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(Anonymous) 2026-02-13 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No hate but all the sims 2 apartment secrets are hard to read

(Anonymous) 2026-02-13 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
the sims is most popular among the tech illiterate

(Anonymous) 2026-02-13 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Copied comment

(Anonymous) 2026-02-13 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
02. old news
05 - 010. why did you need to spread this out into 5 images? is one or two not enough?
015 - 016. same goes for you. one image is enough for this
021. scam or flop

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
ngl if 5-10 were one secret it'd be hard to read completely, like 24. didn't have to be that many but splitting them made it fun to go down

(Anonymous) 2026-02-13 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
When I am in an annoying person contest and my opponent is millennial who thinks and acts like she's still a teenager/child

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
And the winner ends up being a post twink death 30 year old gay millennial man

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Dear god... it's beautiful...
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Summarized.

[personal profile] summary_anon 2026-02-14 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
1. "Do you ever wish that you could exit to neighborhood screen/main menu and reload and just have a fresh start on your whole life......"
2. "BREAKING: Sims Sessions concert accidentally exposed an alleged affair between Landgraab Industries CEO GEoffrey Landgraab and his colleague Eliza Pancakes"
3. [a lore answer from the Sims devs about Mrs. Crumplebottom, saying she married Eric and he died during their honeymoon, and then got with Robert Crumplebottom who died via chandelier but actually escaped and is now Roberto Crinkletop in Chestnut Ridge]: "I wonder why the sims team decided to hold a lore Q&A if they know less about the lore than the most of us and are going to come up with quick messy explanations like this one. How on EArth did Agnes Crumplebottom (nee Crumplebottom) from TS3 find a husband whose last name was also Crumplebottom?
And yes, I know the Robert Crumplebottom lore and the chandelier lore is from TS1 (Miss Crumplebottom). They should have left it at that. Also there's a whole explanation about why TS1 Miss Crumplebottom and TS2 MRs Crumplebottom are different sims,,,"
4. [a real-life painting of a clown leaning next to a tree with a sign on it that says Free, with Sunny the Clown from The Sims series]: "I would have snapped up this painting so fast if I saw it IRL, perhaps despite my better judgement......"
5. "sims 2 apartment life is the best. added a new way to live, for those not into the mundane, gave awesome witches with fun spell mechanics (time freeze spell my beloved), so many gameplay items (spiralstrs, playground, dog pen, door bookcase, vending) we used to eat!!!!!"
6. "For Rent tried, and failed
in ts2 not only can you play each of the 4 households (10 house members each), there's no loading screens and ANY more unoccupied units get AUDO filled with a townie. it allows crazy simmers to make their own damn simulated worlds on one lot"
7. "also, the neighbors in City Living only apartments fake situations of them 'going to work' or 'going to school' but it's not actual simulation logic. for rent only included the 'fake check mail' thing. in TS2, they follow their routines with pure logic based on their attributes"
8. "so much detail went into apartment life that you even have systems like social class determining how irritating your neighbors are. like omfg I LOVE POVERTY IN SIMS"
9. "what sims 4 has are the cool apartment shaders, needs tlc lot trait (should've been an actual fully fledged out thing idc) and the cool shells (even if they lost their model quality since eco lifestyle's attempts to reheat that stuff) + unit ui menu
sims 3 apartments ate shit"
10. "any time sims 4 gives hope to getting good, something always trumps it. ebn team existing, the 'good' team making requested things without actually thinking it through (milestones, social compatibility, FR). and it's just not getting better. there's always some kind of catch."
11. [the rumored new base game might have some gameplay from existing expansions that are "remastered" that you have to buy]: "I'm speechless. And that's saying something."
12. [TS4 trait icons for Evil, Materialistic, Klepto, Lazy, and Shady]: "These are the traits EA would have if the company were a Sim in TS4"
13. [gif of very large family tree]: "MY BESTIE'S SAVE FILE IS INSANE WHAT IS THIS 😭
NEIGHBOURHOOD STORIES AHH"
14. [Goth family tree in TS4]: "Hahaha, they've already ruined the goth lore to infinity, hahaha.
