YES. It’s sad that EA doesn’t want people to play the Sims 2 and erase one of the greatest games ever made. Maybe instead of feeling so threatened by their old game they should make their new games better.
I wish they would put it in the store for those who don't have it and can't/won't pirate it. I have my original games from years ago (as well as the patches, and I haven't had any issues), so I just use those. I doubt EA will ever release Sims 2. They just don't care enough. They want people to buy Sims 4 and 5, when that comes out. EA couldn't care less if fans want a game... they barely listen to the players about Sims 4; people expect too much when it comes to EA acting right.
The only reason I'd personally want them to sell it is because it'd be nice if they made it actually playable and less broken. I know there's fanmade patches for some issues but they're not perfect because the base game just wasn't made well. But the chances of anything actually getting fixed to that degree is near impossible, not only due to EA's laziness but also because those issues are embedded in the game structurally. So yeah, pirate away. You'll be getting the same product regardless
ikr, you have the perfect excuse to download it for free yet you still want to waste your money for... reasons? And get mad that a 17 year old game is no longer available for purchase? why not sue Nokia for not supporting the 3310 in 2021, or H&M for not selling their 2004 collection
@@aguadyne Exactly, that's the only reason I would pay for it. I already paid for the game 15 years ago but the discs are impossible to install on Windows 10 so I feel like I have every right to pirate it, as I've done. Haven't given EA any of my money for years. Honestly if they ever re-release it again (probably never), people who bought it before should get it for free.
Because it doesn’t to them anymore lol they’re not going to worry about a game they don’t even make anymore. Get over it lol I hate EA, but they’ve done nothing wrong here. EVERY games company does it. It’s normal. If you want to play TS2, download it and play it like everyone else. It’s literally everywhere online for free
@@BenThomas13 I’m talking about when it comes to sales, and talking about the sims 3 in general, I know the game is finished and it should stay that way, but… I’m just saying that they constantly slander the game to promote the sims 4 and it’s just terrible that they don’t even acknowledge it anymore
@@BenThomas13 also to add to my comment, sim city 4, spore is on sale rn, but the sims 3 is still 20 dollars on origin, they don’t even acknowledge it.. it’s an insult to the community
RUclips removes that but leaves 5 minute crafts and other content farms and also leaves up dangerous hacks that have literally exploded and given children burns. Installing sims 2 is dangerous content but not apparently burns and hospitalization. Ann Reardon talks about these dangerous 'life hacks' on her youtube on her channel. RUclips really have their priorities in order.
you can still try and ask on the ea support page! a few years back (after the promo ended though) i did. tried twice - the first employee said it is not available, but the second gave me a download link or something. i don't remember what i did exactly, but there should be tutorials on the internet somewhere. no pirating needed
First of all was thanks to that video I could play the Sims 2 once again, my childhood game. Is an absolute SHAME that we have to ILEGALLY download a game because the company doesn't let us buy it. Thank you for your amazing help with your videos. Also I'll still be following your content because your let's play are awesome
No one really cares if you illegally torrent the game. Download utorrent, get a vpn (cyberghost 8 has a free trial for 24hrs), and visit pirate bay, 1337x, or steamunlocked. Hope this helps.
I don't think it's a shame to ILLEGALLY do stuff like this, we're technically just giving them a taste of their own medicine since they, themselves do scummy things....
It's simple they will never advertise the sims 2 or 3 because it would shine light on all the meny faults of the sims 4 the whole ethic of the sims 4 is based on the younger generation and the people not informed about the previous versions realising all the faults and not buying the illusion anymore
I don't think it's true sims 4 has bred a sims 4 cult. I swear to god it's so bizarre how sims 3 subreddit will have sometimes people pop up to shit on the older games. These people will try to "prove" sims 4 is better they get call trolls. But it's really getting tiring how people dislike or hate sims 3 so much but somehow for some reason they are on the sims 3 subreddit.
@@toshj177 its really worrying I actually really like the sims 3 I used to play it years ago and redownloaded it I can't believe how much I was missing out on I still think the sims 2 is my favourite cause it's more wholesome though
I think EA know that they won't get nearly as much profit from Sims 2 as from Sims 4, so they don't bother to fix it to work on Windows 10. But removing it from Origin and punishing people for pirating it or sharing the links is a shitty move. When I was a kid living in a small town, we didn't have any place to buy a legal copy of the game. So my parents bought me a pirate disk (tbh, it was nicely done, so I thought it was legit). After that, when I was a teenager, I torrented the Ultimate Collection and didn't even bother to switch to the Origin version when I heard that it causes problems even in Windows 7. Now if EA adds it on Origin again, I will consider buying it only if they completely fix it to work well on Windows 10. And with a discount.
I disagree: Sims 4 requires plenty of development efforts (well it did, early on) to be full-featured. Sims 2 is done, it just needs some tweaking to work with Windows 10.
One thing that makes clear for me why sims 4 players will not like The Sims 2 that much is that sims 4 community keeps asking "themes" instead of fixes, look at all the fuzz about farms and bunk beds, Sims 2 has neither of those. The Sims 4 is so shallow that it needs "variety of gameplay" (become a famous vampire off the grid interior designer type of thing) when The Sims 2 doesn't have that much variety because you are meant* to play in longer with a more deep and complex gameplay, that's why I think they don't compete. (sorry for the long text)
True, I also believe that this may be one of the reasons they don't make The Sims 2 available. I read it once in the commentary of a youtuber here in Brazil (Malena010102), about 3 years ago when she was replaying the sims 2 on the channel , and someone complaining about the graphics, and saying that the sims 2 was bad, and that she should come back with The Sims 4. I remember it was a profile that looked like a kid. Which reminds me, when a big celebrity here in Brazil(Maísa), who had nothing to do with The Sims, was named ambassador for The Sims 4. Her audience is children and teenagers. What for sure was marketing for the new generation, after all, the old generation of The Sims, grew up and now works, studies, and doesn't have time to play as before. They now need to focus on the new audience that has time to play. I believe this is both the reason and what Pixu says from 7:40 onwards. (Sorry for the long text and if I have a lot of errors in my English).
@@wafllescompudim I didn't knew Maísa was an ambassador of The Sims 4 (wtf?????). But besides not being their current game and the thing they're most putting effort into it (which we know it isn't) it's still really lazy to just give up on the thing. Like, just put ONE PERSON in the whole office to do what can be done and then re-release, is it really that hard? But I will be fair because I heard about this copyright issue thing and I don't know anything about it, so it may be a real issue.
@@nalu_munhoz Yes, I believe that unfortunately we won't have a clear answer so soon :/ PS: Yes, Maísa was declared an ambassador here in Brazil, just before The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs was released. Probably the EA department in Brazil must have made that marketing decision. Was this something that only EA from Brazil did? Or the EA department of other countries did? (To appoint ambassadors).
It's laziness. EA is a lazy, money hungry corp, and they know that while Sims 2 is loved, they're not gonna get as much money as they would releasing new Sims 4 packs every month for a bunch of dollars. And then there's the whole monster that is Sims 5 that's probably gonna come after like 8 years of more and more lackluster packs. It's all a shame and no one should feel bad for getting a game that isn't available for players legally. Buying it on ebay isn't magically more appropriate, the Sims team isn't getting money from it. The whole situation sucks but at least there are ways for players to have fun with Sims 2. The community keeps the Sims alive. And EA knows that, so they don't put any effort in.
@@cleigh3796 EA are lazy as hell lol. They don't even play test what they put out properly. I consider them leaving ts2 out as lazy because they would earn profit from it being on origin, there's no real reason other than "we don't want to oopsie" - yet they aren't honest enough to say that.
For legal reasons, I own all four sims games legally, I didn't pirate any of them But I'm also just gonna say that EA has scammed all of us many times, so maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to download a game they don't even sell anymore lmao downloading Sims 2 isn't going to take any money out of their pockets, they'll be fine
I play the super collection on mac(have never played the ultimate collection), and when the operative systems on macs were updated 1-2 years ago, Aspyr used about 2 months to update the super collection to run again on mac. With that in mind, I really dont think that it would be that hard for EA to update the ultimate collection if they actually wanted to do so. But in my opinion, they dont want to. If EA never going to put in the work to update the game for windows users, maybe they could get into a partnership with Aspyr and make them build a sims 2 super collection that is compatiable with windows computers. That way somebody else can do the work for them, and the team can continue working on their precious sims 4(which i have personally not played in well over a year)
I agree, Aspyr has done a wonderful job with Sims 2 for Macs! (despite it originally being a PC-exclusive game) I (finally!!) got the Ultimate Collection working last week but for the past year I've played the Super Collection and am still SO impressed by how smoothly it runs. Even now, with all the fixes and patches and stuff installed, Sims 2 doesn't run as well on Windows 10 as it does on my Mac. EA absolutely has the money and technology to do a similar thing with Sims 2 on Windows 10+ (not to mention letting Aspyr convert the second have of packs for Macs since they only got up to Bon Voyage before EA stopped their licensing agreement.
I already have the discs. I was able to get the UC collection on Origin. I just don’t understand EA’s need to suppress this game. It’s my favorite one.
I remember someone else saying, when they made the Sims 2 ultimate collection on origin for free for a while, they had a lot of people messaging them about how to make the game work, and they removed it most likely 'cause they couldn't be bothered to deal with those problems. Very lazy and i honestly wouldn't put it past them if that really was the only reason they removed it from origin and refuse to put it back. And like you said, too proud to ask the talented players to fix it for them, now they wouldn't want to pay them for it, right? Of course not, it's EA...
I am one of those persons, in 2014 they gave the ultimate collection because they were officially stopping support of the game, i had a laptop with windows 8 and the only way i could play was with a super laggy virtual machine, it couldn't even launch it otherwise. Now 7 year later i know that you just have to change a 2048 into a 4196 in some config file, a Fix that would have taken litterally 2 seconds to implement, but oh no, we can't milk ts2 after so many years so down the drain it goes
i dunno. they’ve said something like “keep an eye out on our social sites for the sims 2” and a lot of people think that ts2 will come back, but i think it’s more like “if there would be something, we would inform you on twitter”
Two days ago I took part in a Sims special of our campus radio's video game show and we were also talking about how many people wished to have the Sims 2 back on Origin. One day later, you uploaded this video. This might be the most beautiful coincidence I've ever witnessed.
