaded it.... I like to cheat and build big ass houses, but actually playing the game? what is the appeal?

I played a friend's copy and spent more time designing and decorating the house than actually playing. Creating a sim is fun, but I after the first week or so (game time, not actual time) I get bored a start building another house.

I'd love to hear from those who actually play the game and the reasons why.

Ace_O_Spades · 09-28-2004, 01:34 PM

well lately I've just been trapping people in my house, or making them go insane then turning them loose in the neighbourhood... its good for a few laughs when you invite someone over and they start dancing around with a mop.

Rabid Bunny · 09-28-2004, 04:10 PM

I play it to waste time. I need to jump from 2:00 to 5:00? Fire up the Sims. Although correctly calculating the time is hard and I sometimes overshoot the time I spend playing it.

Kodega · 09-28-2004, 04:17 PM

I need to pick this game up, but sadly right now I'm poor. So it's gonna have to wait a week or two.

-=shikamaru=- · 09-28-2004, 05:30 PM

the original Sims was like crack...until you got sick of it after a week.

Is Sims 2 any better? just wonderin'

BuddyHawks · 09-28-2004, 05:38 PM

I installed, and played Sims 2 for about eight hours straight without blinking. I havn't played it since then, there isn't enough difference from the first game here to make me want to play it again.

And you can tell that there will be many expansions, since it seems to be lacking in the number and variety of items.

Halx · 10-01-2004, 08:41 PM

The thing about Sims 2, is you don't HAVE to do the same thing over and over. You can force your sims into wacky situations and get a lot of good laughs out of it.

10-01-2004, 10:51 PM

damn kodega i shouldve posted this earlier. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...rch=sims%25202
to bad its expired. sims 2 for $22 w/ free ship.

Flyguy · 10-04-2004, 12:24 AM

I got bored with the Sims. After a few hours, it just got boring. That and I couldn't stand the fact that time moves in such a fucked up way. One second of real time = one minute in the game. Yet, you're still performing normal functions and routines at a real time pace. I never had time to do anything. It always took two hours to take a piss! I got frustrated with it.

Gortexfogg · 10-04-2004, 05:25 AM

1 million in 10 days... that just boggles the mind. Simply incredible. I'm probably going to have to get my sister to lend me her version if this one is as good as what everyone says.

10-04-2004, 08:43 AM

i maxed out my stats so now i am just messing around. i built rooms in the basement with everything a person needs to survive. i invited four lovers to move in and i locked them all in the basement with the men only door. i can go in and out but they cant. pretty damn funny. my man had a night of woo-hoo-ing. if i was a romance sim this would be a dream but since i am a knowledge sim im thinking of letting them go. because for some reason, even though they were in separate rooms they still found out about each other.

japhyryder · 10-05-2004, 05:48 AM

I will have to try the locking in thing, any good site recommendations for item add ons?

The Phenomenon · 10-05-2004, 11:09 PM

Thats nowhere near the Doom 3 or Diablo 2 sales figures.

silver26 · 10-06-2004, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The Phenomenon

Thats nowhere near the Doom 3 or Diablo 2 sales figures.

Really? How much did those sell in 10 days?

09-27-2004, 06:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	Yep, I expected it also, seeing as I got it within the first three days. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn.

09-27-2004, 06:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
portwineboy Master of No Domains Location: WEEhawken, New Joisey	It's like crack but it's going aside for Rome: TW. For now. Most of the time. Really. No, really. __________________ If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran.

09-27-2004, 11:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	It IS like crack... sweet sweet delicious crack cocaine __________________ Feh.

09-28-2004, 04:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
iamtheone Psychoholic Location: Ein tov she'ein bo ra!	ya know, i don't see how people can actually "play" this game..... Me, yeah, i downloaded it.... I like to cheat and build big ass houses, but actually playing the game? what is the appeal? __________________ Music is holy, art is sacred, and creativity is power... Think for Yourself Question Authority

09-28-2004, 08:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Slayer Insane Location: Brooklyn, NY............. South Of Heaven	Just like Sims 1 after a few hours.....it gets really boring. Doing the same thing over and over again isnt fun. __________________ "the key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"

09-27-2004, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
NeverBorn I'm a pepper bitch..	I second that woah, but I really don't think we should be surprised.

09-27-2004, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	i just bought it today, and i cant stop playing it.. wtf

09-28-2004, 08:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	to get WOOHOO! haha

09-28-2004, 01:34 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	well lately I've just been trapping people in my house, or making them go insane then turning them loose in the neighbourhood... its good for a few laughs when you invite someone over and they start dancing around with a mop. __________________ Feh.

09-28-2004, 04:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
Rabid Bunny Tilted Location: Pennsylvania	I play it to waste time. I need to jump from 2:00 to 5:00? Fire up the Sims. Although correctly calculating the time is hard and I sometimes overshoot the time I spend playing it.

09-28-2004, 04:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kodega Crazy	I need to pick this game up, but sadly right now I'm poor. So it's gonna have to wait a week or two.

09-28-2004, 05:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
-=shikamaru=- Crazy	the original Sims was like crack...until you got sick of it after a week. Is Sims 2 any better? just wonderin' __________________ DINANZI A ME NON FUOR COSE CREATE SE NON ETTERNE, E IO ETTERNA DURO. LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VIO CH'INTRATE'.

09-28-2004, 05:38 PM	#17 (permalink)
BuddyHawks Swashbuckling Location: Iowa...sometimes	I installed, and played Sims 2 for about eight hours straight without blinking. I havn't played it since then, there isn't enough difference from the first game here to make me want to play it again. And you can tell that there will be many expansions, since it seems to be lacking in the number and variety of items. __________________ Watch More TV

10-01-2004, 08:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	The thing about Sims 2, is you don't HAVE to do the same thing over and over. You can force your sims into wacky situations and get a lot of good laughs out of it. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

10-01-2004, 10:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	damn kodega i shouldve posted this earlier. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...rch=sims%25202 to bad its expired. sims 2 for $22 w/ free ship.

10-05-2004, 11:09 PM	#24 (permalink)
The Phenomenon Psycho Location: I think my horns are coming out	Thats nowhere near the Doom 3 or Diablo 2 sales figures. __________________ Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which, in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self-sacrifice - which means: self-immolation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-destruction - which means: the self as a standard of evil, the selfless as a standard of the good.

10-04-2004, 12:24 AM	#20 (permalink)
Flyguy Banned Location: Swooping down on you from above....	I got bored with the Sims. After a few hours, it just got boring. That and I couldn't stand the fact that time moves in such a fucked up way. One second of real time = one minute in the game. Yet, you're still performing normal functions and routines at a real time pace. I never had time to do anything. It always took two hours to take a piss! I got frustrated with it.

10-04-2004, 05:25 AM	#21 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	1 million in 10 days... that just boggles the mind. Simply incredible. I'm probably going to have to get my sister to lend me her version if this one is as good as what everyone says.

10-04-2004, 08:43 AM	#22 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	i maxed out my stats so now i am just messing around. i built rooms in the basement with everything a person needs to survive. i invited four lovers to move in and i locked them all in the basement with the men only door. i can go in and out but they cant. pretty damn funny. my man had a night of woo-hoo-ing. if i was a romance sim this would be a dream but since i am a knowledge sim im thinking of letting them go. because for some reason, even though they were in separate rooms they still found out about each other.

10-05-2004, 05:48 AM	#23 (permalink)
japhyryder no one special Location: Charlotte, NC	I will have to try the locking in thing, any good site recommendations for item add ons? __________________ It's only entertainment, someone's sick idea of a joke.