👏 PUT 👏 THE 👏 SIMS 👏 2 👏 ULTIMATE 👏 COLLECTION 👏 ON 👏 ORIGIN

If they don't wanna sell it, then instead give it away for free like last time :p

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

Considering the massive trend toward remakes and remasters these days—Rome: Total War, Final Fantasy VII, the early Resident Evil games, just off the top of my head—there's definitely a market for it.

"lisamwitt;c-17875641" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17875559" wrote:

"SimChic1;c-17875230" wrote:
I've managed to finesse TS2 UC for a few friends after it was "pulled." You just need to speak to the right rep.

I'm listening.... please go on

EA has been very explicit that they will not give anyone else Sims 2 UC and to stop asking. They released a statement about it. You may still be able to find individual disks on Amazon or ebay though.

I got it for free back in 2014 when it was added automatically to my library because I owned the game on Origin. Even so, if they were to make some significant updates to the game I'd pay for a new copy.

I still buy/play Sims 4 too though, I go back and forth. Keeps me from getting bored.

Well, clearly they aren't following through with that because I still got it for friends after their statement.

"kwanzaabot;c-17875559" wrote:

"SimChic1;c-17875230" wrote:
I've managed to finesse TS2 UC for a few friends after it was "pulled." You just need to speak to the right rep.

I'm listening.... please go on

I'll PM you.

The Sims 3 for Mac is horribly broken. I can't use terrain paints, my thumbnails are always breaking, the game crashes constantly, I can't get the graphics to look normal, the sound is garbled, etc. I don't think most of these are just me either.

And yet EA blames technical issues for their discontinuing Sims 2 Origin support? I'm going to call BS. It has a few issues that are easily fixable.

It wouldn't even have to be free, I'm sure even if it cost a decent amount people would be willing to buy. I can't fathom EA saying "no" to money, but that's really what they're doing here. Even though Sims 2 is a better game imo, it's still different than Sims 4. Build mode is less advanced, CAS is more limited and less diverse, and there's no fame system, active careers, and a lot more. Builders especially wouldn't abandon Sims 4 for 2!

This isn't to say the Sims 2 doesn't offer things that 4 doesn't, it's just that I think the games are different enough that they wouldn't see the mass exodus we (and probably they) hypothesize about.

They can't put the Sims 2 UC back on Origin because it's just too unstable on many modern computers. (It doesn't work on my computer at all - even though I've tried numerous mods and other things to get it working.) It would cost money/resources for them to fix/stabilize it and they don't want to bother.

And yet EA blames technical issues for their discontinuing Sims 2 Origin support? I'm going to call BS. It has a few issues that are easily fixable.

They're not easily fixable for everyone though. At some point, I just gave up trying - I don't think it plays nicely with my graphics card (Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti). I never bothered asking Origin support, but I can imagine that dealing with people who aren't that tech savvy and asking them to do a bunch of different stuff to see if they could just possibly get a free game working would be a nightmare/poor use of resources.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17877064" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876862" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17876834" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876816" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876497" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876391" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876238" wrote:

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
YES PLEASE!!

....And the Sims 1. They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

They'd make a lot of money from them, because a lot of people played them when they were younger, and would pay to play them again.

It doesn't really make sense why they're not available to buy...is EA afraid of the competition? :D

Honestly, yes I do think that. I think that EA doesn't want any of its current game user base to be able to play TS2, unless they already have an old CD-based copy and can get it working. Too many people would complain that TS4 is just a graphically upgraded and otherwise strictly inferior product to TS2. I don't think they mind the TS3 / TS4 comparison, because the open world of TS3 makes direct comparisons difficult. That wouldn't be the case with TS2.

That's not me hating on TS4 -- I have it and like it. It's just me being honest about assessing the quality of the closed world TS2 game against the quality of its decade later closed world TS4 cousin.

If that was true The Sims 3 would've been taken off Origin too. It doesn't hold water.

You didn't read my comment very carefully. I stated that I don't think that they mind the TS3 comparison, because it's open world. My conclusion may be wrong, but the logic itself isn't.