It just frustrates me because I would be perfectly willing to pay for TS2 if they were to put it for sale up on Origin, but since there is literally no way for me to play it otherwise on my modern Windows 10 laptop without a disk drive, I had to go and pirate it like so many other people. I personally don't see anything morally wrong with pirating a game that you cannot otherwise legally acquire or play, it's not stealing from EA because there's no money there to steal. And this is coming from a Simmer whose first experience with the main games *was* TS4. It wasn't until I bought TS3 that I realized how much 4 was missing, and I started to get disillusioned with 4. And then I kept hearing about just how good 2 is in comparison, and I just had to play it for myself... And they're right! TS2's graphics may be outdated, but they're certainly not bad, and the whole game just has this kind of charm and soul that 4 lacks. I still play 4 every now and then, but really just for CAS and BB. For deep gameplay and storytelling and an actually fun experience, I now only play 2 and 3. It really is sad to see, from a newer player's perspective, just how far The Sims series has fallen as a whole. The older games were a labor of love, they started to get cash grabby with the S3Store, but 4 seems to be where they did a complete nosedive into full-blown corporate greed when it comes to The Sims. EA knows, and we all know, that TS4 could have easily been the best game in the franchise if they'd taken the time and care to make it so. But instead they rushed out a half-baked basegame that still is borderline unplayable 7 years later and really only serves as a vessel for the mountains of DLC they keep dumping on us month after month. And then their whole justification for cutting out things like Create-A-Style and the open world, making the game run better on lower-end machines, got thrown out the window with their whole "Legacy Mode" split, which made the whole game, Legacy Mode included, unplayable on my old laptop until I upgraded the RAM, when the game worked, albeit pretty slowly, before that. The long and short of it is money, really. Where they think it's at and who they can squeeze the most of it from with the least amount of effort possible.
I think pirating a game is never wrong unless it's an indie game... Plus I'd do anything if it means that big companies that literally break the economy with the sheer amount of money they get lose a bit of money. Because maybe then, the money will go to people that TRULY deserve it/need it.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is aware of EA saying “TS4 was released the way it was because of needing to run on lower end PCs and we don’t wanna repeat what we did with TS3” when TS3’s issue was just that the game was not optimized and they released towns with severe routing issues - not to mention, people forget TS3 came out in ‘09 when we had worse computer technology than we did in ‘14 lmao I remember thinking that when they released the legacy version and stopped supporting 32-bit computers and kept adding content to the game where even 64-bit/mid end computers were having issues along the ever increasing simulation lag, “Wow… they really lied lol”. And this was around the same time I discovered that TS4 was gonna be released in 2012-13 as a multiplayer game (with an old trailer too). My theory is it was scratched after the failure of Sim City Online and they only had a short amount of time to release something decent. I just don’t get why EA lies and then puts that responsibility on the Devs lol It kind of pisses me off that the company and it’s higher ups take no blame OR AT LEAST have the devs communicate some truthful transparency… like I will go to my grave fully believing Journey to Batuu, a non-integrated pack, was NOT completely Guru Lindsay’s idea… what Star Wars-Sims Hybrid fan creates a game where the aliens aren’t even occult aliens in the game?? and how hard is it to say, “Sorry we released the base game how it was because our plan was to go multiplayer but then we reneged on the decision and had to release what we could, but will be updating the base game over the years to have a better experience”??? I swear their management team is the worst.
new sub 💗 I never got to play sims 2 because I was too young and my parents were strict with video games (barbie was their limit for example). so now I get to experience it for the first time. I just downloaded it recently. I’ve been playing for 5 days now and haven’t even had to add mods to enjoy it. I’m in shock how much is in this game. SO MUCH MORE. sims 4 was my FIRST sims game so I had no expectation until I started watching youtube videos about reviews and reactions to things. I had already spent hundreds on expansions and kept feeling like something was missing. every time I saw comparisons to sims 2&3 I was just like wow I really need to play those. I’m now addicted to ts2. ts4 seems like a dollhouse now compared to this one that actually has life and stories. I can’t get over the neighborhood actually having memories and things going on of their own!! WHAT! if sims 2 was will wright’s vision - he was a genius.
Gosh, I'm so glad I followed your video tutorial when I did! I personally have all the sims games (minus Sims 1) and I think each have their good points, but Sims 2 will always be my favorite. Honestly, if EA isn't going to offer a full version of the Sims 2 to buy for Windows, then I really don't see how they can get upset with people for illegal downloading it--especially considering most people who do so originally had all the discs back in the day.
I don’t believe EA at all, so many games have recently been remastered and they just keep doing it but ea is the only one who can’t lol After lots of time figuring out how to get around the administrator problem I’ve got the whole collection installed on my windows 10
Noooo!!! I found your channel just in time before this happened :'( I am so sad about this, you just helped so many people get to the game and as always corporations had to run it :(
Your video was very good and informative and I was sadly surprised when I saw that it got taken down from your channel. Luckily I was able to watch it in time and follow your instructions. I personally think that "piracy" is more than justified in this case, but this great game truly deserves to remain legal and available to the public
I just acquired sims2 from "using the internet". It is compatible with Windows 10, I just have to always right click and "run as administrator" and it plays just fine. I have only ever played Sims4, so it's wonderful to have the opportunity to play games that I never had a chance to play as a tween/teen/adult because I never knew about them yet.
Phew I'm so glad I watched that tutorial a couple of weeks agoafter it being on my watch later for months and finally taking the time to properly install The Sims 2. I'd probably never go through all the hassle if it wasn't for your video 😄
Sorry to hear your video was taken down. You didn't deserve that at all, and I hope the takedown doesn't affect your channel 🥺 Despite what's available on the Mac, I also consider Sims 2 to be abandonware at this stage. There's no loss of profit to EA by taking down all forms of the game available, and I totally agree with you with that the people who do want TS2, are the people who played it when it first came out-considering the modded fixes needed, I doubt that it will "steal" all the Sims 4 players away. I just love your energy for the Sims 2! The Sims 2 is such an important game to me, and I always love seeing other folks still make great content and videos about it. It inspires me to try and dip my own toes into the Sims 2 content pool! 😁✨
I found your channel a few weeks ago after trying to legally purchase sims 2 for a few hours. I intend to play sims 3 after I play 2, which I will purchase from EA. Taking away video’s of how to play abandonware only hurts the maker
i swear ive been watching your sims2 fixing videos for hours to fix the game i downloaded from that video i just learnt its removed and i was just gonna look at it again wth
They know that sims 2 is the best game and wer're starting a revolution.. That's why they took it off bcause they scared.. They tried to do everything to hide s2 under the rug cause Sims 2 is a masterpiece and focused more on QUALITY than PROFIT.. losers .
The sims 2 was taken off the store 7 years ago, no need to act so melodramatic. The game was no longer supported and has issues running on modern hardware, that's it. people had 4 years to get the game for free if they wanted to.
@@gabrielkline2581 first off idk where you got sims 2 was taken off the store 7 years ago when i got mines back in 2016, do the research . and haha no it goes deeper than that - if they wanted to update the game to run on modern software they could've basically done that just like any other old game // it's not rocket science . average sims player figured out how to make it run better after all these years . I played ts2 on my new laptop and have no issues so it still doesn't make sense why they would just take off Origin though, They only have 4 main sims games and it doesn't matter "pEopLe had 4 yEars to bUy it" no. that's for another time but when sims 2 actually started gaining attraction was when they took it off and that was our only way to buy the game without ppl pirating it downloading it illegally or buying it off shopping sites
I got super lucky I think last year or the year before with EA customer service. I asked a customer service employee in the chat if the sims 2. Will work if I buy all the disc I don’t have and that I lost my base game code number. He then asked if I can photograph my discs and then gave me the ultimate collection. I felt like I won the lottery! And it runs totally fine
I grew up playing the Gamecube version of Sims 1, and the Sims 2 was my introduction to PC Sims. I tried Sims 3 and didn't care for it, and I don't like The Sims 4 either, so I went back to Sims 2 last year. As someone that plays on a laptop that doesn't have a CD/DVD drive, I would love to be able to download digital copies of the Sims 2 games/packs I purchased so I don't have to attach an external CD drive to my laptop every time I play. From a business perspective it makes no sense why they won't allow people to buy TS2 on Origin. They need to come to terms that some of us tried their newer games and it wasn't their cup of tea, so whether they release TS2 on Origin has nothing to do with whether we continue buying packs for TS4. I uninstalled the Sims 4 months ago because I don't have time to be waiting for 10-15 minute loading screens for some lame gameplay and a very incomplete catalog of items. The game is already what it is and it's not like they would have to continue to fix bugs for TS2, so they could literally just be making free money without having to do more work. They also could use the data from Origin purchases to figure out what their market values most. (For example, now that we have 4 generations of Sims, see if people are enjoying TS2 Pets or TS3 Pets more than TS4 Pets, and bring some of those features back for TS5.)
Honestly, I'm gonna miss your first video, it really helped me to install and play The Sims 2 'Origin' Ultimate Collection Next time, maybe you should attach the download link in comments instead of description, I saw other youtubers do it that way
Sims 2 is my favorite game in the series. Thank you so much for showing me how to get it to work on my computer!!! Hate that your video got taken down.
I am so sad that I missed out on being able to get the sims 2 on origin :( it’s my first ever sims game and i only got back onto the sims (4) back in 2019. Sims 2 is seriously one of the best game if not the best sims game out there! There are so much depths in the game! 🥺
At this point we all know that if EA releases the Sims 2 on Origin then half percent of people will stop playing Sims 4 and will stop buying the packs for the game and that more will play Sims 2 which will make them “broke” that’s why they’re just giving an excuse of the so called technical difficulties like come on EA just don’t wanna do it. 😂 I bet if Will Wrights was here at this point in the team then he would definitely release it on Origin since he created the concept of TheSims and he’s the OG creator of the beloved Sims Game.
EA’s attitude of contempt towards the sims community, both through this Sims2 refusal and the overpriced underperforming substandard sims4 has lost me completely as a customer to them. No more EA games at all - not even plants vs zombies. They won’t see another cent from me and I’ll continue to play my own old discs of TS2 until Paralives comes out, and after. (An external disc drive and no-cd hack is your friend. I may or may not also know of a place on the web where there are old games)
Sims 3 was my favorite game, and I still find it funny that a reason sims 4 is so bad is because half the sims 3 team left when sims 4 was being created. I hate how ea is trying to get rid of sims 3 as well. The 64 bit update could’ve been so much better, but ea doesn’t care about the fans
The Sims 2 won't be able to be launched with the new EA Desktop App I reckon. They are going to lock The Sims 2 down to Origin, left to slowly rot and decay until they decommission Origin entirely. EA Desktop has every single game that I had on Origin, EXCEPT The Sims 2. How insidious.
I say, keep selling it until it does not sell anymore. What do they have to lose? A lot of CC creator like myself are still creating for this game, to this day...and playing it of course. Sims 2 is an amazing game, and my favorite by far.
