Complaint, Dropping Mac Users

"Cinebar;c-17267722" wrote:

"Cynna;c-17267353" wrote:

"Sk8rblaze;c-17267316" wrote:


From how EA explained it, the game would receive a patch and then become the legacy edition.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Anyone who is no longer able to update their game will automatically own the "Legacy" edition. It's a nice name for those who will be left behind if for some reason they can't upgrade.

Is this the first iteration of The Sims series that is dropping the OSes of MACs and PCs? Like dropping the MAC version noted in this topic and dropping Windows 32bit etc. I don't ever recall any of the other games actually dropping an OS in mid stream of production. Of course there were upates and announcements to be able to play newer packs sometimes, the player would need to have a better machine hardware, such as shaders, processors and or video cards to take advantage of a newer packs shading and or processor requirements, but I think this game is the first game I can recall that goes around dropping the OS of a MAC or a PC after the consumer has bought into the idea they can play the game since their OS was listed in 2014 etc. as being supported. Odd set of business ethics.

ETA: As TS4 continues, I wonder if at some point they say hey kids!, we are dropping XP, Windows 8, Windows 7, etc. after the fact those were the operating systems they claimed would play the series. (not just 32 bit) But if at some point they get cut out, too.

My guess is that's because no other Sims games released content past 4-5 years.
5 years is a long time in the tech world. I've never even owned a computer longer than 5-6 years, because technology is constantly improving.
If they made Sims 5, they'd be starting with newer tech, but, they've decided to continue with 4 instead. Which necessitates changing stuff mid-stream if they want to keep up.