"SimSpock;c-17888703" wrote:
"Cinebar;c-17790301" wrote:
They don't offer it anymore because they don't want to support it anymore in case it breaks or bugs out or whatever. They need the space on servers to offer answers how to fix your games on more current games like TS3 and TS4. If TS2 was still selling as much as TS3, they might want more server space and dedicated person to fixing problems in the games (I mean crashes, tech stuff etc.) but since TS3 still sells as much as TS4 packs, sometimes, then I guess they need to have customer support work on any tech crashes and the canned responses of how to fix those things in TS3 rather than waste money on telling people how to do those canned responses for TS2.
Which makes it a perfect fit for something like GOG. They "could" sell it through media that are designed for old games that people love. They simply don't want people purchasing it -- I'll leave it to each individual to decide why that might be.
I agree. And if that is the case (that they are deliberately hoping people will forget about Sims2 because it makes Sims4 look all the more awful by comparison, then they are burning their own bridges, because Paralives is coming and people are watching and waiting. But I think EA doesn't really care about the Sims franchise that much, these days, because they are content to leave it to be just a pretty dollhouse for dollhouse players who don't want surprises or depthy gameplay, and everyone else can go play other games. I think that's the reasoning there.
But the gameplay fanbase is an enthusiastic market, just waiting for whoever comes along to fill the gap they've been left in.