Hey EA origin gave me ultimate collection when I asked for help. Not too long ago I decided I wanted to play the sims2 again. I pulled out my copy of the game and it wouldn't install because the disk was too scratched up. I messaged origins customer support and asked for a digital copy of the game instead, they asked me for the little code on the manual, I gave that to the person on the chat, they gave me the ultimate collection onto my EA origin account. It took a bit of talking to explain that I wanted to play the game again and that I know that the game doesn't work great on windows 10 but once that was over I got the ultimate game and a 20% off coupon for another game. It was great. If you have a copy of the game just try asking the customer support for help. I only gave the code for the base game.
Worst part is, if this is about money, most TS2 fans are more than willing to pay whatever ridiculous price they charge. We don’t want anymore TS4 or TS5, we want to be able to play TS2 again. That game was an absolute masterpiece, and they were never able to replicate it.
This is wild. I found your channel off trying to play The Sims 2 again and it worked! I now have the Ultimate Collection and I have you to thank. I’m so upset this is happening to you. 😞
I got my copy of the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection way back in 2014 (release date), and at that time, I finally got the chance to play with all expansion packs and stuff packs at once! Woohoo! Before, I just owned The Sims 2 base game and The Sims 2 Best of Business collection pack. The Sims 2 was my favorite go-to game for a long time, but when I upgraded the Sims 3 by buying the expansion packs and stuff packs and even Store content, I gradually switched to the Sims 3. The main problem that I have personally with the Sims 4 is the lack of customization and inflexibility, and I think that has to do with the highly limiting core game engine. I just hope that the Sims 5 will have a well-developed base game engine with room for player customizations.
I suppose it might have been that your video might have been one of the more popular ones? If they really wanted to, I think they could make money off of it - seriously, it is a great, *finished* game where they’d only need to fix it and not even add any new content. As for customer support… it’s EA, it’s not like they need to provide *good* customer support… they could probably get away with one person in part-time who also deals with the other Sims games. Not only would a lot of people who are interested in getting the game buy it, but they could also get probably quite a bit of those who downloaded it via semi-legal-ish-y means to buy it. They could even attempt their limited time edition/only literally bought edition thingy again and add some really minor features like a sims 2-style bunkbed reskin or a couple of 4t2 converted cas pieces alongside their fixes if they really wanted to. tbf, fixing broken face templates and hair, adding unreleased hairs from the game code or w/ever would probably be enough. Add the patches and voilà - almost free money. A lot of people do not have Mac devices - and a lot of important (subjectively speaking) packs are not available for it. I held off from getting TS2 from the internet for a long time because I felt uncomfortable with the idea of piracy and its dangers - I bet a lot of people are or were like that. Isn’t withholding a popular title from the market in a way pushing consumers into piracy? And when someone crosses that border once, might it not be easier to do so again? Even with other games? Okay, thinking EA’s actions are bad for the videogame industry in that regard might be leaving a but out of the window tbh I don’t think EA owes us an explanation from a standpoint of them being obliged to, but them being transparent would be nice. It is hard to empathize with them if they don’t tell us what and why. I am sad that your video got take down - but I am glad that I found your channel through it :-)
I'm just gonna say origin actually distributed the game for free in 2016, and the game goes super smoothly. I can play it on my windows 11 no problem, all using origin platform. The only difference is the shadow on Sims, being a black rectangle, but I simply removed the shadows and it doesn't bother me anymore
I absolutely agree with people in the comments (and in other videos I've watched on this topic) that EA knows that a good chunk of people still love the Sims 2, and are worried that if they continued support for the game as well as put it back on Origin patched for Windows 10+ (and either let Aspyr port the remaining packs for the Sims 2 Super Collection for Macs on the App Store, or did it themselves through Origin) that those people would be less likely to spend money on the Sims 4. Surprise surprise EA, I'm ALREADY not planning on spending any more money on the Sims 4! I regret what money I have spent for the most part actually (once I did the math I realized that even buying things on sale I've collectively spent over 500 U.S. dollars) but once Sims 3 started getting buggy on Windows and when they removed Sims 2 off Origin (and Sims 2 didn't run on Windows 10) it was my only Sims option until I bought the Sims 2 Super Collection for Mac last year. (sorry for incoming rant lol...Speaking of, I love rant-type videos about this Sims 2 EA situation so no need to apologize for posting this!
You helped me a lot with the video about how to download the sims 2 and get it working. I wanted to play the sims 2 for years and years because I couldn't play it with the discs anymore. I'm so happy your video finally made it understandable for me to download the game so I can play it again. It's the best sims game to date.
If I do remember well, if you show "proof of purchase" or a picture of the disk for any EA advisor by chat, they can get you TS2 on Origin... I got my copy by saying that I'm a Huge Fan and they gave me for free...
Sims 2 is the whole reason i still have my old laptop from 2007. Just so i can play it. I would like to get sims 4, but I don't like a lot of the features that are missing from sims 4... sims2 and 3 are my favorites by far
Right, I am a game developer (not for EA) so I know a little bit about this. Programming is hard work. It's not like going through a few files to update them to work on Windows 10, it's an overhaul of an outdated system and the possibility of having to write new programs. So on that end, it would be work for them to get it to function on Windows 10 and I don't want to downplay the fact that it could be quite difficult. I know I have personally said "just leave it, people won't care if it's not perfect" to small things that looked minor but would take me a couple hours of programming to polish. So yes, there's work involved and EA seems stretched with the Sims 4 packs. They also might be burned out from Sims 3, which required a lot of updates and bug fixes (and still has issues). Now, Sims 3 is my favorite game in the series because I like story progression, so I'm not too fussed about Sims 2 (sorry, I know I'm on the wrong channel) but I actually did decide to grab it and I got it working well enough to play for about an hour before it crashes on me. It was exhausting to do on my own and when I got into it, I... was a bit disappointed. Yeah, I know, personal opinion, but the needs decayed really fast, the skills were limited to categories instead of skills relating to activities, there was no mood system, and I got opportunities every day for school/work which screwed with my Sims' lives. There literally weren't enough hours in a day to do everything they needed. Looking at the attention spans of people who are probably playing Sims 4, this would be incredibly frustrating. Heck, I have ADHD and found it frustrating because I was so used to Sims 3 controls. The Sims 2 community is very passionate but they're not exactly a huge chunk of EA's fanbase and a lot of the people who love Sims 2 also love Sims 3. Sims 2 has a lot of clunky game design that was smoothed out in Sims 3, so I can kinda get why they feel like Sims 3 is an adequate replacement for the people who want a similar experience. Speaking from a purely objective viewpoint, Sims 3 makes a ton of improvements to Sims 2's controls while retaining a lot of what makes Sims 2 so charming. I'm not justifying it, I'm just trying to see this from every angle. Lastly, let's consider what going to the effort of releasing Sims 2 would entail: a lot of programming, training people to deal with Sims 2 bugs, and possibly dealing with copyright issues. This is all for what would very likely be an incredibly lucrative weekend and then sales tapering off when all of Sims 2's biggest fans have bought the game. Sims 4 fans probably won't buy it. You'll get a few people who want to buy it for the novelty or because they diehard Sims fans who want to play every game, but I don't know how Sims 3 is faring on Origin right now. It could very well be selling terribly now most people are moving to 4. Putting that possibility into account, I can understand why they wouldn't release Sims 2. That all being said, I think they should. Yes, it's hard work, but the sales they'll make in those first few weeks almost certainly would be enough for a profit after paying people to work on it and I don't think people trained to assist with Sims 2 would be hired specifically for that game; more than likely they would just be people who know fixes for Sims 3 and 4 who are trained on Sims 2. Even though I see why they wouldn't do it, but I still think they should.
IMO, even after pirating 4...it just made me want to go back and play 2/3 more. 2 for families, 3 for exploration/a much intuitive skill system. 4 just feels lifeless and I hope Sims 5 at least rectifies this.
I really wish they would bring back the sims 2 and make it easy to play on newer computers. I don't feel comfortable with pirating sims 2, and I know that it won't run easy on my laptop without some extra help. EA doesn't know that it's sitting on a butt ton of money. So many simmers want to get their hands on a copy, including myself.
If they resold it I would buy it but I don’t feel bad about getting a copy from the way you showed in your super helpful video 😃 I had tons of sims 2 games and EP. has them registered on origin and all. Couple years ago I went to re download them and then we’re all gone from my account. SMH. So no. I don’t have regrets.
for the people that do have old game CDs for the sims 2 with the CD keys inside, if you ask EA for the full copy of the sims 2, they will ask for you to provide atleast 1 CD key and they will give you the entire library of sims 2. Try it out, i did it years ago and i know people now that are still getting it this way. Mind you this is only if you have previously bought the games and have CD keys and your CDs no longer work or whatever other reason you may have.
It's still 100% playable on modern PCs. Just use "Graphics Rules Maker" software to make it compatible with modern hardware and it should run properly. I play Sims 2 on my Windows 11 PC with a Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD and 4K 28-inch monitor. No issues at all.
I think there is another reason they're not going to put the game back to purchase: there is a totally different team of people working on the new sims games so ea would have to hire more people just to fix sims 2 and we all know that big companies do not like to waste money on their workers if it's not profitable enough
I actually think that releasing the Sims 2 on origin - or what is now the new EA app would be the best thing EA could do. They are a multi million dollar corporation and all some of us are asking is for the Sims 2 to be made available. I would pay for it, I truly would, cos I love the Sims 2 so much. I think they are nervous, cos the Sims 2 is heaps better than Sims 4. They don’t want fans to defect over to the Sims 2 camp - a real possibility cos the game is superior to its later and poorer cousin…
It is impossible for me to get Sims 2 in a legal way so I had to pirate it. If they wanted it to be available they would have made it available. Thez are huge company that has a lot of money and power. I think they fear the Sims 2 dominance over Sims 4
I'm so unlucky that I was born where Sims 2 starts to take off (2004) because I didn't get a chance to play it back then. And since back in 2014 when Sims 2 Ultimate collection is free, of course, I wouldn't know about it until 2020. This is why its so frustrating that EA doesn't want to redistribute the game anymore. A lot of young players wanted to play the Sims 2 but can't. But yeah, I really hope EA would see this because, it's really frustrating going through pirated websites just to play the game. It's not fun to gamble with the risk of having your computer get contracted by a malware.
Totally agree, with everything. Sims 2 is a great game and it still holds up on Windows 10, even if it can be a bit rough some times (glowing purple texture issue, random crashes, likely from not using full system memory, to name a couple). EA could make easy money if they made the game work well with Windows 10, and sell it for 20 bucks (all expansions and "stuff"). Easy.
This is still my favourite Sims game ever. I started with The Sims 1 when someone gave me a copy of their game. I loved it so much I bought all the discs, and later all the Sims 2 and 3 discs. Got the base Sims 4 on a discount. Not sure I'll be buying any packs for that.
A year or so after they stopped giving away the Ultimate Collection, I was able to get them to give me a copy just by saying I missed the promotion and asking if there was anything I could do. If they're not going to sell it, they lose nothing by giving it away.
