In America. No sims 3 sold online

I hope they aren’t removing sims 3.I still actively buy from the store.

"SPARKY1922;c-17779370" wrote:


@Deshong04

OMG the prices for S3 series in steam are full prices. I bought the whole series on steam as a backup in the sale a little while ago which cost me around £70 Uk sterling however in hindsight I wished I had not purchased on steam as for me even with a good PC set up it still suffers from terrible sim graphics when I play either origin or when I tested the steam version out.

The only way I can personally play S3 with good graphics now is on disc on a windows 7 hard drive with no internet connection.

I use the physical disks so I don't know if there is a difference between Steam and/or Origin. I am currently playing TS3 on a Win 10 OS, NVidia GPU and with internet connection but actually I notice after the last GPU driver update the color banding and reflections seem a bit more refined and reflective than I remember. But in any case, while it would be nice to have smooth color transitions, it's not something I'm really that fussed about and usually see color banding in many games, in some instances. Of course, I sometimes tend to play older games too.

@SimSpock

I searched origin again today and found the sims packs that state they are for sale but obviously as I own them all I cannot purchase and I cannot find a way to add anything to a wish list either so unless a player tries to buy a pack they do not own I cannot know for sure if they are able to buy a S3 pack. I still cannot gift any packs. I keep noticing play and play pro written across some of the packs so like I mentioned yesterday maybe they are trying to turn the S3 version of the game into the play and play pro which I believe is based on a monthly fee? Also when it states search for games and I click on the Sims only S4 packs are highlighted no S3 games which did used to come up in that search.

@Rflong7

Obviously I am forgetting that sale of the packs and the store are 2 different outlets in the scheme of things but as I have not been through an end of series like this before I would have assumed they would shut down everything together unless they are withdrawing the packs but leaving the store open for a while?

@Deshong04

Lately for a lot of S3 players (myself included) are experiencing bad graphics in the game. When i realised this was happening to me and I could not fix it I purchased a pre 2012 base game and bought the game packs I did not already own on disc and stuck them all on a windows 7 hard drive without an internet connection and all my graphic issues went away. there are some further details on the following thread where I have posted some before and after sim pics along with other players also experiencing issues.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17778312#Comment_17778312

Thanks for posting your disc pics (lovely sims) it reinforces the fact (to me anyway) that right now the disc version of the game looks fab in comparison to the digital origin/Steam versions of the game however some players never experience any issues at all and boy would I like to be one of those lucky players :)

@SPARKY1922 ,

That's unfortunate. I really don't understand Origin -- it's a store front that seems to not want people to actually purchase its products.

"GraceyManor;c-17780583" wrote:
I hope they aren’t removing sims 3.I still actively buy from the store.

Same here. I still have a huge list that I'm trying to get through to buy.

I'd just love to get TS3 and play it, but the prices as they are on Origin and Steam are ridiculous. Since EA pulled all sales as far as i can tell for TS3 outright, it has made any attempts at buying TS3 impossible. There must be a good option that is cheaper and just as legal to get at this game.

I wanna get at TS3 before it does disappear altogether.

"Hoverael;c-17782651" wrote:
I'd just love to get TS3 and play it, but the prices as they are on Origin and Steam are ridiculous. Since EA pulled all sales as far as i can tell for TS3 outright, it has made any attempts at buying TS3 impossible. There must be a good option that is cheaper and just as legal to get at this game.

I wanna get at TS3 before it does disappear altogether.

I just went through the process for Outdoor Living, which I don't yet have. It looks like all of the TS3 stuff is still available for me to purchase on Origin. HOWEVER, I so much hope that EA puts the games up on GOG when/if they decide to stop selling them on Origin. I'd repurchase the entire set, even at full price, if it were available on GOG.