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I have windows 8 directx11 64 bit and I have not seen any windows 8 or 8.1 with 32 bit
In speaking to EA I did get a little info on Sims 4 from a CS rep. This person knew too much about a lot of things and maybe I got lucky and got a higher up at EA. They calim it will be more computer friendly that the sims 3. It sounds more like TS2 play to a degree and it would be in EA's best intrest to make this new game to be compatable with a varity of computers. I was also told it is being made on windows 8. (maybe 8.1 as well) Being made on the newest computers available
My ASUS eee pc is running Windows 8.1 32 bit. Hmmm - the Intel Processor Atom N450 has a 64 bit instruction set. I had 32 bit Win 7 on it and just upgraded it to Win 8.1 32 bit. Have to think about this.
Being that I got some inside general info about Sims 4 and they told me it should work on a varitty of new computers maybe 32 bit will work since the new computers are still being made with 32 bit. Wait until they release the specs. Then worry if 32 bit won't work
As there are many 32 bit computers in the world EA would not want to not eliminate those customers. Well Mozilla did a back pedal after it shut off the Nightly update channel and reactivated after much ruckus. Now that Brendan Eich is unemployed we might see a 64 bit Firefox. Although 3rd party support is small but growing I have been using Nightly for some time and it seems to work pretty good. Don't know why it isn't on the download page but it can be found. I also use the Pale Moon version but Nightly seems faster.
I think EA will play this one smart. To many law suits and them not fixing games has given them a bad rep. For all of us who have played Every sims game, the first two everyone had a computer that played thoses games. Sims 3 we all of a sudden needed a gaming computer. This Im sure did hurt EA.Not everyone is going to buy a gaming computer. I remember a lot of sims fans being mad their computer could not handle the game. They would get a lot more sales keeping the new game computer friendly. I just hope we never see a rabbit hole again!!
You must have been reading my mind. I was going to download java 64 and realized firefox is only 32 LOL . I should oad java 64 anyway.