I have TS2 and TS3 on disc. I've had my fair share of fun with TS4 but honestly the nostalgia just gets the better of me and I return to the good ol times of the previous iterations. For me installing a disc and playing without having to log into a client is where its at and I'll never go back to Origin for that reason. Be that as it may I DO however have some clients on my PC but that's either for playing multiplayer games or my xbox game pass subscription that lets me download and play games BUT The sims is my exception that I just want to jump into and build, create and live my play my sims/ sims' families as much as I want.
Didn't seem ranty at all, very reasonable in fact. Why they don't want sims 2 on origin? It's really puzzling to me, none of the arguments seem to stack up, and I'm pretty sure that the parts of EA which interact with the public don't really know either. I have noticed a very active group of younger sims 2 players appearing, maybe brought to the game during lockdown. Keep making your content, I am embarrassed to say that I forgot how much fun sims 2 is, and somehow convinced myself that I'd 'gone off sims' (thanks sims 4!) New content shows potential players that the community is active, and that it is possible to get this game running on recent systems.
i cant pirate the game with a good conscience, i’m scared but i’ve wanted to play the sims 2 for so long. i played it so much when i was younger, i’ve ended up going back to the sims 3 and haven’t touched 4 in maybe 3 months, ts3 is already a threat to the sims 4, i can’t see why they don’t want to rerelease the sims 2?
Eh, illegal doesn't necessarily mean immoral so I don't have a guilty conscience in downloading a game they won't let me purchase when I'd be more than happy to purchase it at full price. If I were to buy the discs secondhand, which is the only legal way to play it, they wouldn't get my money that way either. Pirating the Sims 2 is stealing from absolutely no one. They didn't miss out on a purchase from me either way.
I don’t like illegal stuff but I do not feel bad for having the sims game via the way she shows in a previous video of her because I had TONS of sims 2 games on my origin/EA account. Couple years ago I went to download the games again but on my new gaming PC. They were all removed from my account. EA said they can’t do anything about it unless I could be proof of purchase or any of the key codes which I lost over time. Wtf smh
My first Sims game was 3, then I played 4 it felt cool heck even looked "pretty". But I was reminded of how previous games being really good in certain franchises (Fallout 1&2>3,4&76). So I got the Sims 2 base game running on my laptop and *BAM* fell in love. The Brokes, Dreamer, Goth, Pleasent, Strange town. I went so deep into the sims because of 2, because it was engaging like exploring the wasteland in fallout1 for the first time.
It is absolutely because they don't want people to compare Sims 2 to Sims 4. Sims 3 is still a cash cow, but Sims 2 never had the store and had far fewer expansion packs. Plus, the fact that they've previously released the UC for free means they couldn't possibly charge for each separately. I think the target Sims pipeline right now is: - Give children Sims 4 for free or cheap. - Get Sims 4 players to buy all the expansion packs, then get exhausted and seek alternatives. - Introduce Sims 4 players to Sims 3. - Get Sims 4->3 players to buy all the expansion packs and store content.
I still have all of the physically boxes for the Sims 2 and 3 (Sims 2 came out just as I was starting high school, and I was completely obsessed), but I do have a pirated Ultimate pack version of the Sims 2 and 3 on my computer. Sims 2 has staying power. Is the superior Sims.
It's not that they don't want to, it's more that they can't. One of the license of the game doesn't exist anymore and can't legally make it available to be bought. If they have to make it available they'd have to either buy the patent of a company that doesn't exist anymore or take it out and redo the whole game without that license. They already explained it several time publicly.
I was lucky enough to get the ultimate collection when it was available. But honestly if EA doesn’t want people to buy the game then just pirate it, its my best option. Their loss.
They took down the Sims2 install video? NOOOO!!!! Goddam!! Thank heaven I installed it in time. Without your video I wouldn't be playing it, because threre was ABSOLUTELY no other way to get it!!!
They want us to convert than they can do us a favor and bring back all the things we loved about 2 and 3. Another LISTEN to US EA!!! And Bring the things we have been asking for too.
7:21 I think that's one of the reasons why EA doesn't want to put TS2 back on the store. Keep in mind that EA began to gift The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection because they decided to interrupt the support for the game by closing the Exchange site and TS2 Store in 2014 (The Sims 4 was announced and released, if I'm right, in the same year). I guess that they're not going to sell software or games that they cannot support anymore. OR, as you say, they wanted their audience to focus more on The Sims 4 than the previous games. On the Origin Store, TS3 and its packs are not getting a discount, whereas on Steam they always drops price when there are sales. So yeah, I think EA doesn't care about its entire series. Also I was lucky to get one copy in my library, as TS2 (and 3) are my childhood! :D
I've played this game lots when I was a kid after I was introduced to it after my trip to NYC to see some family members in 2006. 4 year old me loved how the game looked and today I still love the game. Too bad I can't buy it, I've only been able to watch RUclips videos of it. I hate EA so much.
First, it’s bullshit that it’s pirating even if it’s not being sold. Most of these sites are archive sites, they exist only to preserve history, and will only have games that are /not/ being sold legit. If EA started selling the Sims 2 again, these sites would remove them. If it weren’t for sites like these, we would have lost a lot more 90-00 online history. Second, there is an infinite amount of these games, pirating does not take one away from anyone else. (This is why the “you wouldn’t download a car” argument is stupid) And third, it doesn’t matter if you buy it used off something like eBay, or if you pirate it, the devs will still not get paid for their work. They will only get paid if you buy it from a 1st party source. Remember; Devs getting paid is supposed to be the whole point behind anti-online piracy.
As a kid I've gotten half of all DLC and my friend got the other half (you only need the latest DLC to play the game). Installing all of them took around 80GB (!) of disk space. Years later, I was lucky enough to get ultimate edition via promocode for free on Origin (btw still can use it). Easy to install, only 15GB (!!) of disk space, ready to play from get go. Also had some really rare DLC which wasn't sold physically in my country. Such a superior experience, I'm shocked how EA firstly made an effort to create such version just to bury it short after. I strongly don't recommend using second hand DVDs to install Sims 2, I would never played it again if not for Origin version.
I have played sims since sims 1 and have sims 2 on disc, have had it for several years since I was child and still do, but discs are a bit outdated on newer hardware/PC. Not only that but I only could ever get 1 expansion pack (Pets) for the game because I was a kid with no money. But I could play Sims 2 and that one expansion pack for days and nights in a row for years and I loved it so much. Played it all the way up until a few years after Sims 3 realsed. After I got fed up with Sims 4 I wanted to go back to 3 and 2 but it turned out I missed the only free giveaway of the complete collection and it was comepletely GONE literally no way of getting the game digitally or the expansion packs, without surfing through Ebay or "not buying it". I've never "not bought" a game before in my life because I was scared of getting viruses. But for Sims 2 I did a bit of research and eventually aquired the full collection. When I got it to boot up, I straight up cried from the nostalgia of the music. Seriously though wtf is up with EA and Origin
I agree 100%. Sims 2 is the Best!! I have tried repeatedly to enjoy Sims 3 and 4 but for me 3-4 are SUPER BORING! And not even close to as fun as the Sims 2. I am looking to get my old computer fixed so that I can play my favorite game again with all of its expansions. Currently I managed to get the Sims 2 Base game to work on my laptop but expansions won’t load. EA BRING BACK THE SIMS 2. !!
The only reasons I can come up with are the facts that it could potentially drive away sales of TS4 OR that they think the game is too old and they wouldn't get any return on it. Both of which I can also come up with counter arguments for. You already mentioned Sims 3 being available on Origin, so I don't see the big deal. And people are pretty passionate about TS2, so I think they'd get some sales out of it. TS3 is also fairly old at this point, but they're still selling THAT. Also, it's not like people are gonna stop buying Sims 4 content. Many people don't care about what version they're playing and just wanna play whatever is newest. So I don't really know anymore.
YES. It’s sad that EA doesn’t want people to play the Sims 2 and erase one of the greatest games ever made. Maybe instead of feeling so threatened by their old game they should make their new games better.
Say it louder
This is EA, their CEO said no money no honey. Then this is new EA I bet the honey is still pollens
I wish they would put it in the store for those who don't have it and can't/won't pirate it. I have my original games from years ago (as well as the patches, and I haven't had any issues), so I just use those. I doubt EA will ever release Sims 2. They just don't care enough. They want people to buy Sims 4 and 5, when that comes out. EA couldn't care less if fans want a game... they barely listen to the players about Sims 4; people expect too much when it comes to EA acting right.
since they areased it it's green light to get it for free, it's 100% legal get something for free once it's no longer available on sale.
@@aniagie8141 This^^^
Imagine feeling bad for downloading a 17 year old game from a multimillion dollar corporation when they won't even sell it to you
This. I REALLY don't get why people want to give EA money.
The only reason I'd personally want them to sell it is because it'd be nice if they made it actually playable and less broken. I know there's fanmade patches for some issues but they're not perfect because the base game just wasn't made well. But the chances of anything actually getting fixed to that degree is near impossible, not only due to EA's laziness but also because those issues are embedded in the game structurally. So yeah, pirate away. You'll be getting the same product regardless
ikr, you have the perfect excuse to download it for free yet you still want to waste your money for... reasons? And get mad that a 17 year old game is no longer available for purchase? why not sue Nokia for not supporting the 3310 in 2021, or H&M for not selling their 2004 collection
@@Pan-oy2ck these are same people which now will buy anything for sims4 so now we gets worse and worse packs, some people aren't using much of brain
@@aguadyne Exactly, that's the only reason I would pay for it. I already paid for the game 15 years ago but the discs are impossible to install on Windows 10 so I feel like I have every right to pirate it, as I've done. Haven't given EA any of my money for years. Honestly if they ever re-release it again (probably never), people who bought it before should get it for free.
everyone has pirated copies of the sims 2 LOL 😂
i jus asked for it and worker gave me ultimate for free
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it's not really pirating when it's abandonware. It's just playing.
@@electrahood6969 what?? how??
I got my Origin Sims 2 Complete copy from EA for free as an apology gift for Sim City 2013 - true story.
The sims team literally pretends the sims 3 doesn’t exist and it irritates me
Ikr? At least fix some bugs or sum
Because it doesn’t to them anymore lol they’re not going to worry about a game they don’t even make anymore. Get over it lol I hate EA, but they’ve done nothing wrong here. EVERY games company does it. It’s normal.