And then they cast Crumplebottom as Mortimer's aunt to confirm that she's definitely Agnes, Erik's widow, not Robert's. I just can't take it anymore.
Besides, Gunther doesn't even exist.
The Bachelor family doesn't exist, and the Agnes who isn't Agnes is Mortimer's aunt, and on top of that they argue that she is Cornelia's sister and that since it's an alternate reality, well, anything goes! XD I'm freaking out.
15. [Katy Perry recording for TS3 Showtime]: "GETTING READY TO MAKE HISTORY"
16. [the EA corporate office and Enchanted by Nature]: "GETTING READY TO MAKE BULLSHIT"
17. "Such wonderful memories of spending all day building in TS1, playing the Pets Pack in TS2! I recently got to play and enjoy TS3 and I love it! The beginning of TS4 made me so happy 💚 I hope the future of The Sims makes me feel the same way 💫"
18. "I'm so tired of people whining about the events. I think they're fun! I enjoy having something else to do in the game. If you don't like it, then just don't do it. It's not like you're missing out on really exciting content if you don't do them. They are just little cosmetic items, I think there has been one single item (the little free library) that has new gameplay and it's not even exciting. The traits and aspirations are also eh. Do them or don't, it's REALLY not a big deal either way. People just have to fuss and blow everything up into a much bigger deal than it is/needs to be."
19. "I LOVE DOING THE QUESTS FOR THE TS4 EVENTS! I THINK IT'S SO MUCH FUN! I just wish we had more of them than we already do, they should add these features more often!"
20. [gravestone]: "THE SIMS 4
2014-2026
REST IN HELL, YOU WON'T BE MISSED"
21. [The Sims Romantasy Contest]: "What happened to this contest? Someone was supposed to win a trip and to be featured on the front cover of the book, plus a copy of the book. Who won? Where was the trip? Where is the book?"
22. "The older I get, the more certain I become that we are, in fact, Sims in a giant simulation, because my life is so fucked up that it's a sick joke and can't have happened by coincidence. Someone is doing this to me."
23. "I wonder how long it will be until the rumored Project X/TS4 update/base game that's definitely-not-TS5 comes out. Because I have zero doubt that they will continue to squirt out as many shit kits as people will buy right up until that game releases, but those are small potatoes. I can't think they'll go back to making game packs or stuff packs, so they're just going to have revenue from kits coming in until the new game comes out. So I'm really curious. It makes me think it may come out sooner rather than later.
Also I'm so confused on why literally six months ago they were all, "There is no Sims 5 coming!!!" and then suddenly we're having another offline single player base game... but it's NOT Sims 5??? Is it going to be Sims 4 remastered and they're just going to continue to milk it, or...? But I thought it was supposed to be part of Project Rene they separated from the online portion?! It's so confusing."
24. "The LEGACY CHALLENGE website needs a SERIOUS overhaul.
They could have stayed relevant and kept their challenge relevant if they had KEPT UP WITH THE GAME AND THE NEW RELEASES. For every expansion pack, they should have made THOUGHTFUL and RELEVANT updates and challenges. They did that in the beginning, and then at some point they started half-assing it, and now they do updates like once or twice a year. They'll come back and say "Oh we have missed you guys and we're going to update more often!" and they'll do a few updates and then vanish for another 6+ months. They are multiple expansions behind on the trait generator which is super annoying. They need to overhaul that so that you can select which packs you have before it generates the traits, AND they need to add in all the traits and aspirations that came from the login events.
It's so frustrating to me because I LOVE the legacy challenge and how open-ended and fun it is, and I want MORE from it, and I think MORE people would still play just baseline legacy if they had added in updates for each pack. Just look at all of the OTHER player-created challenges that have become huge because they are providing more guidance than just "10 generations" and people love and want that. Give us more ways to rack up points, more challenges! And revamp the trait generator! BARE MINIMUM they need to keep on top of updating the trait generator!"
25. [upcoming kit with hot pink hot tub]: "not the 2014 ass furniture, what the hell is this mess?
Maybe it's just the colors they chose for the picture, and the picture itself isn't that good. There are probably some good neutral swatches."
26. [elephant in the room with "Address me" written on it]: "notice how every ea creator network post says 'the sims creator program' instead :D"

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
the sims is officially over. you are hereby forced to uninstall and play a real game for the first time. what will you choose?

