TS2UC For sale in Online Stores?
It is a digital download, how is that even possible on well known sites that sell stuff? Has EA sold their rights to it?
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Hi @Cinebar
I have seen sites on the internet offering the sims 2 series sometimes and occasionally described as the ultimate collection as well but i am not sure any of it is legal and would not personally try it myself. I know some players have stated they feel when EA stops supporting a sims series they feel they are legally allowed to download the game from the internet for free at that point. I am not sure if that is legal either.
As far as I know the only legal ways to play S2 presently is by purchasing the reduced series on a Mac or buy the discs. I have never used the discs but have the disc series tucked away in case I ever need to go that route. I just checked on Amazon UK and they are still selling the base game disc new for £29.99 under the EA brand name.
The S2 version for Mac is also being sold on Amazon used version under the name Aspyr for just over £7. The S2 Mac version of the game is being sold in the Mac Apple Store as the Sims 2 Super Collection under the brand name of Aspyr Media, Inc for £28.99 and according to current posts this version of the game on Mac is still being sold so i can only assume EA made some sort of deal with Apple as opposed to them selling the whole rights to the full series?
pleasantsims has a warning on her website about buying the sims 2 ultimate collection as apparently anyone advertising it for sale are hacking actual Origin accounts that contain the ultimate collection series so that is defo illegal.
I also found this Question & Answer on a legal site:
Q Is it illegal to download games that are no longer sold?
A game you can't buy anymore is still the property of the company that created the game. They reserve the right to not sell that game or print more copies of it even if that's what people want. ... When you download a game that someone else has bought and made a copy of, you haven't paid for the rights of owning a copy.
The other reason I doubt EA would never legally sell any series of the sims games is I am assuming this would open up the flood gates for some sort of real competition legally.
Sorry it was a long winded answer but your question intrigued me and I had to go and see if I could find anything out :)
I have seen sites on the internet offering the sims 2 series sometimes and occasionally described as the ultimate collection as well but i am not sure any of it is legal and would not personally try it myself. I know some players have stated they feel when EA stops supporting a sims series they feel they are legally allowed to download the game from the internet for free at that point. I am not sure if that is legal either.
As far as I know the only legal ways to play S2 presently is by purchasing the reduced series on a Mac or buy the discs. I have never used the discs but have the disc series tucked away in case I ever need to go that route. I just checked on Amazon UK and they are still selling the base game disc new for £29.99 under the EA brand name.
The S2 version for Mac is also being sold on Amazon used version under the name Aspyr for just over £7. The S2 Mac version of the game is being sold in the Mac Apple Store as the Sims 2 Super Collection under the brand name of Aspyr Media, Inc for £28.99 and according to current posts this version of the game on Mac is still being sold so i can only assume EA made some sort of deal with Apple as opposed to them selling the whole rights to the full series?
pleasantsims has a warning on her website about buying the sims 2 ultimate collection as apparently anyone advertising it for sale are hacking actual Origin accounts that contain the ultimate collection series so that is defo illegal.
I also found this Question & Answer on a legal site:
Q Is it illegal to download games that are no longer sold?
A game you can't buy anymore is still the property of the company that created the game. They reserve the right to not sell that game or print more copies of it even if that's what people want. ... When you download a game that someone else has bought and made a copy of, you haven't paid for the rights of owning a copy.
The other reason I doubt EA would never legally sell any series of the sims games is I am assuming this would open up the flood gates for some sort of real competition legally.
Sorry it was a long winded answer but your question intrigued me and I had to go and see if I could find anything out :)
