the sims 3 collection price
I was checking steam and noticed that The Sims 3 Collection used to be priced at around $60 on sale, but it's now listed at (no sale) $320. This steep increase makes it nearly impossible for most fans to purchase the game along with its DLC without going broke. Could you please clarify why this price hike occurred, and is there any chance of a more affordable option for those of us who love the series? even right now its on sale but because of the increased price on a sale costs $170 and that is too much for the age of the game and even with all of the dlcs
sims 3 newby
hi, i recently got sims 3 and it keeps freezing (ive only played once!) and wont load probably. wont go past the sign in page... has anyone else experienced and if so what should i do to stop this from happening? it has also come up saying that something as gone wrong with one of the worlds and i need to reset sims 3, which i have tried to do but not sure ive done it right i have chnaged setting and everything and im on a laptop. TIACan EA Pls Remaster or Rerelease Sims 3!?
For about a year now, I’ve been wanting to play the Sims three on my PC, however, it is a Windows 11 PC and I did download the base game or the starter pack, but it doesn’t run well on my PC. I don’t want to use any mods or that patch that was updated earlier this year that kind of helps with the issue because I don’t feel comfortable doing that to my PC that I had for about a year now and I do like and feel more comfortable with vanilla gameplay. It just sucks that the first two sim games are released and I have downloaded one of them-the Sims 2. However, it gets pretty boring super quickly because it’s not like the Sims three nor the Sims four where the jobs are somewhat active or when it comes to promotion, you have to level up to a certain scale or more in order to achieve it. I do like the business pack, but again there’s not really much you can do in that game plus you can’t really control your Sims life the gender of the baby like the Sims 3 & 4. We already know Sims four isn’t doing that well and is very greedy about that game in particular. It just doesn’t make any sense that they’re trying to remaster that game when they have one game that is pretty old that should’ve been released with the Sims 1 and 2. But I guess because since it was open world and a lot of people really enjoying that game, they didn’t want to risk doing that because I know that nobody people wanna play the Sims four anymore. Sims 3 is just way better than the Sims 4!! I feel mad jealous that those who grew up with the time when three was popular and was available to download and play on the newer PCs of the time because I can’t do that. And with pretty much my generation, we’re stuck with the Sim four and that game sucks for multiple reasons, most I’m pretty sure everyone knows and have experienced too while playing the game. EA if you’re reading this, please please PLEASE remaster and or rerelease Sims 3!! You might make a lot more money off of that than you had with Sims 4 & I really want to play that game so badly because it seems a lot more fun than any of the other sim games, in my opinion. If you truly cared, then you would or will rerelease that game!!
Sim eating whole tree?
Anyone else had this happen? Occasionally, when telling my Sim to eat something while away from home, she'd walk over to a fruit tree (with corresponding eat fruit interaction queued), pick something invisible off the ground and eat it. And should I then save and reload the game afterwards, affected plant (still standing there just prior) has disappeared. In other words, my Sim effectively consumed not just one single piece of fruit but an entire tree. Edit: I had this happen in Sunset Valley Central Park, no sure why it got moved here
Just a little appreciation post for The Sims 3's beautiful world
It makes me so happy to see people still loving this game in 2025. I only started playing about two years ago even though I knew about it for way longer. I know it's a really old game but honestly the sims 3 has been the best therapy for me. It always makes me believe that the world is good and our lives are full of sunshine. No matter how down or sad I am as soon as I hear the sims 3 background music I just instantly feel happy. With amazing soundtracks like Verisimilitude and Fortissimo Personality I feel like I'm temporarily transported to another world in the game another world where I exist (even if it's just virtual). The world of the sims 3 is a utopia everything in it is cute sunny and positive. From a software engineering perspective the game isn't perfect it has a lot of unreasonable things that are a headache for players and even with a bunch of mods you can't make the game completely satisfying. But we can't deny the positive impact it has on a player's spirit. I haven't played the sims 3 in a long time because I don't want to get too dependent on its perfect world. The gap between the virtual world and reality can make you cry and the withdrawal you feel after quitting the game is a real headache too. Of course this might have something to do with where I live.
