How can I get TS2?

"Bessieboo;c-16935327" wrote:
Was just wondering why you can buy sims 3 from steam but not sims 1 or 2. Is there a technical reason for this?

@Bessieboo, The reason is probably that if they sell it, they also end up providing customer support. Both 1 and 2 are old enough that people have various 'problems' trying to get them to run on modern Operating Systems/PC's.

When I recently reinstalled Sims 2 in December, for example, it took me over 4 hours of various tweaking and troubleshooting before I got it to run without problems (crashes and texture issues). Plenty of folks out there would be going to Origin Live Chat for tech support when that happens if they had just purchased it. No point in them selling something if they just spend all the profits in tech support costs.

@Amandariini I'd just try it if I were you? No you have, yes in an option ;)

I got it by asking how to add it, like you do the Sims 3 with the activation codes, and they said so long as I had a picture of my game with my name and the date on a piece of paper, I could have it, and they added it to my Origin no problem!

@munroele how long ago was this?

@Destin2016 about 6 months ago?

@munroele thanks, just wondering, I read that EA Had stopped giving it out no matter what. I’dl love To be able to get it thru Steam.

@Destin2016
The offer for UC ended on October 11, 2018.
There is a stickied thread at the top of this sub forum with the details. I was searching all over for the specific date for another thread, not realizing the info was right there the whole time. It's greyed-out, so I tend to ignore those threads! :D

@Anmirla Thanks, I knew I read that recently. Really a shame. I guess EA can’t support it forever.

In the UK we have a shop called CeX that sells second hand games and DVD's. They sell loads of Sims 2 games which are still in good condition. If I remember correctly the Sims 2 base game was £5 and a lot of the expansion packs were as little as £1.50! No idea why they are so cheap, maybe because Sims 4 is out now and Sims 2 is like over a decade old.

"Hecate90;c-16942380" wrote:
In the UK we have a shop called CeX that sells second hand games and DVD's. They sell loads of Sims 2 games which are still in good condition. If I remember correctly the Sims 2 base game was £5 and a lot of the expansion packs were as little as £1.50! No idea why they are so cheap, maybe because Sims 4 is out now and Sims 2 is like over a decade old.

I got a lot of my games there, definitely worth looking if you have a CeX store in the area.