Summary
The Simsfans are gearing up for the 25th anniversary and want EA to bring back two classicSimsgames in honor of it. The request has lots of fans of the series talking, butThe Simsplayers seem doubtful that EA will actually do it.
The Simsseries has spanned decades now, withThe Sims 4itself having just passed its tenth anniversaryon the market. Each game has much of the same formula, but they’re also unique, with different looks and some differences in gameplay. Unfortunately, as time has progressed, getting to play these older iterations has become more difficult, and it’s something the community wants to see addressed.
Reddit user dragonborndnd took to theSimscommunity on the site to talk about how exciting it could be ifThe Sims 1andThe Sims 2made a comeback for the 25th anniversary of the series. They shared images of the complete collections ofThe Sims 1and2, which contained all the expansion packs and content for the titles. Unfortunately, neither of these games are available digitally on PC through legitimate means, and finding and using physical copies is becoming more difficult. Many PCs completely lack CD drives these days, and as time passes, it’s more likelyavailable copies of olderSimsgameswill become damaged or entirely destroyed.
Sims Fans Share The Sentiment and Doubt
The general attitude of those commenting seems to be that this would be great, but likely won’t happen. Fans have pointed out thatThe Sims 2was available via Origin for free for a while, but has since been taken down and never made available again officially. Some think that EA removed it to prevent it from drawing attention away fromThe Sims 4, especially sinceThe Sims 4lacked some featuresprior releases had at launch. However, it’s also possible that as hardware and operating systems have changed and evolved, the performance of the game couldn’t be ensured anymore.
At the moment, the future of the Sims series is largely unknown. Recently, an exec at EA confirmed thatThe Sims 5isn’t in developmentand there are no plans for that to change anytime soon. Project Rene is still in the works, but it’s not clear exactly what it will become.The Sims 4isn’t going anywhere, though upcoming competitors likeInzoicould end up drawing the attention of some of the playerbase. In any case, if the series isn’t looking to add a new iteration anytime soon, maybe EA should look to the past and make these classics available again.
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