You people put too much stock in open world.
If open world was this amazing feature that made TS3 a totally different game to TS4, then surely that would be the kind of competition EA would want to avoid.

The fact of the matter is they don't have TS2 on Origin because it's old. That's it. That's the only reason. It's nearly 20 years old.
They'll stop selling Sims 3 in ten years, too.

When TS4 ends, they might re-release TS2, when it's no longer a threat to TS4, if it makes you feel any better. They might also release a TS3 Ultimate Collection then as well.

It's not a threat to TS4!
If TS2 is a threat, then so is TS3.

I don't know why you're mad at me. I'm not the one who is preventing TS2 from being sold on Origin - that's EA. Be mad at them. I'm just telling you why they won't, smh....

Mad...?

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"ClarionOfJoy;c-17884892" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17884616" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17877064" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876862" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17876834" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876816" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876497" wrote:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876391" wrote:

"SimSpock;c-17876238" wrote:

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
YES PLEASE!!

....And the Sims 1. They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

They'd make a lot of money from them, because a lot of people played them when they were younger, and would pay to play them again.

It doesn't really make sense why they're not available to buy...is EA afraid of the competition? :D

Honestly, yes I do think that. I think that EA doesn't want any of its current game user base to be able to play TS2, unless they already have an old CD-based copy and can get it working. Too many people would complain that TS4 is just a graphically upgraded and otherwise strictly inferior product to TS2. I don't think they mind the TS3 / TS4 comparison, because the open world of TS3 makes direct comparisons difficult. That wouldn't be the case with TS2.

That's not me hating on TS4 -- I have it and like it. It's just me being honest about assessing the quality of the closed world TS2 game against the quality of its decade later closed world TS4 cousin.

If that was true The Sims 3 would've been taken off Origin too. It doesn't hold water.

You didn't read my comment very carefully. I stated that I don't think that they mind the TS3 comparison, because it's open world. My conclusion may be wrong, but the logic itself isn't.

You people put too much stock in open world.
If open world was this amazing feature that made TS3 a totally different game to TS4, then surely that would be the kind of competition EA would want to avoid.

The fact of the matter is they don't have TS2 on Origin because it's old. That's it. That's the only reason. It's nearly 20 years old.
They'll stop selling Sims 3 in ten years, too.

When TS4 ends, they might re-release TS2, when it's no longer a threat to TS4, if it makes you feel any better. They might also release a TS3 Ultimate Collection then as well.

It's not a threat to TS4!
If TS2 is a threat, then so is TS3.

I don't know why you're mad at me. I'm not the one who is preventing TS2 from being sold on Origin - that's EA. Be mad at them. I'm just telling you why they won't, smh....

Mad...?

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You wrote this to me:

"kwanzaabot;c-17876862" wrote:

It's not a threat to TS4!
If TS2 is a threat, then so is TS3.

As if I had anything to do with TS2 not being sold. I'm just directing your anger to the people who truly have power over TS2's availability - and that's EA.

So don't tell me that TS2 is not a threat to TS4 - I have no power to get EA to sell it again. You need to make your argument with EA and convince them! Smh....fighting with the wrong people.... No wonder you're not getting anywhere with your demands.

I know what I wrote.
I still don't know why you think I'm mad at you. I barely even remember your name.

"ACruelButLovingGod;c-17883703" wrote:

"bixters;c-17875918" wrote:
They should remaster Sims 1 & 2 and sell them.

Considering the massive trend toward remakes and remasters these days—Rome: Total War, Final Fantasy VII, the early Resident Evil games, just off the top of my head—there's definitely a market for it.

Don't forget Mass Effect!
Three games, EA games in fact, that got a remaster literally a week ago, even though they're working on a new one right now.

EA knows there's a market for remasters, and they know it won't stop people buying their more modern games.

If Todd Howard was in charge of EA, we'd probably still be playing Sims 2 Super-duper special edition in 2031.

This doesn't even sound that bad to me right now.