video game The Sims | Businesses & Hobbies expansion; inZOI early access

[RideOrDie]

are they remastered/improved or just dumped to their store so people can buy them 

 

[wehavetostan]

why not mac 

[May]

yall i hate to be a downer and so negative but i fear this is very over-hyped and a lot of ppl are going to be severely disappointed when they realise that the nostalgia halo effect they hold over these games doesn't hold up in 2025  if it were a remaster i'd be on-board. ppl will get bored after 2 days, trust.

 

now what we REALLY need is a sims 3 with remastered lighting, remastered textures and bug fixes. now THAT would hold up!

[VeniceBeach]

15 minutes ago, RideOrDie said:

are they remastered/improved or just dumped to their store so people can buy them 

 

 

[nathanspears]

Just played Sims 1 for 30 minutes and it's working great. I do wish the text was sharpened, it started to hurt my eyes.

 

Excited to try Sims 2 later!

 

This is what I wanted. I didn't want a remaster tbh, just a cleaning and fixing to make it compatible with modern PCs.

Edited January 31 by nathanspears

[Catch22]

No achievements? 

[Bloodflowers.]

On 1/26/2025 at 12:54 PM, VeniceBeach said:

Stop acting like a Western European, embrace your Croatian heritage and p*rate it

 

I already wasted 48 euros, I don't want them to caught me now and ban my account. Wish my salary was that of Western European, then I wouldn't need to count every cent that goes into purchasing packs 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

On 1/29/2025 at 9:25 PM, Hair said:

I would really like to see multi-purpose lots introduced and I feel like it's becoming a more popular request amongst simmers. Maybe this EP would be the perfect opportunity to do it? Half the functionality is already there surely with the ability to section off different parts of a lot as different apartments in For Rent, and lots like the auditorium from HSY can literally transform into 4 different builds, it can't be that difficult to do.

 

When Sims 4 Business & Hobbies allows you to open your business in your household lot like in Sims 2 Open for Business, but you have to enter loading screen when opening your store like in For Rent. 

 

Sims 2 Apartment Life would never 

 

 

[Sailor Moon]

[Saint James]

very pleased about the price and availability, but i won't be purchasing until i get that ikea pack by whatever means. that bedroom furniture set is too essential for me.

[PMM]

is this bundle time limited? i don't want to buy it today. can i buy it next year? how long will it be available? 

[PMM]

also why no gog? f them! 

[HexMayhem]

On 1/30/2025 at 8:47 AM, Lovett said:

I want to play Sims 2 on my Macbook so badly.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-sims-2-super-collection/id883782620?mt=12

Am I missing something?

 

edit: oh its no longer compatible 

Edited January 31 by HexMayhem

[HexMayhem]

1 hour ago, sunbathinganimal said:

are they remasters or just ports?

bare minimum ports by the looks of it

[HexMayhem]

1 hour ago, nathanspears said:

It's happened!!! £35 for both together isn't bad. I'm about to play 

2 ports for 20 year old games at 35 pounds is wild 

[MasterXPosed]

Shame that IKEA stuff Is gone, plus some music from Sims 2. The Ultimate Collection kept everything

[nathanspears]

4 minutes ago, HexMayhem said:

2 ports for 20 year old games at 35 pounds is wild 

I was expecting more to be honest 

[PokiTails]

1 hour ago, May said:

yall i hate to be a downer and so negative but i fear this is very over-hyped and a lot of ppl are going to be severely disappointed when they realise that the nostalgia halo effect they hold over these games doesn't hold up in 2025  if it were a remaster i'd be on-board. ppl will get bored after 2 days, trust.

 

now what we REALLY need is a sims 3 with remastered lighting, remastered textures and bug fixes. now THAT would hold up!

When these remakes flop harder than expected and Sims community gets a taste of the FF7R vs FF16 special 

I feel like the InZoi hype will also die out fast after early access this March. 

 

And even if these games do smash, I still win because that means I now have Sims 1 and InZoi to play sometimes too

 

[Escape]

DOES THIS MEAN I CAN BUY THE SIMS 2 AGAIN?

[PokiTails]

1 hour ago, Sailor Moon said:

probably licensing issues, it took them a decade to re-release the game, i don't think they want to negotiate anymore 

Since we have H&M, I assume it's IKEA that said no. But I still see stuff like EKTROP and BILLY in IKEA stores so I'm so confused.

The music removal makes sense though. Even GTA games suffer hard from this because the labels demand more money

[PMM]

6 minutes ago, Escape said:

DOES THIS MEAN I CAN BUY THE SIMS 2 AGAIN?

last time you could get it for free 

[Rogue_Redux]

Lmfao I knew it would be something. I'll just stick to TS1 for now. Until TS2 can be properly fixed. 

 

[V$.]

2 hours ago, Komet said:

We will be torrenting!

 

Denuvo added to both Sims 1 and 2! EA sis... 

 

[Komet]

10 minutes ago, V$. said:

Denuvo added to both Sims 1 and 2! EA sis... 

 

sksjkjk they put that CPU sinkhole on a game released during the Bill Clinton administration? oh EA they'll never make me not hate you

 

eta: on a second thought are you sure that's right, iirc even the 4 doesn't have D*nuvo, why would they put it on these nn

Edited January 31 by Komet

[Dystopian]