How can I get TS2?

I understand why EA have stopped giving out ultimate collection after four years. Its just a shame its not available to buy for new simmers who have yet to experience sims 2 or late comers who wasnt aware of ultimate collection. Its still such an awesome game.

"canitbeman;c-16808878" wrote:
Since EA doesn't want to give The Sims 2: Ultimate Edition away for free anymore, they should sell it for $5-$10 USD on Origin or other services. Come on EA loads of people still want The Sims 2 and you can make some scratch too.

Here, here! My guess is that they stopped offering the freebie because they probably plan to put UC on sale on origin for the franchise's 20th anniversary. I bet they'll charge a good $25-$40 for it, which is still a steal, considering that it would still cost quite a pretty penny on Amazon through independent sellers to get all the stuff packs and expansions on disk...and there's still no garauntee that all the disks will be in the box, let alone the activation codes. Since I only had the base game on disk when they did the promo in 2014 (bought new eight years before from Gamestop, Labor Day Weekend), I actually did end up getting the full game for $40!

I’d pay EA to get The Sims 2 UC. I hope they will offer it sometime.

See, I've gotten Sims Medieval, Sims 3 and Sims 4 on Origin. Kind of felt bummed when I found out that I couldn't get Sims 1 and 2 on Origin too.
I feel getting a physical copy would be a waste since my laptop has no disc port, and I don't really want to try getting it at Amazon or Ebay.
I've seen a bunch of posts of people saying they just kept asking until they found a nice CS person, but I feel it's both too late for that and kind of cheap, despite how old the games may be.

@Schism_989 You have to get a windows xp computer with service pack before 3. But to be honest that would be expensive. Maybe we see if EA puts sims2 uc for sale for anniversary of the Sims. Sims 1 you might have to get old pc to play that. Then look for the patches and how to install. It might not be worth it.

I play Sims2 on windows7, I know a lot of people who play it on windows10 as well, those not using an nVidia card seem to have the best results.

"leefish;c-16883837" wrote:
I play Sims2 on windows7, I know a lot of people who play it on windows10 as well, those not using an nVidia card seem to have the best results.

Windows 10 with Nvidia card here...just reinstalled UC (got a 2nd HD for christmas so I have space for it, yay!). You ain't kidding. Spent hours yesterday before I got it to work without crashing or purple flashing. google was useless for it, seeing as the most 'common' causes for these issues are not what plagued me. (Think I got it finally though).

Given all the problems I had, and I'm very good with PCs and trouble-shooting, and the total failure of 20 pages worth of google searches to resolve...I can understand why EA is no longer distributing the game. They would lose money on the deal in CS costs.

It should be offered on Origin for a nominal amount. So many people still want it!

Since EA is being difficult and no longer support the codes for TS2 and physical copies are too outdated, I’d say getting the game will be nearly impossible. Now, you might find digital copies from a pirated site or some ROM site as well, but I do not recommend going that route. It’s major risky business legally and health wise on your computer. Much of that stuff can have viriuses hidden within the programs.

Was just wondering why you can buy sims 3 from steam but not sims 1 or 2. Is there a technical reason for this?