Sims 3 website is down?
I was trying to get to the Sims 3 website and it says 403 forbidden. Is anyone else having this problem?
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I swear, you all need to stop speculating that things are over before they are actually over. This is how EA works, and the TS3 website has a long history of going down for days or weeks at a time. They've never been great about communication especially with older titles, but they do dedicate resources to things like this. People still purchase TS3, EPs, SPs, and SimPoints every day. The amount of people here is proof of this. As long as they're making money still, TS3 isn't going anywhere. They just can't (or perhaps, won't) dedicate a huge amount of resources to a previous generation product. TS4 arguably needs more work that TS3 did (on top of being a bigger cash cow), and they've kind of shot themselves in the foot a million times over with TS4, enough so that they're allegedly considering making a whole new engine for the game. I'm sure most of their resources are on preparing TS4 for the future, since TS5 isn't happening anytime soon.
There’s no speculation. It is already happening behind closed doors and fixing Sims 3 issues seems to be the last thing on their mind. With EA being bought out, it’s easy to assume the franchise’s future, especially for older games, is uncertain. They haven’t addressed the buyout, likely to avoid upsetting people. The sudden push to fix The Sims 4 feels like a direct response to community frustration. From a business perspective, it makes sense to stop investing in fixes or updates for The Sims 3, The Sims 2, or even the original Sims, since The Sims 4 brings in the most revenue. But as a longtime player, I don’t see things improving, and eventually, they’ll pull the plug just don't when. Honestly, their revisit to Sims 1 and 2 earlier this year completely caught me off guard.
I can understand your opinion, things do look pretty bleak, but I’m curious what your sources are for TS3 being shut down behind closed doors? Because unless you have confirmation of that, it is speculation, albeit well-informed on the company. This seems no different from every other time TS3 store and such has gone down. It’s one of the longer outages, and obviously the company is in a different place amidst the buyout, but I’m doubtful this is what sunsetting TS3 looks like. I could be wrong, though. It surely does cost them to keep a legacy website like TS3 store running and compatible with EA’s modern services.
Here’s to hoping TS3 will continue, if only for a little while longer. Happy Thanksgiving!
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