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Sims 2 goes IKEA
Sims 2 goes IKEA
Last updated on May 16, 2008 - 18:24.
In the never ending story of Sims 2, which has seen various addons, spin-offs, and content packs, there is a new chapter: IKEA, the Swedish retail chain for low to mid budget home furniture (which you have to assemble by yourself -- the no-questions-answered manuals are feared by customers throughout the world), will move into your Sims-House. If you want: From June 26, you can download the Sims 2 IKEA Home-Accessoires pack from your offical EA/Sims site. And finally put simulated evergreens like the LEKSVIK couch and the MALM bed in your virtual master bedroom.
Interestingly, EA wants to have money for this cross-marketing product: The US EA Store quotes a price of 19,95 Dollar for downloading the IKEA pack (thanks to EbonySoul).
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Last updated on May 16, 2008 - 18:24
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So this content pack is free, right?
As far as I know, it's free. Would you pay money to a company that undoubtedly gets money from IKEA for giving them extremely visible marketing in the best-selling PC series ever?
Is that a trick question? ;P
No, it is not free, at least in the EA-Store
http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage&productID...
Thank you very much for the clarification, I should have checked the store (there was no mentioning of a price in the press release). I am feeling guilty for being so naive... But my question stands: "Would you pay money to a company that... ?" :-)
Simply: No. I bought every Sims (1&2) Addon but only one “Booster-Pack” and regret it. 20€ for 12 new Items (at least they were in 5 different colors)…
But most of the die-hard Sim Fans are buying it, like the H&M Pack. Btw the Intel (sims1), Mc Donald (sims1), Alienware and Ford Items are for free.
Not in this lifetime, letting customers pay for advertisements and product placements is just rude, they know that there are people out there who will buy anything for that game, no matter how ridiculous it is, and they are exploiting that. It might be good business practice, but it's a disappointment on every other level.
anything is worth what the customer...
uhm I think I mentioned that before :D
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