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Wackyweirdochic
9 years ago
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The Sims 1 On Origin?

I've been around the Sims forum communities and apparently EA has no current plans on releasing The Sims 1 on Origin, because it's "too old". I think that the game should definitely be released on Or...
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    EA_David
    9 years ago

    I agree that i'd like to see it too. One thing worth noting is that many of these older games were made available on GOG.com first, and then made available on Origin. I see a big thread on the GOG wishlist forum so you're far from alone in this request: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_sims_complete_collection

    On the "too old", that can be a bit misleading. The issue generally isn't that a game would be too old, but that there could be compatibility issues with newer systems. 

    The old games that are available have changes made to ensure they'll work on modern systems. Due to the existence of DOSBox and the comparatively simple nature of some older games, sometimes it's easier/less time-consuming to update certain games over others. Perhaps reviving The Sims 1 would be a significant technical challenge.

    I'm just speculating though, I have no specific info on the technical challenges of bringing The Sims 1 to modern systems. 

    Thanks for the post, and I hope that some day your request can be met. 

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Tremayne4260
Hero
6 years ago

@Raven96784 , here is the very simple answer. Many people still have the installed on their computers from their original disks or have bought copies of the game on disks (which are still available to purchase). To my knowledge the original The Sims has never been available on Origin. EA offers support to all the games it has published over the years even if they do not officially sell copies any longer. 

As I stated in an earlier post, the decision was made by EA to not update these older games. It is EA's decision to make no matter how much the fans want "remastered" copies to play. 

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Raven96784
6 years ago
@Tremayne4260 Thank you for reply. I am one of the people that still have my personal 'The Sims Deluxe Edition' original disks.. purchased when initially released two decades ago. Although the disks appear without a flaw the back side of case has broken away and I haven't located the booklet. The computers I initially installed upon have died long ago, because of this I was interested in the possibility of being able to play through Origin.

Thanks for your explainations, it's good to know EA offers support to all published games over the years even if they do not officially sell copies any longer, I didn't know that.
I appreciate your helpfulness.

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