Did EA just steal all my Sims 2 games that I PAID for?

I didn’t know you could download the Sims 2. I would love to play this game again. ?
Ultimate sounds like it’s one big bundle of all the packs?

@Rflong7

aside from the S2 ultimate collection has any other version of the sims 2 game ever been available on/through origin?

@Seera1024

Can you confirm it was the ultimate collection you were playing through origin (I think it must have been as you mentioned above updating the game the last time) If so it is my experience if EA knew something was missing from my origin account that i had clearly been playing/purchased beforehand they have always reinstated whatever it was that had gone missing and while I understand they are no longer supporting UC I would have thought they would reinstate the series/game for you on that sort of basis. Maybe it's time to try another advisor and hope for a kinder person..

"@SPARKY1922;c-17811043" wrote:
Rflong7

aside from the S2 ultimate collection has any other version of the sims 2 game ever been available on/through origin?

Seera1024

Can you confirm it was the ultimate collection you were playing through origin (I think it must have been as you mentioned above updating the game the last time) If so it is my experience if EA knew something was missing from my origin account that i had clearly been playing/purchased beforehand they have always reinstated whatever it was that had gone missing and while I understand they are no longer supporting UC I would have thought they would reinstate the series/game for you on that sort of basis. Maybe it's time to try another advisor and hope for a kinder person..

Yes, Origin started while TS2 was still being sold. It's why they made TS2 UC - because it was promised to still be available if we bought the game through Origin.
While I didn't buy my games through Origin, it was also promised if we Registered TS2/TS3 to Origin, it would always be available. :)

I'm pretty sure they did announce their removing of TS2 singles from Origin.

"SPARKY1922;c-17811043" wrote:
@Rflong7

aside from the S2 ultimate collection has any other version of the sims 2 game ever been available on/through origin?

@Seera1024

Can you confirm it was the ultimate collection you were playing through origin (I think it must have been as you mentioned above updating the game the last time) If so it is my experience if EA knew something was missing from my origin account that i had clearly been playing/purchased beforehand they have always reinstated whatever it was that had gone missing and while I understand they are no longer supporting UC I would have thought they would reinstate the series/game for you on that sort of basis. Maybe it's time to try another advisor and hope for a kinder person..

Yes, it is the Ultimate Collection I play through.

I decided I'd rather be tied to Origin than deal with installing every EP and SP for Sims 2 via disc when I got my new computer. Also, I didn't have to deal with installation issues like I did with my previous computer.

Thank you @Rflong7

I personally had no idea any other S2 version of the game other than the Ultimate collection had been sold through Origin so I was just checking.

@Seera1024

I think if I was you i would give it another go with EA's customer service as it's not as if you are asking to be provided with a brand new version of the series without having owned/played it before through origin. I would consider it a serious loss if I could no longer play 2 through UC for any reason too as I play it almost as much as 3 these days however I have to play the disc version of the game for the 3 series these days and sure don't want to have to do the same with 2..

"SPARKY1922;c-17811063" wrote:
Thank you @Rflong7

I personally had no idea any other S2 version of the game other than the Ultimate collection had been sold through Origin so I was just checking.

@Seera1024

I think if I was you i would give it another go with EA's customer service as it's not as if you are asking to be provided with a brand new version of the series without having owned/played it before through origin. I would consider it a serious loss if I could no longer play 2 through UC for any reason too as I play it almost as much as 3 these days however I have to play the disc version of the game for the 3 series these days and sure don't want to have to do the same with 2..

I'm not sure you're responding to the correct person. I've got access to the Ultimate Collection.

EA ended the free giveaway of Sims 2 UC in October 2018 at which time they also announced that the game would no longer receive patch support and would be removed for sale from Origin. This was announced on AHQ, not sure if it was posted here. I think if you had registered any or all of your Sims 2 games through Origin, you got Sims 2 UC automatically when the free giveaway started in 2014 (I'm not sure as I had to ask for a copy to be added to my Origin account when I found out about the free giveaway). The only way to currently get copies of the game for Windows OS is to purchase physical copies of the game on CD/DVD from Amazon, E-Bay, your local game store that sells used games or your local thrift store. You will also need a disk drive which can be purchased if your computer does not have one. The only digital copy available is for purchase is for the Mac OS from the Apple App Store and only includes everything from Base Game to Bon Voyage.

I think Sims 2 UC was specifically added in 2014 to include everything and the individual EPs/SPs were removed around this time as well, but not sure. The individual EPs/SPs haven't been available for a long time.