Sims 3 Leaked Online

[SilentHunter7]

Four days from now, the secret program EA snuck into the so-called 'leaked' copy of the game will become self-aware, and unleash hell onto the earth.

 

[samsonguy920]

I am at a loss at what hot coffee has to do with software piracy? Is it possible we got off topic here?

 

[Leorex]

You can't criticise people for downloading a torrent when the game isn't even available to buy yet.
Jeez sometimes this site's anti-piracy leanings are ridiculous.

(By the way, this is probably just my "overinflated sense of entitlement" talking...)

yah it is your over inflated sense of entitlement, just because you cant buy it yet dosent give you a free pass.

the liquer stores arnt open on sundays, dose that mean i can break into them?

 

[Sigenrecht]

You can't criticise people for downloading a torrent when the game isn't even available to buy yet.
Jeez sometimes this site's anti-piracy leanings are ridiculous.

(By the way, this is probably just my "overinflated sense of entitlement" talking...)

yah it is your over inflated sense of entitlement, just because you cant buy it yet dosent give you a free pass.

the liquer stores arnt open on sundays, dose that mean i can break into them?

Irrelevant, the Internet is a 24-hour McDonald's; complete anonymity, a sense of shame, and it makes your arteries clog and your thighs widen.

 

[The Great JT]

First Meet The Spy, now Sims 3...I think the internet has a Spy.

 

[duckfi8]

it'll probably take till the release date to download anyway, better get there quick, i'm just joking

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Unsurprised but still saddened.

I'm beginning they should hit up Mr. Young's idea of imprinting the copies released early (to reviewers and the like) to find who is leaking their products.

 

[Hydrus]

Malygris, your editorial spin is bordering on personal vendetta. But, unfortunately, as much as you'd like to ignore them, you cannot avoid the facts.

Here's a fact for you: piracy is stealing.

And if you're not stealing to eat, then you clearly have an over inflated sense of self entitlement.

 

[antipunt]

The concept of an 'over-inflated sense of entitlement' really goes all around. Way to overgeneralize. Way to see it no other way.

The bottom line is that some people really like to get on a moral high-horse whenever given the chance. Burn the Witch! Burn the Witch! IMO, that's just as bad as the people they are haranguing. Maybe worse.

And just some educational 101 for some peeps out there: DRM in absolutely -no way- hinders pirates. It only affects legitimate buyers. It's for this reason, that I oppose DRM

 

[Hydrus]

The bottom line is that some people really like to get on a moral high-horse whenever given the chance. Burn the Witch! Burn the Witch! IMO, that's just as bad as the people they are haranguing. Maybe worse.

Do you mean me talking about pirates from my high horse? Or the pirates complaining about EA and the DRM from their high horse? Everyone always thinks they're on the moral high ground.

 

[antipunt]

The bottom line is that some people really like to get on a moral high-horse whenever given the chance. Burn the Witch! Burn the Witch! IMO, that's just as bad as the people they are haranguing. Maybe worse.

Do you mean me talking about pirates from my high horse? Or the pirates complaining about EA and the DRM from their high horse? Everyone always thinks they're on the moral high ground.

I didn't even really see your post was above mine, sorry if you took it that way =P

But you were right on the last sentence. I meant both sides. Though admittedly I was especially directing this at the OP because he/she wasn't really being fair/ level-headed

 

[Hey Joe]

I may be a little cynical here, but does anybody think EA leaked this on purpose?

You know, so they can point to this as an example and go back to using DRM while claiming they're the victim? It's a little short term loss for what they see as the long term protection of profits in the future.

 

[scotth266]

Neither does making coffee so hot that it melts skin. And the vehicle wasn't in motion at the time; she spilled the coffee trying to get the lid off.

The point still stands: one should not stick hot substances between ones legs... Though the melting skin bit is silly too. So everyone in this situation is to blame.

I may be a little cynical here, but does anybody think EA leaked this on purpose?

You know, so they can point to this as an example and go back to using DRM while claiming they're the victim? It's a little short term loss for what they see as the long term protection of profits in the future.

God, that would be both the coolest and the most evil bit of EA news I'd ever hear... It makes a scary sort of sense.

 

[scotth266]

Snip

You know what? When you typed the sentence that said: Pirated copies != lost sales, you lost what little credibility I had given you.

That's a blatant bit of silliness. I mean, really now. How can pirated copies not equal lost sales? It just doesn't make sense from a buisness perspective.

 

[Brotherofwill]

I may be a little cynical here, but does anybody think EA leaked this on purpose?

You know, so they can point to this as an example and go back to using DRM while claiming they're the victim? It's a little short term loss for what they see as the long term protection of profits in the future.

That's what I thought too, as do a lot of people I assume. I can't for the life of me imagine that something as important as a Sims game would have this little security. It makes sense for them to 'leak' it themselves, already the publicity that they get through this is good (have you heard anyone talking about this game prior to this?). The only questions that remains is:

Are they really that evil?

 

[sneakypenguin]

Snip

You know what? When you typed the sentence that said: Pirated copies != lost sales, you lost what little credibility I had given you.

That's a blatant bit of silliness. I mean, really now. How can pirated copies not equal lost sales? It just doesn't make sense from a buisness perspective.

Heh, "but they weren't gonna buy it anyway", I hate that line drives me nuts, if your not gonna buy it then you have no right to possess it. But people who steal things will do anything to justify it, be it though some asinine IP or ownership argument or say it's cause of DRM or "demo".

 

[sneakypenguin]

I may be a little cynical here, but does anybody think EA leaked this on purpose?

You know, so they can point to this as an example and go back to using DRM while claiming they're the victim? It's a little short term loss for what they see as the long term protection of profits in the future.

That's what I thought too, as do a lot of people I assume. I can't for the life of me imagine that something as important as a Sims game would have this little security. It makes sense for them to 'leak' it themselves, already the publicity that they get through this is good (have you heard anyone talking about this game prior to this?). The only questions that remains is:

Are they really that evil?

The game is prolly shipped already, we at target got Halo 3 and GTA 4 a week or two in advance so all it takes is someone at a DC or anywhere along the logistics process to lift it and put it up. I don't think that it's EA that did this.

 

[Brotherofwill]

I may be a little cynical here, but does anybody think EA leaked this on purpose?

You know, so they can point to this as an example and go back to using DRM while claiming they're the victim? It's a little short term loss for what they see as the long term protection of profits in the future.

That's what I thought too, as do a lot of people I assume. I can't for the life of me imagine that something as important as a Sims game would have this little security. It makes sense for them to 'leak' it themselves, already the publicity that they get through this is good (have you heard anyone talking about this game prior to this?). The only questions that remains is:

Are they really that evil?

The game is prolly shipped already, we at target got Halo 3 and GTA 4 a week or two in advance so all it takes is someone at a DC or anywhere along the logistics process to lift it and put it up. I don't think that it's EA that did this.

Shhh! Be quiet!

Let me indulge in my "EA are evil tyrants" fantasy a little longer
I wasn't aware that the game was this close to shipping or retail, makes it even stranger that hardly anyone is talking about it.