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crinrict
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6 years ago

[ARCHIVED] Legacy Edition: No Gallery/ Packs not appearing

The legacy edition is no longer available Introduction The Legacy Edition of Sims 4 was introduced because EA dropped Support for certain older systems.  Having this edition means thre...
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nerdsonneptune
6 years ago
  • I’m sure plenty of us have had to install legacy edition around November time. And I’m sure all of us are incredibly disappointed in EA for the unasked for, unnecessary update. 

  • I understand the whole computer thing, with Discover University not being compatible with older computers. I understand that completely. 

  • what I don’t understand is why EA have gone about it the way they have. I don’t see why those of us with older computers have been swept aside with a sub-par version of a beloved game. 

  • what a lot of you don’t realise is that, for us, high tech computers are simply unavailable to us due to our economic background. What EA have done is ostracise all of those who have a lower income and simply cannot afford a fancy computer. It’s disgusting, unethical and unfair. Sims is, and always has been, a game for everyone. 

  • and what are we left with? Well: no bug fixes, no free updates, no future DLC, and, in my opinion the worst of all, no gallery. The gallery feature is essential to every Sims player- whether it’s sharing your creations which you have worked so hard on, uploading and downloading interesting sims, or simply downloading a house so you can start gameplay. This feature is no longer available to us. I want each and every one of you to try playing sims and not using the gallery, new packs or bug fixes, and tell me how far you get.
  • EA, what you have done is unethical and unfair as well as completely unnecessary. If Discover University was going to be incompatible with older computers, you should have made that EXPLICITLY clear. Perhaps making it so that if you have an older computer, and error pops up. That way, those of us who have been forced to download legacy edition can still have the same enjoyment as our fellow simmers, just minus a pack or two, rather than just completely cutting us off in a callous, unthoughtful and frankly disgusting manner. 

Ella, Nerdsonneptune 

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holger1405
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6 years ago

@nerdsonneptune 

nerdsonneptune wrote:

  • what a lot of you don’t realise is that, for us, high tech computers are simply unavailable to us due to our economic background. What EA have done is ostracise all of those who have a lower income and simply cannot afford a fancy computer. It’s disgusting, unethical and unfair. Sims is, and always has been, a game for everyone. 

Lets stay at "fancy computers".
I don't know what kind of computer you use, a Mac or a PC.

For Mac, the Legacy edition was necessary because Apples new OS is not supporting 32bit applications any longer and it also only supports Apples new graphic API Metal. 
So without the Legacy edition, provided by EA free of charge, people on really old Macs would not be able to play the game anymore.


And that is how it works normal in the computer world.
You can't keep up? Bad luck, bye bye. 

EA prevented that for a lot of people, as said, free of charge.


I used the words "really old" on purpose here, because some Macs as old as 2012 do support Metal and so the standard edition of The Sims 4.

On PC it is even easier.
As long you have a 64bit Widows OS that is at least Windows 7 (That was released in 2009) and a PC that matches the Minimum system requirements for the Standard edition (who is only different in the amount of RAM you need, 2GB Legacy and 4GB Standard edition), you still can play the standard edition.

Any PC that matches the TS4 minimum system requirements that was build in the last 10 years supports 64bit Windows, and any 32bit key of Windows will also work for a 64bit version.

So, it hardly requires "fancy computers" to still play the Standard edition.

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