Are your sights set on June 2nd?
If so, don't talk to me. Don't even LOOK at me!
Sims 3 doesn't dispatch for me until June 5th. And I'm just going to spit, snarl and growl at anyone who says how marvellous THE GAME I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED is being.
I know this is a rather swift change of heart. Not two months back, I was folding my arms, shaking my head and saying that Sims 3 wouldn't be on my PC. But TSR announcing custom tools has changed all that, and better still, the awesomest, brilliantest Inge Jones (shameless fan-girling as I fondly remember superb prison-set hacks that so changed my game) has offered to share/swap coding info with TSR. Ultimately, whatever tools we have available to us, I think we can assume they'll be brilliant - again.
Oh, and for UK readers (and anyone else who subscribes to any English magazines), PC Format (long known for being sick and tired of Sims 2 dominating the Top 10 charts since forever and having unremarkable reviews of Sims 2 EPs) have given a three page glowing spread, saying how radically different the gameplay will be, the innovations EA have produced, the past annoyances that EA have stamped out. They concluded (with a rare 91% game score) that the game is incredibly addictive. Their only 'down' mark was also that the game is incredibly addictive(!).
It's STILL only May 30th. :(