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Aspyr (not EA) releases Sims Pet Stories for Mac
Good news for you Sims completists out there (or anyone with a daughter on a MacBook): Aspyr Media has released Sims Pet Stories, the standalone Sims Pets game that lets you train, play with, and care for cats and dogs destined for the Pet Show. The reviews aren't exactly shining, but according to the user ratings at the bottom of the page, anyone who wants a cute and funny game that runs on a Mac should like it.Of course, the more cynical side of me notes that this is yet another Electronic Arts game being ported by Aspyr instead of being released directly by EA. What did they promise us at WWDC again?
[via MacWorld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Phil said 9:09PM on 9-10-2007
I play this game :( I'm also not a little girl ;( TUAW make I cry :)
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Steve said 10:15PM on 9-10-2007
Er, ever think that the reason Aspyr is doing the port is because they ALREADY have the Sims 2 code ported to OS X? Cider offers worse performance than a native port, and anyways I'm sure Aspyr have a deal with EA that EA isn't going to just ignore.
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Erichd said 4:18AM on 9-11-2007
Aspyr's been porting Ea games fof years now.
You know, from back when EA said the Ma cPlatform wasn't worth its own resources.
If I were Aspyr (I'm not) I'd certainly do everything in my power to block EA's attempt to cut me out and run down my business.
It also makes perfect sense that since Asypr's tech have experience coding for Mac, that EA would go on and hire them to code it's new games for Mac. It's not likt eh Mac platform for gaming got any larger when the MAc went to Intel.
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