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I'm more of a double player.
I love my Sims 3 because it was my 1st Sims game & it has my beloved Heartshape Bed, Spiral Stairs, Genies, Fairies, Werewolves, Bridgeport, Moonlight Falls, Egypt, France, Time Machine, Playable Babies, Cars, Color Wheel, Bands & Western.
I love my Sims 4 because I can finally build whatever I want & for Windenburg, Sulani Island, Mt. K, Strangerville, Salvadora Jungle, Better Skintones, all the traits cheats, Guidry the Ghost, the new Bonehilda, Better Vampires/Witches/Mermaids & being able to save all my creations on the Gallery. B)

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"igazor;c-17805248" wrote:
This whole "defection" thing has me nervous. I mean, it's possible that TS4 has its spies everywhere and perhaps this discussion should have been a bit more private. My concern is that the OP may return to TS4 territory some day for a visit, not be allowed to leave, and then we'll never see them again.

(or something like that, actually I'm just making this nonsense up as I go along as I often like to do...) :p

I'm hoping that EA don't decide to cut off access to TS3 because it is providing an escape route!

"Kkffoo;c-17807536" wrote:
I'm hoping that EA don't decide to cut off access to TS3 because it is providing an escape route!

Given how much business EA is still doing with Sims 3, I doubt that's coming any time soon. The 64-bit Mac version, in all its messy glory, is showing how many people still want to play and are happy to buy new content. And that's just for macOS, a less common platform with a somewhat limited user base.

I'm perhaps a bit late to the party, but what else is a newbie to do? :smile:

I played the original Sims game when it came out, but life (career, marriage, parenthood) intervened. Not long ago, I saw The Sims 4 appear on my Steam page, and I decided to take a look at it. I found it appealing, but when I saw I could purchase Sims 3 for a lot less, I looked at it, too. In short, I thought I would prefer Sims 3, so that's the edition I bought, along with Pets.

My wife and daughter became intrigued by my new purchase and, while they don't play themselves, they enjoy watching, commenting, and contributing ideas. (Daughter Z is 12, so her mom and I talked about Z watching; we decided it was OK for her to sit on the couch beside me while we play. She enjoys watching the Sims' antics very much. I bought University Life a couple weeks ago. Again, I'm careful about the aspects of university life Z sees...

Perhaps I'll buy Sims 4 one day, or perhaps I'll buy a later version. Right now, I'm perfectly happy with Sims 3. It runs well on the less-than-brand-new laptop I play on.