The release dates for The Sims 2 have been confirmed by Maxis and EA. For the US, 17 September is the date to look forward to. This was posted by MaxisKitty in the official site's BBS:
[Update 14 May, 13:15] EA UK has confirmed 24 September as release date. EA Netherlands had that as well at first, but has changed back to 23 September now. Release dates for other countries are not known by me (yet). We'll be using the UK Date date in our countdown (on the right), because of the amount of visitors from the UK we get :-) Thanks to Hikikomori for the tip.
"The Sims 2 will ship on September 17, 2004.For Europe, not everything has been confirmed yet. EA Germany has posted 23 September on the official site. This is probably the most accurate date for most of Europe. However, the webmasters of the UK site have not yet received any confirmation from their boss, EA UK. The UK EA press site currently states 17 September as well. Several other official European websites I checked haven't posted a date yet. Once we received more confirmation about the European date, we'll let you know. Meanwhile, the countdown on the right is updated with the latest information already. The Knowledge Base will follow any minute now.
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-MaxisLucky
[Update 14 May, 13:15] EA UK has confirmed 24 September as release date. EA Netherlands had that as well at first, but has changed back to 23 September now. Release dates for other countries are not known by me (yet). We'll be using the UK Date date in our countdown (on the right), because of the amount of visitors from the UK we get :-) Thanks to Hikikomori for the tip.
Written at 19:39 on Thursday, 13 May 2004 by ChEeTaH.