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Your dick

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
05-10: Dude
15-16: Ok, look, in a sense I agree with this. I’m sick of dumb TS4 players shitting on Sweet Treats. Sweet Treats was bad because it was a stupid extra DLC connected to Showtime, which was actually bad. Showtime is the worst TS3 pack, they actually did rely on the Katy Perry tie-in too much, the gameplay sucks, it’s a worse rehash of Late Night, it tried to make TS3 online with the SimPort shit. That’s why Sweet Treats is bad, it’s stupid shit meant to be used with the Entertainer careers in Showtime. Not because it’s a gimmicky brand thing. If that was all it was, it would be no more offensive than Diesel or IKEA Stuff. TS4 players shit on Sweet Treats because they’re all mindlessly copying each other.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
I genuinely liked Sweet Treats (for the most part; some items were too ugly/too much even for me), but then again, I am tacky, childish, and I have bad taste, so.

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
They're invasive as fuck.

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
this. i don't care about the events that much but it's really annoying to have them shoved in my face every single time i open the game. it's extremely annoying that the icon shows up on the ui even when you have completed the event. i wouldn't care about them if they let us turn them off entirely and completely remove them from the ui. even if they only had that option when you had completed the week's quests. just please get this icon out of my face.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
1. Daily. 🥲
2. Hahahahaha A+
3. Honestly? I never cared too much about the lore in this game; since it's such an open-ended game, I feel like the "lore" is mostly there to give players ideas of storylines to explore, vs having a solid coherent story. But the way the developers butcher it and change it around and make it so it makes zero sense, makes me care about the lore even less than I did already.
4. WTF is wrong with you?
5. I agree, they really did a great job with apartments in TS2. Both attempts in TS4 have just not been good.
9. The TS3 apartments had a certain charm to them but definitely TS2 are the best.
11. I am interested to see how this is going to play out.
12. Lmao
16. True
17. I agree, TS1 just brings back the nostalgia and happy childhood memories like nothing else.
18/19. I'm ehhh about the quests. I like doing quest type stuff but I play other games for that. The ones they add for these events aren't involved enough to be very much fun to me. And I also really dislike them adding this limited time stuff to a single-player game. If they made it something you had to activate and play through the scenario, fine. Whatever. But I hate that people miss out forever.
The login event gives me mobile game vibes, which I do not like at all.
I also really despise the stupid event icon being on the UI at all times. Hate that so much.
20. Nice. This one should be in the yearly review. Assuming of course that the game does end this year.
21. Good question.
23. Idk, maybe they can release 6 kits a month to get them through.
25. This is possibly the ugliest build/buy kit they have ever released.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
025. 2015 sims resource cc looking ass. genuinely who likes this kit? this is up there for the worst kits of all time, competing with the spongebob kits

(Anonymous) 2026-02-17 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
genuinely it looks straight outta the base game

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
018./019. How old are you?

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
they're either 15 or they're 40

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
this series does not deserve such a nice headstone. please make multiple specific to each game, thx.

RUMOR: The Future of The Sims 4, Project X and Project Rene Post-Buyout

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
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New Rumors Have Emerged Regarding The Future Of The Sims Franchise Post-Buyout, How Rene Is Now Mobile-Only, And How EA Intend To Battle Piracy.

New rumors have already emerged to stoke speculation, and not even a full day has passed since the release of The Sims 4: Royalty & Legacy (https://simscommunity.info/2026/02/12/launch-trailer-sims-4-royalty-legacy/). This latest batch comes from the same source we reported on two weeks ago, who claimed insight into missing features, cut content, and, most importantly, the future of The Sims franchise.