If you want to play TS2, download it and play it like everyone else. It’s literally everywhere online for free
@@BenThomas13 I’m talking about when it comes to sales, and talking about the sims 3 in general, I know the game is finished and it should stay that way, but… I’m just saying that they constantly slander the game to promote the sims 4 and it’s just terrible that they don’t even acknowledge it anymore
I think the existance of sims 3 is a reason why people nowadays hate the sims 4
@@BenThomas13 also to add to my comment, sim city 4, spore is on sale rn, but the sims 3 is still 20 dollars on origin, they don’t even acknowledge it.. it’s an insult to the community
RUclips removes that but leaves 5 minute crafts and other content farms and also leaves up dangerous hacks that have literally exploded and given children burns. Installing sims 2 is dangerous content but not apparently burns and hospitalization. Ann Reardon talks about these dangerous 'life hacks' on her youtube on her channel. RUclips really have their priorities in order.
Yeah they wall call bad to good and good to bad
Yeah but like money /s
@@simmerjojo2897 that's called gaslighting! 🙌🏻
I'll never forgive myself for missing the chance to claim the ultimate collection despite the promo going on for years
you can still try and ask on the ea support page! a few years back (after the promo ended though) i did. tried twice - the first employee said it is not available, but the second gave me a download link or something. i don't remember what i did exactly, but there should be tutorials on the internet somewhere. no pirating needed
I couldn’t get it as I couldn’t afford a new laptop and my old one was kaput… I am gutted….
First of all was thanks to that video I could play the Sims 2 once again, my childhood game. Is an absolute SHAME that we have to ILEGALLY download a game because the company doesn't let us buy it. Thank you for your amazing help with your videos. Also I'll still be following your content because your let's play are awesome
thank you so much for the support, glad you like my videos!!
No one really cares if you illegally torrent the game. Download utorrent, get a vpn (cyberghost 8 has a free trial for 24hrs), and visit pirate bay, 1337x, or steamunlocked. Hope this helps.
I don't think it's a shame to ILLEGALLY do stuff like this, we're technically just giving them a taste of their own medicine since they, themselves do scummy things....
It's simple they will never advertise the sims 2 or 3 because it would shine light on all the meny faults of the sims 4 the whole ethic of the sims 4 is based on the younger generation and the people not informed about the previous versions realising all the faults and not buying the illusion anymore
I don't think it's true sims 4 has bred a sims 4 cult. I swear to god it's so bizarre how sims 3 subreddit will have sometimes people pop up to shit on the older games. These people will try to "prove" sims 4 is better they get call trolls. But it's really getting tiring how people dislike or hate sims 3 so much but somehow for some reason they are on the sims 3 subreddit.
@@toshj177 its really worrying I actually really like the sims 3 I used to play it years ago and redownloaded it I can't believe how much I was missing out on I still think the sims 2 is my favourite cause it's more wholesome though
@@Jacobofthevalley exactly like honey one good thing sims 4 does doesn't outbeat sims 2 or 3!
I think EA know that they won't get nearly as much profit from Sims 2 as from Sims 4, so they don't bother to fix it to work on Windows 10. But removing it from Origin and punishing people for pirating it or sharing the links is a shitty move.
When I was a kid living in a small town, we didn't have any place to buy a legal copy of the game. So my parents bought me a pirate disk (tbh, it was nicely done, so I thought it was legit). After that, when I was a teenager, I torrented the Ultimate Collection and didn't even bother to switch to the Origin version when I heard that it causes problems even in Windows 7. Now if EA adds it on Origin again, I will consider buying it only if they completely fix it to work well on Windows 10. And with a discount.
Where are you from btw? Living in a small town, not having a possibility to buy a legal version. Sounds like a slavic culture
@@nadialebed4458 it does :) I'm from Ukraine
@@breakthewall.mp3126 wow😅 Me too!
I disagree: Sims 4 requires plenty of development efforts (well it did, early on) to be full-featured. Sims 2 is done, it just needs some tweaking to work with Windows 10.
@@bernlin2000 I want them to fix it too, but seems like EA just don't see the appeal.
One thing that makes clear for me why sims 4 players will not like The Sims 2 that much is that sims 4 community keeps asking "themes" instead of fixes, look at all the fuzz about farms and bunk beds, Sims 2 has neither of those. The Sims 4 is so shallow that it needs "variety of gameplay" (become a famous vampire off the grid interior designer type of thing) when The Sims 2 doesn't have that much variety because you are meant* to play in longer with a more deep and complex gameplay, that's why I think they don't compete. (sorry for the long text)
True, I also believe that this may be one of the reasons they don't make The Sims 2 available. I read it once in the commentary of a youtuber here in Brazil (Malena010102), about 3 years ago when she was replaying the sims 2 on the channel , and someone complaining about the graphics, and saying that the sims 2 was bad, and that she should come back with The Sims 4. I remember it was a profile that looked like a kid. Which reminds me, when a big celebrity here in Brazil(Maísa), who had nothing to do with The Sims, was named ambassador for The Sims 4. Her audience is children and teenagers. What for sure was marketing for the new generation, after all, the old generation of The Sims, grew up and now works, studies, and doesn't have time to play as before. They now need to focus on the new audience that has time to play. I believe this is both the reason and what Pixu says from 7:40 onwards.
(Sorry for the long text and if I have a lot of errors in my English).
@@wafllescompudim I didn't knew Maísa was an ambassador of The Sims 4 (wtf?????).
But besides not being their current game and the thing they're most putting effort into it (which we know it isn't) it's still really lazy to just give up on the thing. Like, just put ONE PERSON in the whole office to do what can be done and then re-release, is it really that hard?
But I will be fair because I heard about this copyright issue thing and I don't know anything about it, so it may be a real issue.
@@nalu_munhoz Yes, I believe that unfortunately we won't have a clear answer so soon :/
PS: Yes, Maísa was declared an ambassador here in Brazil, just before The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs was released. Probably the EA department in Brazil must have made that marketing decision. Was this something that only EA from Brazil did? Or the EA department of other countries did? (To appoint ambassadors).
My first Sims game was The Sims 4, but I've absolutely loved The Sims 2 since I first started playing it earlier this year.
@@kenzie8755 me too
It's laziness.
EA is a lazy, money hungry corp, and they know that while Sims 2 is loved, they're not gonna get as much money as they would releasing new Sims 4 packs every month for a bunch of dollars. And then there's the whole monster that is Sims 5 that's probably gonna come after like 8 years of more and more lackluster packs. It's all a shame and no one should feel bad for getting a game that isn't available for players legally. Buying it on ebay isn't magically more appropriate, the Sims team isn't getting money from it. The whole situation sucks but at least there are ways for players to have fun with Sims 2.
The community keeps the Sims alive. And EA knows that, so they don't put any effort in.
I'm so scared sims 5 will be mass multi player 😭
That would be so lazy development relying on customers to make it interesting
That isn't laziness, it's a business seeking to maximize its profits, which is what businesses do. Not laziness at all.
@@cleigh3796 EA are lazy as hell lol. They don't even play test what they put out properly. I consider them leaving ts2 out as lazy because they would earn profit from it being on origin, there's no real reason other than "we don't want to oopsie" - yet they aren't honest enough to say that.
@@amdl270 they looove relying on the community to make the game better.
@@cleigh3796 👢👅 👢👅 👢👅
For legal reasons, I own all four sims games legally, I didn't pirate any of them
But I'm also just gonna say that EA has scammed all of us many times, so maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to download a game they don't even sell anymore lmao downloading Sims 2 isn't going to take any money out of their pockets, they'll be fine
Exactly. Since it's their loss for not selling the game anymore, I don't see why not download it pirated.
I wish EA would put sims2 back on origin it's my favorite sims game and I wish I could get it on Origin
Why not download it pirated so you can enjoy it again? It's not our fault EA don't add it.
@@adriatorres2918 from where?
I play the super collection on mac(have never played the ultimate collection), and when the operative systems on macs were updated 1-2 years ago, Aspyr used about 2 months to update the super collection to run again on mac. With that in mind, I really dont think that it would be that hard for EA to update the ultimate collection if they actually wanted to do so. But in my opinion, they dont want to.
If EA never going to put in the work to update the game for windows users, maybe they could get into a partnership with Aspyr and make them build a sims 2 super collection that is compatiable with windows computers. That way somebody else can do the work for them, and the team can continue working on their precious sims 4(which i have personally not played in well over a year)
I agree, Aspyr has done a wonderful job with Sims 2 for Macs! (despite it originally being a PC-exclusive game)
I (finally!!) got the Ultimate Collection working last week but for the past year I've played the Super Collection and am still SO impressed by how smoothly it runs. Even now, with all the fixes and patches and stuff installed, Sims 2 doesn't run as well on Windows 10 as it does on my Mac. EA absolutely has the money and technology to do a similar thing with Sims 2 on Windows 10+ (not to mention letting Aspyr convert the second have of packs for Macs since they only got up to Bon Voyage before EA stopped their licensing agreement.
I went so far as installing windows 10 on my MacBook just so I can play ultimate collection but unfortunately it gave me issues and kept crashing.
@@zed4643 That sucks. Hopefully, one day a great modder will be able to make it easy for the ultimate collection to work on mac :-)
Because they know they can’t charge us $1,000 on TS2 for all the expansion and stuff packs.
I already have the discs. I was able to get the UC collection on Origin. I just don’t understand EA’s need to suppress this game. It’s my favorite one.
I remember someone else saying, when they made the Sims 2 ultimate collection on origin for free for a while, they had a lot of people messaging them about how to make the game work, and they removed it most likely 'cause they couldn't be bothered to deal with those problems. Very lazy and i honestly wouldn't put it past them if that really was the only reason they removed it from origin and refuse to put it back. And like you said, too proud to ask the talented players to fix it for them, now they wouldn't want to pay them for it, right? Of course not, it's EA...
I am one of those persons, in 2014 they gave the ultimate collection because they were officially stopping support of the game, i had a laptop with windows 8 and the only way i could play was with a super laggy virtual machine, it couldn't even launch it otherwise. Now 7 year later i know that you just have to change a 2048 into a 4196 in some config file, a Fix that would have taken litterally 2 seconds to implement, but oh no, we can't milk ts2 after so many years so down the drain it goes
I really wish ts2 would come back to origin,
sadly that wish most likely wont come true..
i haven't lost all hope yet, but i don't know what it would take for them to put it back.
@@Pixuou Because EA just wants money and The Sims 2 complete colection is much cheaper than The Sims 3 and 4 with all the expansion packs
i dunno. they’ve said something like “keep an eye out on our social sites for the sims 2” and a lot of people think that ts2 will come back, but i think it’s more like “if there would be something, we would inform you on twitter”
@@tomaskovac5059 the current director made an official statement saying no sims 2 on origin recently
@@ember9361 what’s the username? I can’t find the tweet.
Two days ago I took part in a Sims special of our campus radio's video game show and we were also talking about how many people wished to have the Sims 2 back on Origin. One day later, you uploaded this video. This might be the most beautiful coincidence I've ever witnessed.
i love that!!!
