this game is working fine my end

I dunno if it's the update but Sims 2 works fine on my Windows desktop & Steam Deck; as well as Sims 1. I've only had one crash so far.

Everything was good when Will Wright was in EA. During TS2 era, EA was more player-focused, had full expansions and a fair pricing. Since John Riccitiello took the lead as a CEO in 2007 and Will left in 2009, EA’s business model shifted from selling full games to extracting continuous revenue from players. The turning point was around 2009–2013. The start of greed era, when John pushed aggressive monetization, and then Andrew Wilson took it even further with a full live-service model as he became the CEO after John. EA went from being a big publisher to one of the most notorious company for squeezing money out of its players. Even when EA launched TS4, it had major missing features (no pools, toddlers, open world) but charged full price. Pretty much max greed, cutting base content to resell later, live-service monetization. Prolly it explains why TS2 is not properly fixed/optimized by them. It's just saddening how the latest CEOs are causing EA's downfall.

Something I wanna point out is that to those who are saying that "The Sims 2 used to be free on Origin", it was, but it was only available for a limited time (Kinda like how Super Mario 3D All Stars was a limited release) and then EA delisted it because they ended support for The Sims 2 at that point in time.

@Borcht oh boo hoo you had to patch a game the world suddenly ended for you.

I appreciate these negative reviews, because I was almost considering buying them just to have easily accessible versions of the games on my PC but hearing all this crazy stuff has made me think twice.

I'm hearing that EA introduced a NEW bug that deletes kids from households and it's like... what's the point in buying either release if they aren't doing even the bare minimum and somehow introducing new bugs? Seriously, Sims fans, we gotta do better than supporting this kind of behavior just because 'it's the franchise I love!' Ain't no point in supporting a studio that isn't even supporting their games.

(And yes, I know there's a patch in the works but the point is the game SHOULDN'T have to be patched at this point. It should run perfectly fine the moment you click 'play'. But that's modern game dev standards for you- release a broken game and then just patch it later.)

Yeah, why really I want new remastered muuuch better!

I wish a very well done hard and jawbone breaking punch in the face of every idiot defending this poor excuse of an rerelease

OOOOH BTW, Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition was released 5 years ago, for 20 bucks.

For the EXACT SAME PRICE, Microsoft reworked the game and added stuff. For the same price as this thing, and y'all keep simping for EA.

Here's what Microsoft added to AOE3 for the same price :

"The remaster includes new 4K Ultra HD graphics, rebuilt 3D assets, improved destruction animations on buildings, a spectator mode, an overhauled and scalable UI, mod support, new server-based online multiplayer with cross-network play, new maps, and remastered sounds and music. It features two new civilizations, the Incas and the Swedes, along with two new game modes, The Art of War and Historical Battles. It includes all previous expansions from the original game (The WarChiefs, The Asian Dynasties)"

All of that for 20 bucks. Fixes, patches, QOL improvements and new content. EA didn't bother.

Go on, simp all you want.

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