Not For the Better!
Judging by the questions, inquiries and comments on this EA site about "UPDATE REQUIRED TO LAUNCH THIS GAME", no technical advisor, no hacker professional or anyone working for EA has the answer to this problem. I have been playing the sims for over 20 years. It is the only game that gives me comfort after my very long days at work (I work 12 hour shifts - 4 days a week) and not to mention having to just plainly deal with the outside world. However, I have to say that although I have tried TS3 and TS4, TS2 will always be my go to. I have watched how this so called 'evolution' has brought myself and others from being able to use our more reliable and easy to fix cd-rom disks to having to be at the mercy of unnecessary online platforms run by people in unnecessary roles in order to play the games we love so much. This is called anger. But in this world, they say you attract more flies with honey which means being polite is the only way to get what you want. However, in my experienced life, I have seen that the only thing that attract flies is - and pardon my french- *. So, right now, NO ONE, on this unnecessary EA platform has an answer to this problem sending everyone into a 'loop' of trying to figure out how to fix this. And the truly sad thing about it is the NO ONE in EA cares. So...I will now have to save my hard earned money to buy me a desktop with a CD-ROM so that I may play my sims 2 in peace and no longer be at the mercy of unnecessary people and things. Good luck to you all in finding a fix.