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Long-Gone Classics The Sims 1 And 2 Are Finally Coming Back To PC (kotaku.com)
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[–] turbowafflz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does Windows not run the originals anymore? My original copy of the Sims 2 works perfectly fine in Wine so it's not like it depends on some weird online service or something

[–] Kelly 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think Sims 1 was physical only.

As a digital product EA halted distribution of the Sims 2 with very little notice:

On July 16, 2014, Electronic Arts announced the end of support for The Sims 2. As a response, The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection was released at the same time as a limited time offer. The game became available for free download from Origin exclusively following an announcement by EA that they would no longer be supporting the game. This offer ended at 10:00 PDT July 31, 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sim_2

Oddly it looks like Mac got a version via another distributor not long after ?!

[–] turbowafflz 2 points 2 days ago

I mean yeah but why would anyone want to pay more for a new digital copy of a game instead of just buying a used physical copy? I mean I guess maybe if you didn't have an optical drive, but I bet a usb optical drive and an original copy would be cheaper than the new digital version