It just frustrates me because I would be perfectly willing to pay for TS2 if they were to put it for sale up on Origin, but since there is literally no way for me to play it otherwise on my modern Windows 10 laptop without a disk drive, I had to go and pirate it like so many other people. I personally don't see anything morally wrong with pirating a game that you cannot otherwise legally acquire or play, it's not stealing from EA because there's no money there to steal.
And this is coming from a Simmer whose first experience with the main games *was* TS4. It wasn't until I bought TS3 that I realized how much 4 was missing, and I started to get disillusioned with 4. And then I kept hearing about just how good 2 is in comparison, and I just had to play it for myself... And they're right! TS2's graphics may be outdated, but they're certainly not bad, and the whole game just has this kind of charm and soul that 4 lacks. I still play 4 every now and then, but really just for CAS and BB. For deep gameplay and storytelling and an actually fun experience, I now only play 2 and 3.
It really is sad to see, from a newer player's perspective, just how far The Sims series has fallen as a whole. The older games were a labor of love, they started to get cash grabby with the S3Store, but 4 seems to be where they did a complete nosedive into full-blown corporate greed when it comes to The Sims. EA knows, and we all know, that TS4 could have easily been the best game in the franchise if they'd taken the time and care to make it so. But instead they rushed out a half-baked basegame that still is borderline unplayable 7 years later and really only serves as a vessel for the mountains of DLC they keep dumping on us month after month. And then their whole justification for cutting out things like Create-A-Style and the open world, making the game run better on lower-end machines, got thrown out the window with their whole "Legacy Mode" split, which made the whole game, Legacy Mode included, unplayable on my old laptop until I upgraded the RAM, when the game worked, albeit pretty slowly, before that.
The long and short of it is money, really. Where they think it's at and who they can squeeze the most of it from with the least amount of effort possible.
I think pirating a game is never wrong unless it's an indie game... Plus I'd do anything if it means that big companies that literally break the economy with the sheer amount of money they get lose a bit of money. Because maybe then, the money will go to people that TRULY deserve it/need it.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is aware of EA saying “TS4 was released the way it was because of needing to run on lower end PCs and we don’t wanna repeat what we did with TS3” when TS3’s issue was just that the game was not optimized and they released towns with severe routing issues - not to mention, people forget TS3 came out in ‘09 when we had worse computer technology than we did in ‘14 lmao
I remember thinking that when they released the legacy version and stopped supporting 32-bit computers and kept adding content to the game where even 64-bit/mid end computers were having issues along the ever increasing simulation lag, “Wow… they really lied lol”. And this was around the same time I discovered that TS4 was gonna be released in 2012-13 as a multiplayer game (with an old trailer too). My theory is it was scratched after the failure of Sim City Online and they only had a short amount of time to release something decent.
I just don’t get why EA lies and then puts that responsibility on the Devs lol It kind of pisses me off that the company and it’s higher ups take no blame OR AT LEAST have the devs communicate some truthful transparency… like I will go to my grave fully believing Journey to Batuu, a non-integrated pack, was NOT completely Guru Lindsay’s idea… what Star Wars-Sims Hybrid fan creates a game where the aliens aren’t even occult aliens in the game?? and how hard is it to say, “Sorry we released the base game how it was because our plan was to go multiplayer but then we reneged on the decision and had to release what we could, but will be updating the base game over the years to have a better experience”??? I swear their management team is the worst.
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I never got to play sims 2 because I was too young and my parents were strict with video games (barbie was their limit for example).
so now I get to experience it for the first time. I just downloaded it recently.
I’ve been playing for 5 days now and haven’t even had to add mods to enjoy it. I’m in shock how much is in this game. SO MUCH MORE.
sims 4 was my FIRST sims game so I had no expectation until I started watching youtube videos about reviews and reactions to things. I had already spent hundreds on expansions and kept feeling like something was missing. every time I saw comparisons to sims 2&3 I was just like wow I really need to play those.
I’m now addicted to ts2.
ts4 seems like a dollhouse now compared to this one that actually has life and stories.
I can’t get over the neighborhood actually having memories and things going on of their own!! WHAT!
if sims 2 was will wright’s vision - he was a genius.
Your channel has made me redownload Sims 2. I started playing Sims 3 ( my favourite) again a few months ago but I've missed parts of Sims 2!
im glad i saw the video before it got removed you truly are a godsend
Gosh, I'm so glad I followed your video tutorial when I did! I personally have all the sims games (minus Sims 1) and I think each have their good points, but Sims 2 will always be my favorite. Honestly, if EA isn't going to offer a full version of the Sims 2 to buy for Windows, then I really don't see how they can get upset with people for illegal downloading it--especially considering most people who do so originally had all the discs back in the day.
I don’t believe EA at all, so many games have recently been remastered and they just keep doing it but ea is the only one who can’t lol
After lots of time figuring out how to get around the administrator problem I’ve got the whole collection installed on my windows 10
They don't have the audacity to put it on origin because they know people would play it more than the sims 4
Noooo!!! I found your channel just in time before this happened :'( I am so sad about this, you just helped so many people get to the game and as always corporations had to run it :(
Your video was very good and informative and I was sadly surprised when I saw that it got taken down from your channel. Luckily I was able to watch it in time and follow your instructions. I personally think that "piracy" is more than justified in this case, but this great game truly deserves to remain legal and available to the public
I just acquired sims2 from "using the internet".
It is compatible with Windows 10, I just have to always right click and "run as administrator" and it plays just fine.
I have only ever played Sims4, so it's wonderful to have the opportunity to play games that I never had a chance to play as a tween/teen/adult because I never knew about them yet.
I'm very glad my sister got the original Origin game back in 2016. ultimate collection n stuff I'm incredibly blessed ..
I contacted EA and asked them how I could get the game, and they completely ignored me.
Phew I'm so glad I watched that tutorial a couple of weeks agoafter it being on my watch later for months and finally taking the time to properly install The Sims 2. I'd probably never go through all the hassle if it wasn't for your video 😄
Sorry to hear your video was taken down. You didn't deserve that at all, and I hope the takedown doesn't affect your channel 🥺
Despite what's available on the Mac, I also consider Sims 2 to be abandonware at this stage. There's no loss of profit to EA by taking down all forms of the game available, and I totally agree with you with that the people who do want TS2, are the people who played it when it first came out-considering the modded fixes needed, I doubt that it will "steal" all the Sims 4 players away.
I just love your energy for the Sims 2! The Sims 2 is such an important game to me, and I always love seeing other folks still make great content and videos about it. It inspires me to try and dip my own toes into the Sims 2 content pool! 😁✨
I'm so glad I got the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection for free on Origin before they stopped giving it out 😭
Unrelated: you are so pretty 💜
thank u
I found your channel a few weeks ago after trying to legally purchase sims 2 for a few hours. I intend to play sims 3 after I play 2, which I will purchase from EA. Taking away video’s of how to play abandonware only hurts the maker
I don't even play the sims yet I can't stop watching your vids for some reason.
i swear ive been watching your sims2 fixing videos for hours to fix the game i downloaded from that video i just learnt its removed and i was just gonna look at it again wth
They know that sims 2 is the best game and wer're starting a revolution.. That's why they took it off bcause they scared.. They tried to do everything to hide s2 under the rug cause Sims 2 is a masterpiece and focused more on QUALITY than PROFIT.. losers .
The sims 2 was taken off the store 7 years ago, no need to act so melodramatic. The game was no longer supported and has issues running on modern hardware, that's it. people had 4 years to get the game for free if they wanted to.
@@gabrielkline2581 first off idk where you got sims 2 was taken off the store 7 years ago when i got mines back in 2016, do the research . and haha no it goes deeper than that - if they wanted to update the game to run on modern software they could've basically done that just like any other old game // it's not rocket science . average sims player figured out how to make it run better after all these years . I played ts2 on my new laptop and have no issues so it still doesn't make sense why they would just take off Origin though, They only have 4 main sims games and it doesn't matter "pEopLe had 4 yEars to bUy it" no. that's for another time but when sims 2 actually started gaining attraction was when they took it off and that was our only way to buy the game without ppl pirating it downloading it illegally or buying it off shopping sites
I got super lucky I think last year or the year before with EA customer service. I asked a customer service employee in the chat if the sims 2. Will work if I buy all the disc I don’t have and that I lost my base game code number. He then asked if I can photograph my discs and then gave me the ultimate collection. I felt like I won the lottery! And it runs totally fine
I grew up playing the Gamecube version of Sims 1, and the Sims 2 was my introduction to PC Sims. I tried Sims 3 and didn't care for it, and I don't like The Sims 4 either, so I went back to Sims 2 last year. As someone that plays on a laptop that doesn't have a CD/DVD drive, I would love to be able to download digital copies of the Sims 2 games/packs I purchased so I don't have to attach an external CD drive to my laptop every time I play.
From a business perspective it makes no sense why they won't allow people to buy TS2 on Origin. They need to come to terms that some of us tried their newer games and it wasn't their cup of tea, so whether they release TS2 on Origin has nothing to do with whether we continue buying packs for TS4. I uninstalled the Sims 4 months ago because I don't have time to be waiting for 10-15 minute loading screens for some lame gameplay and a very incomplete catalog of items. The game is already what it is and it's not like they would have to continue to fix bugs for TS2, so they could literally just be making free money without having to do more work. They also could use the data from Origin purchases to figure out what their market values most. (For example, now that we have 4 generations of Sims, see if people are enjoying TS2 Pets or TS3 Pets more than TS4 Pets, and bring some of those features back for TS5.)
I'm glad EA can't make profit from this game anymore
well i mean that's one way to look at it!
@@Pixuou ahahaha I hate EA from the botton of my heart 🤗
Also congrats for the 3k! 😎✌️
Honestly, I'm gonna miss your first video, it really helped me to install and play The Sims 2 'Origin' Ultimate Collection
Next time, maybe you should attach the download link in comments instead of description, I saw other youtubers do it that way
Sims 2 is my favorite game in the series. Thank you so much for showing me how to get it to work on my computer!!! Hate that your video got taken down.
I am so sad that I missed out on being able to get the sims 2 on origin :( it’s my first ever sims game and i only got back onto the sims (4) back in 2019. Sims 2 is seriously one of the best game if not the best sims game out there! There are so much depths in the game! 🥺
At this point we all know that if EA releases the Sims 2 on Origin then half percent of people will stop playing Sims 4 and will stop buying the packs for the game and that more will play Sims 2 which will make them “broke” that’s why they’re just giving an excuse of the so called technical difficulties like come on EA just don’t wanna do it. 😂 I bet if Will Wrights was here at this point in the team then he would definitely release it on Origin since he created the concept of TheSims and he’s the OG creator of the beloved Sims Game.
