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7 years ago

Sims 3 last update promo

When the Sims 4 came out origin gave away the Sims 2 ultimate collection. Now that the sims 5 is in the works do you think that origin will give away the Sims 3 ultimate collection?
If they do will you download it?
Do you think they will give out the worlds you buy separately?
What pack (if they do the promo) are you looking forward to the most?

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  • Maybe? It'd be an interesting strategy to continue to sell Store content and justify the upkeep costs (which can't be totally insignificant), lol.

    Though a deal like the TS2 Ultimate Collection which included the (small amount of) DLC TS2 had is not gonna fly as long as they have The Store still up and taking credit cards.
  • "Haven;d-948101" wrote:
    When the Sims 4 came out origin gave away the Sims 2 ultimate collection. Now that the sims 5 is in the works do you think that origin will give away the Sims 3 ultimate collection?
    If they do will you download it?
    Do you think they will give out the worlds you buy separately?
    What pack (if they do the promo) are you looking forward to the most?

    I must have missed the (real) announcement someplace, all I've ever seen about TS5 are April Fools Jokes and similar while TS4's development cycle has been extended. Where is this info hiding? :)


    Edit: Okay, I found the recent SimsVIP article if that's what this is based on. Afraid that's no more than speculation right now no matter how they choose to interpret the job postings they found.
  • Apparently Sims 3 is still selling very well,especially with what seems some people being, or becoming disillusioned with Sims 4 and moving to give the older games a try. While it is still making money, I doubt EA are going to be giving it away.
    As for Sims 5, there has been no announcement, and anything in regard is based on speculation and rumour with people taking it as gospel, and boarding the hype train, which happens so frequently in this community.
    If it ever does eventuate, I am firmly expecting some rubbish mobile micro-transactioned game, rather than a decent, in depth dollhouse / sandbox game that was created with love and care.
  • Like quite a few players around here I still use disks to play TS3 and am happy to continue playing this way. So an UC as a digital download would be of no interest to me.

    I would also join @Pary and @igazor in saying it is better to wait for an official announcement from EA about the future of the sims franchise than raise your hopes on information from other sources which might turn out to be nothing more than speculation.

  • I don't think that I would want a TS3 UC if it means being tied to Origin as I still have all of my disks to use when I need to reinstall everything back into my computer as I am still on the 1.67 patch because I want to avoid having the 1.69 patch and depending on having Origin to start my game.

    And even though I am missing the Katy Perry Sweet Treats SP and the Diesel SP as I didn't want them, I still wouldn't want to get it if they did put out the UC for TS3. But the question that I have is, would they be able to include the Katy Perry's version of Showtime as well as the Sweet Treats SP for those players who do have one or both of the Katy Perry packs? And if they could add them, then what about the players who didn't want any of the KP packs? My guess would be that they wouldn't be able to add the KP packs to the UC unless they get permission from Katy's PR people to do so. And if they're not able to add those 2 packs to the complete collection, then the players who do have community lots and Sims that have used the items from those packs wouldn't be able download the UC to their computer if they plan on playing with those Sims and lots. And I really don't think that EA would make 2 separate collections for the TS3 players to chose from. jmho

    I have the TS2 UC but I've noticed that awhile ago, EA made an update to that game that ties TS2 UC to Origin. And just like the TS3 update, the TS2 update is just sitting there waiting on me to update which I refuse to update either game.
  • Sims 3: UC wouldn't benefit me since I already own the collection and I'm happy to stay on patch 1.67 without Origin. Its doubtful store stuff would be included considering Sims 2: UC didn't include store stuff. As for the speculation, I wouldn't get too excited just yet. Best to wait for a solid confirmation for S5.