What the heck?

Sims 4 should never have been 32 bit to begin with.

I know it's disheartening to those simmers, but I think it's a good idea. The sims needs to grow and in order to grow it's going to require more out of the computer itself. If we want to eventually see anything more realistic, or have more open worlds, we will have to have stronger computers. Just like consoles need to keep upgrading to keep up with the rising technology, computers need to as well. Unfortunately, PC gamers move at their own pace with PC upgrades, unlike console gamers who just purchase a whole new console.

you need to consider also if players plan on moving to the sims5 the sims5 game requirements may require a higher end computer depending on the game requirements witch at the moment nothing is know of the sims5

"xPIXLx;c-17004448" wrote:
I know it's disheartening to those simmers, but I think it's a good idea. The sims needs to grow and in order to grow it's going to require more out of the computer itself. If we want to eventually see anything more realistic, or have more open worlds, we will have to have stronger computers. Just like consoles need to keep upgrading to keep up with the rising technology, computers need to as well. Unfortunately, PC gamers move at their own pace with PC upgrades, unlike console gamers who just purchase a whole new console.

Yes, it is an good idea only if they use it to the max and the gaming engine allows it, I am am not getting my hopes up for more packs with robust features as for some it was dashed before. I rather wait and see what EA/Maxis does since going full 64 Bit before speculating. Sad for the folks stuck with the Legendary Sims 4 packs but for that EA/Maxis had to move on and sadly there will always be collective players that are collateral damage.

"friendlysimmers;c-17004488" wrote:
you need to consider also if players plan on moving to the sims5 the sims5 game requirements may require a higher end computer depending on the game requirements witch at the moment nothing is know of the sims5

One thing for sure it will not require 32 bit but 64 Bit specs and they won't do what some other companies are now requiring such as I5 or I7 and the AMD equivalent and that includes GPUs. I do think there may be an very small amount of folks even if they have 64 bit systems may be affected depending on the minimum requirements and if they move move to an scaling system.

64Bit machines have been around since 2007. I'm not sure why anyone would have purchased a 32 bit machine, like holding on to XP long after Windows 7 had been going for several years and now Windows 10. I'm not sure why EA allowed them to go back and grab old integrated graphics and very old Intel chips or Nvidia chips that were extremely old cards even when people were playing TS3. It's always made me wonder why TS4's requirements included very old cards, systems and chips even before TS3 was even produced.

"Cinebar;c-17004889" wrote:
64Bit machines have been around since 2007. I'm not sure why anyone would have purchased a 32 bit machine, like holding on to XP long after Windows 7 had been going for several years and now Windows 10. I'm not sure why EA allowed them to go back and grab old integrated graphics and very old Intel chips or Nvidia chips that were extremely old cards even when people were playing TS3. It's always made me wonder why TS4's requirements included very old cards, systems and chips even before TS3 was even produced.

I agree however, some were looking to save money or just did not have the budget to buy an 64 bit. There are also that likes to cling to the old even though there is the new maybe out of fear or something and in time even those will upgrade or just give up computing and just move over to the genre of console if it is gaming.

"Goldmoldar;c-17004898" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17004889" wrote:
64Bit machines have been around since 2007. I'm not sure why anyone would have purchased a 32 bit machine, like holding on to XP long after Windows 7 had been going for several years and now Windows 10. I'm not sure why EA allowed them to go back and grab old integrated graphics and very old Intel chips or Nvidia chips that were extremely old cards even when people were playing TS3. It's always made me wonder why TS4's requirements included very old cards, systems and chips even before TS3 was even produced.

I agree however, some were looking to save money or just did not have the budget to buy an 64 bit. There are also that likes to cling to the old even though there is the new maybe out of fear or something and in time even those will upgrade or just give up computing and just move over to the genre of console if it is gaming.

I understand about saving money, however, technology had left 32 bit behind way back in 2007. And some don't even know if their machines are 32 bit or 64 bit. I don't quite understand that. Edited to say, the lighting feature added to T4 was required a 64 bit machine, so, I would think most would have checked several years ago (when the lighting feature was patched in) if their machines were 32 or 64 bit.

"Goldmoldar;c-17004898" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17004889" wrote:
64Bit machines have been around since 2007. I'm not sure why anyone would have purchased a 32 bit machine, like holding on to XP long after Windows 7 had been going for several years and now Windows 10. I'm not sure why EA allowed them to go back and grab old integrated graphics and very old Intel chips or Nvidia chips that were extremely old cards even when people were playing TS3. It's always made me wonder why TS4's requirements included very old cards, systems and chips even before TS3 was even produced.

I agree however, some were looking to save money or just did not have the budget to buy an 64 bit. There are also that likes to cling to the old even though there is the new maybe out of fear or something and in time even those will upgrade or just give up computing and just move over to the genre of console if it is gaming.

Perhaps gaming is not the hobby those people should chose to engage in either. Personally Sims 3 wouldn't have had some of it's issues had they decided to upgrade that game to 64 bit - so actually this should have been in the works long before now - in my opinion. Sims 3's top error was a lack of memory error and not because most players lacked memory but the fact the game was 32 bit and could not utilize any memory over 3.5 gigs. During Sims 3 I know I ran at the very least 8 gigs of ram of which 5 gigs sat there useless to that game as it was 32 bit and just could not access all my ram. That proved this game should have been upgraded 7 years ago, and Sims 4 should have been 64 bit when it came out - in my opinion.

Also the video card companies have stopped supporting 32 bit already - so you cannot even upgrade your video cards and in the Sims keeping your STAND ALONE video cards up to date has always been important to this game. At the very least when Radeon and Nvidia announced they were dropping support for 32 bit - EA should have announced they were dropping support for 32 bit as well - not waited until it already happened.

"Cinebar;c-17004906" wrote:

"Goldmoldar;c-17004898" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-17004889" wrote:
64Bit machines have been around since 2007. I'm not sure why anyone would have purchased a 32 bit machine, like holding on to XP long after Windows 7 had been going for several years and now Windows 10. I'm not sure why EA allowed them to go back and grab old integrated graphics and very old Intel chips or Nvidia chips that were extremely old cards even when people were playing TS3. It's always made me wonder why TS4's requirements included very old cards, systems and chips even before TS3 was even produced.

I agree however, some were looking to save money or just did not have the budget to buy an 64 bit. There are also that likes to cling to the old even though there is the new maybe out of fear or something and in time even those will upgrade or just give up computing and just move over to the genre of console if it is gaming.

I understand about saving money, however, technology had left 32 bit behind way back in 2007. And some don't even know if their machines are 32 bit or 64 bit. I don't quite understand that. Edited to say, the lighting feature added to T4 was required a 64 bit machine, so, I would think most would have checked several years ago (when the lighting feature was patched in) if their machines were 32 or 64 bit.

Some people back then were not tech savvy meaning some did not understand the difference between 32 bit and 32 bit back then and also had to depend on salesman or friends and thier level of experience. 32 bit had not left totally as it was forcasted that eventually 32 bit would be phased out in time and it's time has come and for now 64 bit is king until they start work on 128 bit (which is long ways off). evolution of an program or OS is never complete for it is ongoing thing. I am just glad I do not just play Sims or build my systems for just one game and I also future proof my systems as much as possible.There is an whole of range issues why people did not prepare for this transition and it is not only happening with Sims, it has already happened with other programs way before it happened to Sims. EA/Maxis just came late for the party and tried to hold on as long as possible as they could until Apple and MS made an 100% move to 64 bit.