Is this EA’s equivalent to the Saturday Night Live’s spoof D*ck in a Box?  I can’t say for sure, but if they do go this route, I do believe we’re being shafted – big time!  SimTimes found a listing on ABC Software for The Sims 3 Barnacle Bay Retail Version.  According to the product description, all we’re going to get is a piece of paper in the box with a code to redeem the items from the Sims 3 Store.

So if this is indeed true….why even bother putting this out in retail stores?  Are they really going to waste all of those resources for a paper and a box – they can’t even give us a CD?  What about those that don’t play the game on computers with active internet connections all the time?  I know we can always download them and save them to a thumbdrive.  But what’s the point, here?!?

Next thing you know, they’re going to sell expansions in which you’ll get the box and piece of paper to download it from the EA store….

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