Just like they did with Barnacle Bay, EA will be sending game cases with a slip of laminated paper with a store code to redeem Hidden Springs to a Walmart near you! <($_$)>
Source: SimCookie
EA is Bringing Hidden Springs Code in a Box to a Walmart Near YOU!!!
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At least Simmers who don’t have enough SimPoints to purchase Hidden Springs via the Store (including me) can finally get the new world without shelling money through a credit card. I find this one much better than losing certain amounts of saved-up SimPoints. I shelled out 1,111 SP when Barnacle Bay was a Daily Deal during the new year and when the Barnacle Bay DL code was released on February I started to regret spending 1,111 SP instead of waiting for the code release.
So they want to be eco friendly by stopping the production of paper manuals, but they still feel the need to waste all these plastic cases that are empty. They could atleast make it some kind of scratch off card like you get for itunes.
They don’t want to be eco-friendly. They want to cut budgets : P
Can you buy it in stores or online in the UK?
At least, if it is available in UK, I don’t have to buy Simpoints.
Considering how they upped the price of Barnacle Bay when it came out in stores, they will probably do the same thing here. Which is a ripoff because neither world is all that great.