Well, this is a big letdown. The way the New York Times article was worded yesterday had us to believe that we will be getting our hands on some part of the game on Friday. I suppose the rule of thumb is…if it is too good to be true, it probably is. According to this new Advertising Age article, the demo is actually SimSideKick.
EA is offering “free trial” experiences via “Sims Sidekick,” an application that allows users to create Sims characters with specific personality traits. The ersatz avatars can follow their masters as they surf from web page to web page, and each will exhibit different behaviors based on the characteristics a user has chosen. One website may cause the figure to jump around; another might case it to spin. “There will be a very specific response based on the personality traits,” Mr. Buchanan said. “Current players will think it’s neat they can take their Sim anywhere on the web. We think it will also entice new players to go and learn more what Sims is all about.”
The full article can be read here. I’m so disappointed – with the fact that I thought there was going to be a free trial and the fact that I lead many of you Simmers there to believe there would 🙁
Thanks to Sims 3 Nieuws for sending in the link with the clarification.
Don’t feel bad, Jud. I sort of figured EA wouldn’t give us a free trial in the first place. If they were actually going to do something cool like that they should have already done when they delayed the game and angered so many of us. Yeah, EA that’s real “neat”. What are the odds of them including all the traits so we get a preview of how they behave so we can start correcting our self Sims so they don’t do stupid things because of the traits we felt accurately described ourselves? Thomas may fit the insane description but he’s not actually insane (although some may say otherwise). Might be worth a look just to see how your Sim reacts to you browsing porn though. That might be entertaining for about 5 minutes.
If they are not giving a free trial it just means they don’t care if people like the game, they just want to sell it. If they were 100% confident in the game then they would be happy to give a free trial.
They did once have a free Trial! I remember Playing it! But Now i Just dont know what happened to it! I wish their still was one tho! (even tho i already have the game) It still was fun and it would be awesome for all the ppl that dont have the sims 3 yet to be able to experience the free online Demo of it!! :/
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this sucks i want teh free trial now!!!!
and i mean NOW!