Sims 2 to Start Shipping Soon
Sims 2 to Start Shipping Soon
by , 3:00 PM EDT, May 27th, 2005
Aspyr Media on Friday announced that The Sims 2 has reached Gold Master status and will start shipping soon. The publisher said it will provide an exact shipping date next week. Aspyr licensed the title from Electronic Arts, which has published the game for the PC as well as consoles.
This sequel to the best-selling computer game in history greatly expands on the original's premise. Now players can follow their Sims from the cradle to the grave, choosing one of five aspirations to work toward and monitoring the characters' wants and fears. The Sims also now feature digital DNA that they pass on to their offspring, with the possibility of playing through almost limitless generations of the digital people.
The Sims 2 also offers improved house-building functions, new neighborhoods already populated by pre-made characters and the ability to import towns from Sim City 4, another EA game released for the Mac by Aspyr. Gamers can also now capture in-game footage with The Sims 2's virtual camera and use editing software, such as iMovie, to create their own stories.
The Sims 2 is rated "T" for "Teen" and is available now for pre-order at US$49.99. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3.8 or higher, a G4 or G5 1.2GHz processor, 256MB RAM, 3GB free hard drive space, a DVD drive and a 32MB video card.
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Observer Comments
QuoteGuest wrote:
i know it takes time to port a game but why charge full retail on an old game?
1. It's not old to Mac users.
2. Aspyr paid for the privilege of bringing this game to us. The price they paid was independent of PC game prices and profits. Aspyr has to set their own price and recoup their own costs, from the cost of getting the rights to port it to the porting costs themselves.
will my sims 2 for Mac arrive earlier than it hits stores (june 17)? Please reply at transylvanian_patootie@yahoo.com
thanks
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