![]() ![]() The Sets section of the store groups all the various themed items together. You can buy whole sets of furniture, or just room sets (say a bedroom set), or just individual items. There are five sections currently, and we're told that you can shop in different ways. You can purchase more SimPoints in 500-, 1,000-, and 2,000-point packages 1,000 SimPoints costs $10, so basically think of it as 100 points as costing $1.Īre+ready+to+shop? The Store will feature exclusive items made by the development team that can be used to further customize your game. To get you started, EA will give you 1,000 SimPoints in your account. The Sims 3 will introduce an online store and SimPoints, the currency that the store uses. These usually include stuff like a cool costume or a unique item, so it seems like a natural for The Sims. ![]() It's the idea that you can buy optional items for, say, an online role-playing game for a small fee. Now if you've been keeping up with gaming the past few years, then you know that one of the emerging trends are microtransactions. YES NO A major component of The Sims 3 Web site is The Store. You can then share your movies with your friends or the community as a whole, or upload them to video sites such as YouTube. We covered this movie mash up tool set last month, but it basically gives you movie editing tools in the Web site. After that, there's Movies & More, which lets you create movies and stories. This includes objects, sims, lots, households, clothing, hair color, accessories, and patterns. (HD available.) Then there's The Exchange part of the site it lets you share your creations with the rest of the world. ![]() There are also sections that let you manage your friends list, send and receive messages, and keep track of things that you've tagged in the game that you like. My Blog lets you blog about your Sims 3 experience. My Page lets you set up a Facebook- or MySpace-style social networking page. There's a section called My Page which has various subsections. ![]() Now, this is important because the Web site is a portal to many different things. When you get the game you can set up an account on The Sims 3 Web site. What the store looks like remains hidden to you until the game's official release on June 2, but we were recently granted access behind EA's firewall to check out the store, as well as Riverview. Beyond that, there's the online interaction through the game's Web site and online store. EA's big sequel ships with only one town, Sunset Valley, but a second town, Riverview, will be available for free download once you register the game. The Sims 3 may have leaked onto the Internet two weeks before its release, but there's more to the game than just that code. ![]()
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