The Sims

[If You Go]

A new leak confirms that EA is re-releasing the Sims 1 and 2 with all of their expansion/stuff packs. Nothing about any fixes (so far), and it's currently only confirmed to be available for Windows 10 and 11. Nothing about a Mac port. They will be released January 31st, 2025 at 8AM PT/5PM CET/4PM BT.

I fear there's not going to be a Mac port due to Aspyr originally porting all of The Sims 1 and most of The Sims 2.

 

[Subspace]

I don't think EA own the rights to Sims 1+2 on Mac sadly.

 

[Hyrulian]

YES

 

[Andrew]

I need a Sims 2 Spring 2025

 

[nathanspears]

Announcement today surely?

 

[HEARTCORE]

This was on the website briefly before being pulled so it’s basically confirmed.

 

[If You Go]

This was on the website briefly before being pulled so it’s basically confirmed.

The word "re-release" makes me think they've not updated/remastered either one. I'll be curious to see how much it costs.

 

[soratami]

"Numerous packs"... so it's not even all of them?

 

[ColloquialNostalgia]

I did enjoy The Sims 2, but little things like how only the played lot would age (so you'd make friends as a teenager and they'd still be a teenager whilst you're a granny nn) and moving worlds with no memory of your previous friends or family tree really irked me. I want a version of Sims 2 with some of the little details Sims 4 added because it was a more interesting game.

 

[nathanspears]

"Numerous packs"... so it's not even all of them?

I’m assuming the branded ones won’t be included e.g H&M and IKEA

 

[soratami]

I’m assuming the branded ones won’t be included e.g H&M and IKEA

Oh that makes sense, I forgot the second game had those, thought it was a Sims 3 thing.

 

[HEARTCORE]

The ESRB ratings came out and they confirmed that it’s a re-release with all the packs, so I’m not sure why they worded is so strangely on the site.

 

[nathanspears]

I really hope it isn't too expensive. Especially if nothing is actually really fixed.

 

[nathanspears]

It's happened! Although I'm struggling to actually find it anywhere



EDIT: £35 for both as a bundle, that's not bad to be honest. Looks like the IKEA pack didn't make it but the H&M one did!

 

[Soygirl]

AUD $60 for a bundle on Steam. I’m… starting to think they actually haven’t done anything to these besides making them playable on Windows 11. Like, not even resolution upgrade for The Sims 1.

 

[nathanspears]

Sims 1 engine is upscaled and looks great but the UI is still low quality. I do wish they had cleaned up the text resolution as well but other than that, it works great!

They really missed a trick as well by not adding official mod support. That would have taken it to a whole other level.

 

[Nadine Is My BFF]

Many users on Steam, myself included, can’t even get the Sims 1 game to load. So that’s fun!

 

[nathanspears]

Many users on Steam, myself included, can’t even get the Sims 1 game to load. So that’s fun!

It worked for me! I did have to alt+tab to give it a kick but it worked fine once it loaded.

People are complaining about crashes on Sims 2 though, ugh

 

[papatrick]

Not them getting rid of the best stuff pack from Sims 2 because they don’t want to pay IKEA dd. My Ultimate Collection on the EA app stays unbothered I guess.

Some people are reporting that some of the music is missing too.

 

[If You Go]

Some people are reporting that some of the music is missing too.

If it's the simlish versions of real pop songs I don't mind, but if it's any of the iconic music from Sims 1 I'll riot!