Ikea Furniture to be Featured in The Sims
Ikea Furniture to be Featured in The Sims
May 19, 2008
Soon, when you condemn your Sims character to death by locking it in a doorless room with only a VR headset and an espresso machine, you'll at least be able to provide a nice Ikea chair for the unfortunate Sim to collapse upon.
That news comes by way of the International Herald Tribune, which reports that Electronic Arts, publisher of The Sims, has reached an agreement with Ikea to feature the Scandinavian houseware retailer's furniture as virtual items in The Sims. The IHT reports that players will be able to purchase an Ikea "stuff pack" for about twenty bucks and then import the virtual items into their game.
EA's Nancy Smith, president of The Sims franchise, credited fans of the series, who demanded more realistic virtual items, as a driving force in getting the Ikea deal done:
Because we have such a direct relationship with our players, the players help shape the product strategy.
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Posted 11/08/09 at 09:01am
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
DarkSaber: Oh for gods sake, the Gearbox pres is gobbing off about Valve again
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:53am
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
JDKJ: But cheer up, Austin. If the unemployment rate continues to double-digit as predicted for the next few years, your half-dozen stands a better than likely chance of returning to power.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:46am
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
JDKJ: @DS: If he had added the line about "or hiring illegals aliens under the table to work as nannies," it would have been a completely perfect descripition. And, yes, it's about the same difference between a six and a half-dozen.
Posted 11/08/09 at 08:31am
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
DarkSaber: My god, that description makes them sound almost Republican. Still what did you expect, Obama is only marginally more left than republicans.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
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I'm going to assume you wanted us to point out the irony of EA talking about a "direct relationship" with people they assume are criminals. Other than that, why is this on here?
$20 for furnature DLC?
This must be EA's way of fundraising dough for the 33 million additional shares it'll need to acquire a majority stake in Take Two.
Andrew Eisen
While the "Stuff" pack is available as DLC, each stuff pack (of which there has been an HMV edition, as well as numerous, non "sponsored" iterations) is also available in the brick and mortars.
I think The Sims fanbase, whom will sometimes spending monthly fees on fan made creations and websites, have definitely opened the door for EA to make these incremental, item only releases another way to score a little extra cash.
So What level of mechanical skill will it take for the Sims to assemble this furniture?
E. Zachary Knight
www.editorialgames.com
That's what I was wondering. I'm really hoping that the building (and potential of failed assembly) will be part of the Stuff Pack. But considering the protection of the brand, IKEA has probably vetoed the possibility for a sim to get frustrated and trash their home assembly furniture.
Actually, since a lot of Sims furniture looks like it came from Ikea anyway, I'm quite surprised they did not do this sooner.
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Because we have such a direct relationship with our advertising deparment, the ingame advertisments help shape the product strategy
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-- mostly harmless
I flipped through catalogs and wondered: What kind of dining set defines me as a person?
It's just, when you buy furniture, you tell yourself, that's it. That's the last sofa I'm gonna need. Whatever else happens, I've got that sofa problem handled.
Home was a condo on the fifteenth floor of a filing cabinet for widows and young professionals. The walls were solid concrete. A foot of concrete is important when your next-door neighbor lets their hearing aid go and have to watch game-shows at full volume. Or when a volcanic blast of debris that used to be your furniture and personal effects blows out of your floor-to-ceiling windows and sails flaming into the night. I suppose these things happen.
Wow, that's obscure. But totally funny.
E. Zachary Knight
www.editorialgames.com
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying strings of computer code as everyone else. :D
So does this mean you can have your Sim now trap themselves inside a room by building too much IKEA furniture? Not to mention, will your Sim have to contact the IKEA consumer help line when they're missing a screw in the box?
-Loudspeaker
"Volume helps to get a point across but sharp teeth are better."
So, wait, you pay $20 of real money to import advertisements to your game?
Hold your breath on that one.
The only idiots excited about these stuff packs are the knuckleheads that pay some mouthbreather to download their poorly modeled and textured garbage. Hopefully these people will soon learn that they shouldn't be paying for this stuff. Either that or just boycott The Sims 3. The game is going to be garbage anyway.
Paying for advertisements?
Sounds like a great idea!
"Because we have such a direct relationship with our players, the players help shape the product strategy."
That's why you shut down every goodgame development studio and rape their franchises?
Anyway, I guess the funny advertisements for the made up items are now a thing of the past.
-kurisu7885
I don't mind advertising when it doesn't feel intrusive, but to pay for an advertisement is rediculous. This just goes to show that EA (as a company, I have a friend who works for them, and is a relatively nice guy) is just one of those companies that are content on churning out mediocre things instead of really pushing the artistic envelope.
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It is ridiculas how EA is making all these pointless expanison packs and making money. I think their should have been only 6 expanison packs has a lot of the packs look like they could have been combined together. That is why i don't by EA products anymore just because I'm sick of this crap. EA used to be good back in the 90's and up to 2003, Now they have been dishing out crap with the occasional gem like My Sims which was ironically made by the now closed EA Japan. We need to fight this crap and stop it otherwise it will ruin the industry
Well that's an interesting union, let's give them credit for that, Ikea is a notorious furniture brand although I find it difficult to understand it's strategy. We are talking here about virtual packs, not real pieces of furniture. Either how, I am refurnishing my house anyways so this new feature could give me few good ideas as I am about to replace my vessel sinks, I am really curious about those virtual items.
Office Furniture has always been one of my primary interests in the furniture business and I'm really curiuous what are they going to send to the market this time.
I remember staying up late at my friends house playing Sims when if first came out. I would never sleep if I played it again now that IKEA furniture is available. What a great idea!
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