ATRL (https://atrl.net/forums/topic/396020-the-sims/#comments), a popular pop‑culture forum with its own dedicated Sims section, is once again the origin of speculation. While we can’t verify the claims made by user “gloamingtheplain”, some details do line up with aspects of the latest Expansion Pack, such as its noticeably rushed Build/Buy catalogue. With that in mind, let’s dive into the newest round of rumors.

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Table of Contents

• The Latest Rumors
° The Sims 4 on PlayStation 4
° The Development of Adventure Awaits
° EA Cracking Down on Piracy
° More Creator Involvement
° Maxis’ Restructured Framework
° Royalty & Legacy
° Repurposing Old Content
° Project Rene as a Mobile Exclusive
° Official Mod Partnership
° EA’s Revenue Stream
° Pets as Future Base Game Content
° MySims Sales Expectations
° Future Announcements
° Maximising Profit by Subsidising Costs
° Potential Discontinuation of The Sims Freeplay
° The Cost of Recent Packs
° What Are The Key Takeaways From The Latest Set Of Rumors?


The Latest Rumors

User ‘gloamingtheplain’ has provided some detail into multiple bullet points covering different aspects of development.

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Been speaking with a few people and this is bits and pieces from different people so some info may slightly may slightly contradict as (incase you’re not aware) decisions get made for different reasons and depending on what area someone works in, they may have a different understanding of why something has come to be, while another person knows of something for a different reason.

• The Sims Hub idea has been sort of referred to but no one seems to be actively working on it. The people I used to work with at Firemonkeys know very little of it.

The Sims 4 on PlayStation 4
• The Sims 4 has been quietly improving aspects of the game to improve performance on PlayStation 4 with both graphics and CPU driven tasks, because Sony lodged an internal review due a large amount of complaints about the games performance on the standard PlayStation 4. These changes were rolled out and while performance has improved on the PlayStation 4 (and subsequently PS5 via backwards compatibility), other platforms have taken a hit with performance and EA is willing to wear that rather than be pushed to stop supporting PlayStation 4 as it’s a significant revenue driver for the game. The updates have been rolled out over the last 12 months.

The Development of Adventure Awaits
• The Businesses & Hobbies Expansion sold incredibly well, beyond the top end expectations – influencing future Expansions. Adventure Awaits was originally going to be focused more on a Summer Camp theme, but was opened up to be more diverse in response in the last few months of development.

EA Cracking Down on Piracy
• EA are aware of a large influx of players playing pirated copies of the Sims 4 since the announcement of the Buyout, and will be taking this into consideration for future products. Shutting down the Sims Mobile frees up severs that EA can utilise with future products.

More Creator Involvement
• Expect a huge push for Creator Content for The Sims franchise, beyond Creator Kits. This will be part of a new framework that EA have been setting up, to officially launch in March.

Maxis’ Restructured Framework
• Following the release of Royalty & Legacy, The Sims franchise will be shuffled into a new major framework for the first time since 2000. The new framework will restructure the franchise to heavily involve EA into the day to day operations, and rather than Maxis coming up with ideas to meet the targets set by EA, sections of EA will now be more involved in the game from how content is created, distributed and monetised. Plans include subscription models (https://simscommunity.info/2026/01/15/sims-4-collectors-pass-subscription-mention/), digital storefronts with paid and virtual reward currency, deeper engagement events, creative direction and more. This will include creative control on execution of ideas to minimise development costs, with EA being more involved in working with game designers.

Royalty & Legacy
• While this new framework hasn’t officially begun, EA have already been implementing aspects of it with its 2026 content, including Royalty & Legacy. The Royalty & Legacy Expansion was conceived to test this new framework, and was developed predominantly in Europe, but had heavier involvement from established leads from the US to work with the team to meet these new requirements, and to help with any challenges. The team formed a “council” of specific Creators to gather their input on representation, however was utilised to gauge their feedback on the new development approach on minimising development costs, predominately in Animation and Engineering.
• Adventure Awaits was poised to be the final Expansion in development, before plans changed to trial a new framework. It was considering internally as a last hurrah before a pause on larger DLC. A survey was sent out of concepts, and Royalty proved popular while also allowing them to repurpose already built systems and features.

