XBL Deal of the Week: The Sims 3

Xbox Live Deal of the Week gets you gaming on the cheap. Every Wednesday an Xbox Live game goes on sale and the discount stays in effect until the new Deal is released.

This week's Deal is The Sims 3 by Electronic Arts. The game is one of the oldest Xbox Live titles for Windows Phone, originally debuting in the Marketplace on October 15th, 2010. It's a mobile port of the wildly popular PC and console gaming franchise, but some don't seem to keen on the game for Windows Phone--it currently has 3 stars from user reviews. Here's the official description of the game:

SCORE WITH THE SIMS™ DESIGNED JUST FOR WINDOWS PHONE 7! Enabled for Xbox LIVE®, you can track your Sim’s achievements and look at leaderboards to see how you rank against your Simmer friends. Slyly give your Sim a competitive edge as you savor hours of entertainment with this award-winning experience of the #1 best-selling PC franchise of all time. Long live The Sims™!

ACHIEVEMENT HUNTER ALERT – XBOX LIVE ENABLED!
Use your existing Xbox LIVE Gamertag or create a new one via the Windows Phone 7 main menu to track achievements and access leaderboards for this version of The Sims™ 3.
• TRACK UP TO 18 ACHIEVEMENTS – Make your Sim the “Life of the Party,” a “Self-Helper,” or simply “Inappropriate” and score up to 200 Gamerscore points.
• ACCESS UP TO 6 WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND LIFETIME LEADERBOARDS – See how you fare versus your friends. Who has the most money? Made the most purchases? Or made the most friends?

CREATE SIMS AND KEEP THEM SATISFIED
Make your Sim neurotic, funny, or shy. Draw from a wide array of built-in theme sets to bring your Sim to life with any appearance, clothing, and accessories you choose. Also make sure to fulfill your Sim’s basic needs like eating and sleeping to increase the activities you can do together.

EXPLORE WITH TOUCHSCREEN EASE – THE CIRCLE OF LIFE IS INFINITE
Let your Sim loose in the amazing open-world environment. Help your Sim get a job or catch some fish. See your Sim make friends or creep out every other Sim in town. Use your touchscreen to take a closer look or get a wider view of your Sim’s world.

DREAM BIG!
Unlock all 73 goals and wishes, plus finish a set of any Persona Goals to become a “Completionist” – an achievement worth 30 Gamerscore points!

The Sims 3 has dropped from a pricey $6.99 to a still pricey $4.99 for the rest of the week. The standard free trial is also available.

Click on the tile below to get the game (opens Zune).

The Sims 3 Electronic Arts $4.99 + Trial Version 1.0