EA’s attitude of contempt towards the sims community, both through this Sims2 refusal and the overpriced underperforming substandard sims4 has lost me completely as a customer to them. No more EA games at all - not even plants vs zombies. They won’t see another cent from me and I’ll continue to play my own old discs of TS2 until Paralives comes out, and after. (An external disc drive and no-cd hack is your friend. I may or may not also know of a place on the web where there are old games)
Sims 3 was my favorite game, and I still find it funny that a reason sims 4 is so bad is because half the sims 3 team left when sims 4 was being created. I hate how ea is trying to get rid of sims 3 as well. The 64 bit update could’ve been so much better, but ea doesn’t care about the fans
The Sims 2 won't be able to be launched with the new EA Desktop App I reckon.
They are going to lock The Sims 2 down to Origin, left to slowly rot and decay until they decommission Origin entirely.
EA Desktop has every single game that I had on Origin, EXCEPT The Sims 2. How insidious.
I say, keep selling it until it does not sell anymore. What do they have to lose? A lot of CC creator like myself are still creating for this game, to this day...and playing it of course. Sims 2 is an amazing game, and my favorite by far.
Hey
EA origin gave me ultimate collection when I asked for help.
Not too long ago I decided I wanted to play the sims2 again. I pulled out my copy of the game and it wouldn't install because the disk was too scratched up. I messaged origins customer support and asked for a digital copy of the game instead, they asked me for the little code on the manual, I gave that to the person on the chat, they gave me the ultimate collection onto my EA origin account.
It took a bit of talking to explain that I wanted to play the game again and that I know that the game doesn't work great on windows 10 but once that was over I got the ultimate game and a 20% off coupon for another game.
It was great.
If you have a copy of the game just try asking the customer support for help. I only gave the code for the base game.
Worst part is, if this is about money, most TS2 fans are more than willing to pay whatever ridiculous price they charge. We don’t want anymore TS4 or TS5, we want to be able to play TS2 again.
That game was an absolute masterpiece, and they were never able to replicate it.
I still have my physical copy of the Sims 2 😎
me too, the whole collection!! i completed it just last summer actually.
This is wild. I found your channel off trying to play The Sims 2 again and it worked! I now have the Ultimate Collection and I have you to thank. I’m so upset this is happening to you. 😞
I had all the sims 2, but there still at my parents home collecting dust. And because of you i could download, and make it work on my new laptop
I completely gave up on the sims 4 and have been playing the sims 2 for a few months now, especially with the story progression mod
I got my copy of the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection way back in 2014 (release date), and at that time, I finally got the chance to play with all expansion packs and stuff packs at once! Woohoo! Before, I just owned The Sims 2 base game and The Sims 2 Best of Business collection pack. The Sims 2 was my favorite go-to game for a long time, but when I upgraded the Sims 3 by buying the expansion packs and stuff packs and even Store content, I gradually switched to the Sims 3.
The main problem that I have personally with the Sims 4 is the lack of customization and inflexibility, and I think that has to do with the highly limiting core game engine.
I just hope that the Sims 5 will have a well-developed base game engine with room for player customizations.
I suppose it might have been that your video might have been one of the more popular ones?
If they really wanted to, I think they could make money off of it - seriously, it is a great, *finished* game where they’d only need to fix it and not even add any new content. As for customer support… it’s EA, it’s not like they need to provide *good* customer support… they could probably get away with one person in part-time who also deals with the other Sims games.
Not only would a lot of people who are interested in getting the game buy it, but they could also get probably quite a bit of those who downloaded it via semi-legal-ish-y means to buy it. They could even attempt their limited time edition/only literally bought edition thingy again and add some really minor features like a sims 2-style bunkbed reskin or a couple of 4t2 converted cas pieces alongside their fixes if they really wanted to. tbf, fixing broken face templates and hair, adding unreleased hairs from the game code or w/ever would probably be enough. Add the patches and voilà - almost free money.
A lot of people do not have Mac devices - and a lot of important (subjectively speaking) packs are not available for it. I held off from getting TS2 from the internet for a long time because I felt uncomfortable with the idea of piracy and its dangers - I bet a lot of people are or were like that. Isn’t withholding a popular title from the market in a way pushing consumers into piracy? And when someone crosses that border once, might it not be easier to do so again? Even with other games? Okay, thinking EA’s actions are bad for the videogame industry in that regard might be leaving a but out of the window tbh
I don’t think EA owes us an explanation from a standpoint of them being obliged to, but them being transparent would be nice. It is hard to empathize with them if they don’t tell us what and why.
I am sad that your video got take down - but I am glad that I found your channel through it :-)
I'm just gonna say origin actually distributed the game for free in 2016, and the game goes super smoothly. I can play it on my windows 11 no problem, all using origin platform. The only difference is the shadow on Sims, being a black rectangle, but I simply removed the shadows and it doesn't bother me anymore
I absolutely agree with people in the comments (and in other videos I've watched on this topic) that EA knows that a good chunk of people still love the Sims 2, and are worried that if they continued support for the game as well as put it back on Origin patched for Windows 10+ (and either let Aspyr port the remaining packs for the Sims 2 Super Collection for Macs on the App Store, or did it themselves through Origin) that those people would be less likely to spend money on the Sims 4.
Surprise surprise EA, I'm ALREADY not planning on spending any more money on the Sims 4! I regret what money I have spent for the most part actually (once I did the math I realized that even buying things on sale I've collectively spent over 500 U.S. dollars) but once Sims 3 started getting buggy on Windows and when they removed Sims 2 off Origin (and Sims 2 didn't run on Windows 10) it was my only Sims option until I bought the Sims 2 Super Collection for Mac last year.
(sorry for incoming rant lol...Speaking of, I love rant-type videos about this Sims 2 EA situation so no need to apologize for posting this!
You helped me a lot with the video about how to download the sims 2 and get it working. I wanted to play the sims 2 for years and years because I couldn't play it with the discs anymore. I'm so happy your video finally made it understandable for me to download the game so I can play it again. It's the best sims game to date.
If I do remember well, if you show "proof of purchase" or a picture of the disk for any EA advisor by chat, they can get you TS2 on Origin... I got my copy by saying that I'm a Huge Fan and they gave me for free...
It's good that I have no conscience.... :)
same lmao
I do have a conscience but it's a totally victimless crime. EA loses nothing by people pirating this game.
@@plastichouseplant I agree
Sims 2 is the whole reason i still have my old laptop from 2007. Just so i can play it. I would like to get sims 4, but I don't like a lot of the features that are missing from sims 4... sims2 and 3 are my favorites by far
Right, I am a game developer (not for EA) so I know a little bit about this. Programming is hard work. It's not like going through a few files to update them to work on Windows 10, it's an overhaul of an outdated system and the possibility of having to write new programs. So on that end, it would be work for them to get it to function on Windows 10 and I don't want to downplay the fact that it could be quite difficult. I know I have personally said "just leave it, people won't care if it's not perfect" to small things that looked minor but would take me a couple hours of programming to polish. So yes, there's work involved and EA seems stretched with the Sims 4 packs. They also might be burned out from Sims 3, which required a lot of updates and bug fixes (and still has issues).
Now, Sims 3 is my favorite game in the series because I like story progression, so I'm not too fussed about Sims 2 (sorry, I know I'm on the wrong channel) but I actually did decide to grab it and I got it working well enough to play for about an hour before it crashes on me. It was exhausting to do on my own and when I got into it, I... was a bit disappointed. Yeah, I know, personal opinion, but the needs decayed really fast, the skills were limited to categories instead of skills relating to activities, there was no mood system, and I got opportunities every day for school/work which screwed with my Sims' lives. There literally weren't enough hours in a day to do everything they needed. Looking at the attention spans of people who are probably playing Sims 4, this would be incredibly frustrating. Heck, I have ADHD and found it frustrating because I was so used to Sims 3 controls. The Sims 2 community is very passionate but they're not exactly a huge chunk of EA's fanbase and a lot of the people who love Sims 2 also love Sims 3. Sims 2 has a lot of clunky game design that was smoothed out in Sims 3, so I can kinda get why they feel like Sims 3 is an adequate replacement for the people who want a similar experience. Speaking from a purely objective viewpoint, Sims 3 makes a ton of improvements to Sims 2's controls while retaining a lot of what makes Sims 2 so charming. I'm not justifying it, I'm just trying to see this from every angle.
Lastly, let's consider what going to the effort of releasing Sims 2 would entail: a lot of programming, training people to deal with Sims 2 bugs, and possibly dealing with copyright issues. This is all for what would very likely be an incredibly lucrative weekend and then sales tapering off when all of Sims 2's biggest fans have bought the game. Sims 4 fans probably won't buy it. You'll get a few people who want to buy it for the novelty or because they diehard Sims fans who want to play every game, but I don't know how Sims 3 is faring on Origin right now. It could very well be selling terribly now most people are moving to 4. Putting that possibility into account, I can understand why they wouldn't release Sims 2.
That all being said, I think they should. Yes, it's hard work, but the sales they'll make in those first few weeks almost certainly would be enough for a profit after paying people to work on it and I don't think people trained to assist with Sims 2 would be hired specifically for that game; more than likely they would just be people who know fixes for Sims 3 and 4 who are trained on Sims 2. Even though I see why they wouldn't do it, but I still think they should.
this is a really valid opinion, thank so you much for taking the time to give us all this insight!
IMO, even after pirating 4...it just made me want to go back and play 2/3 more. 2 for families, 3 for exploration/a much intuitive skill system. 4 just feels lifeless and I hope Sims 5 at least rectifies this.
I actually preferred to play 4's then 3. At least 4's were giving me a chance to play more then just one family. I really don't like 3's.
@@cracmar03 Rotational gameplay was terrible in S3, but made up for fleshing out actively so that you aren't locked to a certain mold.
I really wish they would bring back the sims 2 and make it easy to play on newer computers. I don't feel comfortable with pirating sims 2, and I know that it won't run easy on my laptop without some extra help. EA doesn't know that it's sitting on a butt ton of money. So many simmers want to get their hands on a copy, including myself.
If they resold it I would buy it but I don’t feel bad about getting a copy from the way you showed in your super helpful video 😃 I had tons of sims 2 games and EP. has them registered on origin and all. Couple years ago I went to re download them and then we’re all gone from my account. SMH. So no. I don’t have regrets.
for the people that do have old game CDs for the sims 2 with the CD keys inside, if you ask EA for the full copy of the sims 2, they will ask for you to provide atleast 1 CD key and they will give you the entire library of sims 2. Try it out, i did it years ago and i know people now that are still getting it this way. Mind you this is only if you have previously bought the games and have CD keys and your CDs no longer work or whatever other reason you may have.
Still playing on my old PC with all of the discs, expansions, and stuff packs installed. All of my physical discs occupy a place of honor on my shelf.