Repurposing Old Content
• This extends to other products in the Sims umbrella, but has been currently built to focus on The Sims 4 moving forward, and the development of Project X (https://simscommunity.info/news/project-x/). EA want the upcoming game to be as cost effective as possible. Visual quality and Asset creation isn’t a huge jump cost for EA, and this can be largely maximised without changes in budget. EA want this to be a large focus while other areas can be repurposed from the games large back catalogue.

Project Rene as a Mobile Exclusive
• Project Rene being scaled down to an online only game and now to a mobile title exclusively was simply because there was no need for its originall purpose now that X exists.
• EA want The Sims brand to be available on every popular device, mobile, tablet, PC/Mac and consoles.

Official Mod Partnership
• EA are considering having popular mods be incorporated into games as unofficial “Creator DLCS” so that Maxis and/or the creator are responsible for managing ongoing compatibility, to help manage ongoing issues of mod related bug reports.

EA’s Revenue Stream
• EA do not have faith a singular product will be able to replicate The Sims 4’s success, and hopes multiple revenue streams will aid in a shortfall.

Pets as Future Base Game Content
• The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs Expansion has outsold The Sims 1, 2 and 3 base game figures combined. EA will be considering making Pets base game in the future to allow monetisation across every DLC for Pets. The launch for the Expansion was the largest sales for any Sims product in franchises history, and is what promoted EA to trial DLC for the Expansion, which ultimately failed. Other Expansions that have also out-performed previous base game sale figures will be included in upcoming base games to take on this new approach of creating LC for popular content ongoing, rather than creating individual DLCs.

MySims Sales Expectations
• MySims sold very well on Switch, but didn’t perform as hoped on other platforms.

Future Announcements
• EA are reluctant to make any concrete announcements until it’s under new ownership, and can confirm the plans will go ahead.

Maximising Profit by Subsidising Costs
• EA wants has designed the new framework so that the Sims can be part of a cross-subsidisation strategy, where budgets for the Sims are as minimal as possible, to maximise profit to allow other projects to be less risk adverse in order to allow EA to grow other franchises.

Potential Discontinuation of The Sims Freeplay
• Freeplay may be discontinued if modernisation pushes don’t increase player count.

The Cost of Recent Packs
• Adventure Awaits was the most expensive Expansion Pack to develop of all time, while Royalty & Legacy was the cheapest of the Sims 4 (they didn’t know if it was the cheapest of all time)

Sorry there’s not much positivity, but my overall opinion is that the vibes at Maxis are very low at the moment, and some even said it was the worst it’s ever been.

Firemonkeys are happy overall though Freeplay development is very positive. I won’t go into that much more in-depth because most of that conversation was private.

However, many peeps at Maxis simply don’t care if this information leaks as almost all of them have been cut off from communicating with fans under the EA’s increasing involvement.

It’s more behind the scenes than Info about the actual games internally.


What Are The Key Takeaways From The Latest Set Of Rumors?

Taken together, these rumors paint a pretty clear picture of where things stand behind the scenes. None of it suggests The Sims is in trouble. If anything it shows the opposite. The franchise is still a major earner. The shift we’re seeing is about control. EA seems to be pulling the series into a tighter and more centralised structure. One where efficiency and cost‑management matter more than creative ambition.

A lot of what’s mentioned lines up with that. The push to repurpose old systems. The sudden interest in creator‑driven content pipelines. The way Royalty & Legacy was used as a test case rather than a traditional Expansion. Even the talk of subscription models and storefronts fits the pattern. It all points to a future where The Sims is treated less like a single game and more like a long‑term service EA can shape to its needs.

