http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3906

As we can see EA has proclaimed The Sims 3 has done a 1.2 Million opening week.

But for a 100 million + unit franchise is this good?

I mean I don't like to make comparisons, but compared to some console releases thats a tad disappoining?

Kind of low with privacy and economy these days.

Yes, it is good.

Im betting that without illegal DLs the numbers would be double that.

Its amazingly good

It's pretty good mind you but it would've been a lot more if people didn't pirate the game

I'm sure people are just waiting for reviews to come out. Testing the waters sorta speak. 1.2 mil is still a massive amount for a game.

yeah piracy did hit it I guess.

It just didn't seem "that big" to me consider The Sims is such a big franchise

I guess its a "legs" one though

Considering that it'll keep on selling well for years and years and years, I'd say it's very good. I think it'll pass 10 million, just like Sims 1 and 2. Oh, and it's 1.4 million, not 1.2

Any game that can sell a million in its first week is massive. Still, the sims is a very popular franchise so it woulve gotten more if not for the new "piracy" trend on pcs. Sales will probably pick it as this game was released in the summer.

The Sims series defines legs. The Sims was still selling reasonably well (with expansions) when Sims 2 came out.