It's still 100% playable on modern PCs. Just use "Graphics Rules Maker" software to make it compatible with modern hardware and it should run properly. I play Sims 2 on my Windows 11 PC with a Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD and 4K 28-inch monitor. No issues at all.
I think there is another reason they're not going to put the game back to purchase: there is a totally different team of people working on the new sims games so ea would have to hire more people just to fix sims 2 and we all know that big companies do not like to waste money on their workers if it's not profitable enough
I actually think that releasing the Sims 2 on origin - or what is now the new EA app would be the best thing EA could do. They are a multi million dollar corporation and all some of us are asking is for the Sims 2 to be made available. I would pay for it, I truly would, cos I love the Sims 2 so much. I think they are nervous, cos the Sims 2 is heaps better than Sims 4. They don’t want fans to defect over to the Sims 2 camp - a real possibility cos the game is superior to its later and poorer cousin…
It is impossible for me to get Sims 2 in a legal way so I had to pirate it. If they wanted it to be available they would have made it available. Thez are huge company that has a lot of money and power. I think they fear the Sims 2 dominance over Sims 4
There's lots of videos with plenty of views on how to get the sims 2 free.. Wonder why they would target you
the sims 2 is the best, it's so sad we can't play again without having to hack
I'm so unlucky that I was born where Sims 2 starts to take off (2004) because I didn't get a chance to play it back then. And since back in 2014 when Sims 2 Ultimate collection is free, of course, I wouldn't know about it until 2020.
This is why its so frustrating that EA doesn't want to redistribute the game anymore. A lot of young players wanted to play the Sims 2 but can't.
But yeah, I really hope EA would see this because, it's really frustrating going through pirated websites just to play the game. It's not fun to gamble with the risk of having your computer get contracted by a malware.
I still want a digital copy of classic sims 1
Totally agree, with everything. Sims 2 is a great game and it still holds up on Windows 10, even if it can be a bit rough some times (glowing purple texture issue, random crashes, likely from not using full system memory, to name a couple). EA could make easy money if they made the game work well with Windows 10, and sell it for 20 bucks (all expansions and "stuff"). Easy.
This is still my favourite Sims game ever. I started with The Sims 1 when someone gave me a copy of their game. I loved it so much I bought all the discs, and later all the Sims 2 and 3 discs. Got the base Sims 4 on a discount. Not sure I'll be buying any packs for that.
A year or so after they stopped giving away the Ultimate Collection, I was able to get them to give me a copy just by saying I missed the promotion and asking if there was anything I could do. If they're not going to sell it, they lose nothing by giving it away.
I have TS2 and TS3 on disc. I've had my fair share of fun with TS4 but honestly the nostalgia just gets the better of me and I return to the good ol times of the previous iterations. For me installing a disc and playing without having to log into a client is where its at and I'll never go back to Origin for that reason. Be that as it may I DO however have some clients on my PC but that's either for playing multiplayer games or my xbox game pass subscription that lets me download and play games BUT The sims is my exception that I just want to jump into and build, create and live my play my sims/ sims' families as much as I want.
Didn't seem ranty at all, very reasonable in fact. Why they don't want sims 2 on origin? It's really puzzling to me, none of the arguments seem to stack up, and I'm pretty sure that the parts of EA which interact with the public don't really know either.
I have noticed a very active group of younger sims 2 players appearing, maybe brought to the game during lockdown. Keep making your content, I am embarrassed to say that I forgot how much fun sims 2 is, and somehow convinced myself that I'd 'gone off sims' (thanks sims 4!)
New content shows potential players that the community is active, and that it is possible to get this game running on recent systems.
i cant pirate the game with a good conscience, i’m scared but i’ve wanted to play the sims 2 for so long. i played it so much when i was younger, i’ve ended up going back to the sims 3 and haven’t touched 4 in maybe 3 months, ts3 is already a threat to the sims 4, i can’t see why they don’t want to rerelease the sims 2?
Eh, illegal doesn't necessarily mean immoral so I don't have a guilty conscience in downloading a game they won't let me purchase when I'd be more than happy to purchase it at full price. If I were to buy the discs secondhand, which is the only legal way to play it, they wouldn't get my money that way either. Pirating the Sims 2 is stealing from absolutely no one. They didn't miss out on a purchase from me either way.
I don’t like illegal stuff but I do not feel bad for having the sims game via the way she shows in a previous video of her because I had TONS of sims 2 games on my origin/EA account. Couple years ago I went to download the games again but on my new gaming PC. They were all removed from my account. EA said they can’t do anything about it unless I could be proof of purchase or any of the key codes which I lost over time. Wtf smh
It’s considered Abandonware so it’s not a problem to pirate it.
My first Sims game was 3, then I played 4 it felt cool heck even looked "pretty". But I was reminded of how previous games being really good in certain franchises (Fallout 1&2>3,4&76). So I got the Sims 2 base game running on my laptop and *BAM* fell in love. The Brokes, Dreamer, Goth, Pleasent, Strange town.
I went so deep into the sims because of 2, because it was engaging like exploring the wasteland in fallout1 for the first time.
It is absolutely because they don't want people to compare Sims 2 to Sims 4.
Sims 3 is still a cash cow, but Sims 2 never had the store and had far fewer expansion packs. Plus, the fact that they've previously released the UC for free means they couldn't possibly charge for each separately.
I think the target Sims pipeline right now is:
- Give children Sims 4 for free or cheap.
- Get Sims 4 players to buy all the expansion packs, then get exhausted and seek alternatives.
- Introduce Sims 4 players to Sims 3.
- Get Sims 4->3 players to buy all the expansion packs and store content.
I still have all of the physically boxes for the Sims 2 and 3 (Sims 2 came out just as I was starting high school, and I was completely obsessed), but I do have a pirated Ultimate pack version of the Sims 2 and 3 on my computer.
Sims 2 has staying power. Is the superior Sims.
It's not that they don't want to, it's more that they can't. One of the license of the game doesn't exist anymore and can't legally make it available to be bought. If they have to make it available they'd have to either buy the patent of a company that doesn't exist anymore or take it out and redo the whole game without that license. They already explained it several time publicly.
Hey so the internet archive is technically a library and you can get the complete collection from there
I was lucky enough to get the ultimate collection when it was available. But honestly if EA doesn’t want people to buy the game then just pirate it, its my best option. Their loss.
They took down the Sims2 install video? NOOOO!!!! Goddam!! Thank heaven I installed it in time.
Without your video I wouldn't be playing it, because threre was ABSOLUTELY no other way to get it!!!
They want us to convert than they can do us a favor and bring back all the things we loved about 2 and 3. Another LISTEN to US EA!!! And Bring the things we have been asking for too.
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I think that's one of the reasons why EA doesn't want to put TS2 back on the store.
Keep in mind that EA began to gift The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection because they decided to interrupt the support for the game by closing the Exchange site and TS2 Store in 2014 (The Sims 4 was announced and released, if I'm right, in the same year). I guess that they're not going to sell software or games that they cannot support anymore.
OR, as you say, they wanted their audience to focus more on The Sims 4 than the previous games. On the Origin Store, TS3 and its packs are not getting a discount, whereas on Steam they always drops price when there are sales.
So yeah, I think EA doesn't care about its entire series.
Also I was lucky to get one copy in my library, as TS2 (and 3) are my childhood! :D
I've played this game lots when I was a kid after I was introduced to it after my trip to NYC to see some family members in 2006.
4 year old me loved how the game looked and today I still love the game. Too bad I can't buy it, I've only been able to watch RUclips videos of it. I hate EA so much.
First, it’s bullshit that it’s pirating even if it’s not being sold.
Most of these sites are archive sites, they exist only to preserve history, and will only have games that are /not/ being sold legit. If EA started selling the Sims 2 again, these sites would remove them.
If it weren’t for sites like these, we would have lost a lot more 90-00 online history.
Second, there is an infinite amount of these games, pirating does not take one away from anyone else. (This is why the “you wouldn’t download a car” argument is stupid)
And third, it doesn’t matter if you buy it used off something like eBay, or if you pirate it, the devs will still not get paid for their work. They will only get paid if you buy it from a 1st party source. Remember; Devs getting paid is supposed to be the whole point behind anti-online piracy.
As a kid I've gotten half of all DLC and my friend got the other half (you only need the latest DLC to play the game). Installing all of them took around 80GB (!) of disk space. Years later, I was lucky enough to get ultimate edition via promocode for free on Origin (btw still can use it). Easy to install, only 15GB (!!) of disk space, ready to play from get go. Also had some really rare DLC which wasn't sold physically in my country. Such a superior experience, I'm shocked how EA firstly made an effort to create such version just to bury it short after. I strongly don't recommend using second hand DVDs to install Sims 2, I would never played it again if not for Origin version.
I have played sims since sims 1 and have sims 2 on disc, have had it for several years since I was child and still do, but discs are a bit outdated on newer hardware/PC.
Not only that but I only could ever get 1 expansion pack (Pets) for the game because I was a kid with no money. But I could play Sims 2 and that one expansion pack for days and nights in a row for years and I loved it so much. Played it all the way up until a few years after Sims 3 realsed. After I got fed up with Sims 4 I wanted to go back to 3 and 2 but it turned out I missed the only free giveaway of the complete collection and it was comepletely GONE literally no way of getting the game digitally or the expansion packs, without surfing through Ebay or "not buying it".
I've never "not bought" a game before in my life because I was scared of getting viruses. But for Sims 2 I did a bit of research and eventually aquired the full collection. When I got it to boot up, I straight up cried from the nostalgia of the music. Seriously though wtf is up with EA and Origin
I'm so grateful I was able to get Sims 2 UC in early 2018 before they stopped offering it.
origin crashes when i ever load sims 4 now a days... i click origin then sims 4 then it crashes.
anyone else experiencing this??
I agree 100%. Sims 2 is the Best!! I have tried repeatedly to enjoy Sims 3 and 4 but for me 3-4 are SUPER BORING! And not even close to as fun as the Sims 2. I am looking to get my old computer fixed so that I can play my favorite game again with all of its expansions. Currently I managed to get the Sims 2 Base game to work on my laptop but expansions won’t load.
EA BRING BACK THE SIMS 2. !!
The only reasons I can come up with are the facts that it could potentially drive away sales of TS4 OR that they think the game is too old and they wouldn't get any return on it.
Both of which I can also come up with counter arguments for.
You already mentioned Sims 3 being available on Origin, so I don't see the big deal. And people are pretty passionate about TS2, so I think they'd get some sales out of it. TS3 is also fairly old at this point, but they're still selling THAT.
Also, it's not like people are gonna stop buying Sims 4 content. Many people don't care about what version they're playing and just wanna play whatever is newest.
So I don't really know anymore.