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The part that stands out most is the suggestion that Maxis is losing autonomy. Instead of pitching ideas and steering the franchise, the team may soon be working to meet EA’s broader business goals. That would explain the low morale mentioned, likely because they’re being boxed out of the decisions that actually shape the series. If these claims are even half‑true, the future of The Sims is being shaped by corporate structure more than creative vision.

Keep in mind this is all unverified chatter from behind the scenes, not confirmed information. It’s worth paying attention to, but it should still be taken with a sizeable pinch of salt.

What are your thoughts on the latest rumors? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned for all future speculation and rumors (https://simscommunity.info/the-community/speculation/).

Re: RUMOR: The Future of The Sims 4, Project X and Project Rene Post-Buyout

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https://simscommunity.info/2026/02/13/the-future-of-the-sims-new-rumours/

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
This just might be the most tl;dr secret I've ever seen.

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
And what about the two creepypastas that were uploaded last year?

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anyone played starsand island yet? i'm sure it's already up for pirating but i wanted a few opinions first

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
no girl please
same cozy slop and scam

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The 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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RUMOR!! EA will take control of The Sims and here are some of their plans 👇

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
🤑 Implement subscriptions and a store like The Sims 3's "Store"
📱 Project Rene will be mobile exclusive
💸 Convert creator mods into official DLCs
🐱 Pets will be at the base of Project X, but they'll create several DLCs for them.
💰 They want to minimize The Sims' budget.
😥 Maxis is losing autonomy and will end up only fulfilling the company's objectives.

Opinions? I'm going to 💩 myself.

I'm just going to say... Thank goodness we have The Sims 1, 2, and 3

The authors of the information, as always, are TheSimCommunity https://simscommunity.info/2026/02/13/the-future-of-the-sims-new-rumours/

Re: RUMOR!! EA will take control of The Sims and here are some of their plans 👇

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ea will take control of the sims? You’re telling me now for the first time

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
FitGirl didn't stay behind, and will release a new repack with the latest expansion pack (and obviously with the latest patch)

https://i.postimg.cc/7h84WHzz/2026021320258.jpg

This is not a drill!!!

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Attention all pirates: The Sims 4 has been updated to patch level 1.121.361 and up to the Royalty pack and the two crappy kits released with it.

Don't forget to download updated versions of all your mods for this patch level and back them up! As we don't know when or if another update to the pirated Sims 4 version will occur and may need to fall back on the backups

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Apartments in The Sims 3 are simply normal houses but with a skyscraper-shaped shell.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Still better than sims 4

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(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Does anyone here miss The Sims 3 Store? 😏

https://simscommunity.info/2026/02/14/mooca-the-sims-4-virtual-currency/

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
this shit should've been banned decades ago.

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🔴Liberal woman claims society needs to ACCEPT PEDOPHILES.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
She says: “Pedophilia is simply another sexual orientation. We need to overcome our negative feelings toward pedophiles and treat them with respect.”

Re: 🔴Liberal woman claims society needs to ACCEPT PEDOPHILES.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
post-marxist paleo-libertarian woman (anon's mother) says: my husband got probed by aliens

EA is aware of the increase in piracy after the buyout 🏴‍☠️

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
EA Cracking Down on Piracy
• EA are aware of a large influx of players playing pirated copies of the Sims 4 since the announcement of the Buyout, and will be taking this into consideration for future products. Shutting down the Sims Mobile frees up severs that EA can utilise with future products.


What does this mean?
Will EA patch the security flaws in the EA App so that the DLC unlocker stops working completely; and also ban the players who have used it?
Or will it force its games to be played on a server? The games wouldn't be downloaded to a computer; they would have to be played within that server, even if they are single-player games.
There's also the disastrous possibility that they would use anti-piracy systems like Denuvo, or similar things.
Another option would be to issue cease and desist orders to those who distribute and create pirated copies of The Sims, along with servers where such content is distributed (other than torrents). However, this would only apply to countries where piracy is illegal.

Re: EA is aware of the increase in piracy after the buyout 🏴‍☠️

(Anonymous) 2026-02-14 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Things are gonna be changing a lot for the sims that's for sure

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