Sims Fans Have 1 Big Request for the Franchise’s 25th Anniversary

The Sims fans are gearing up for the 25th anniversary and want EA to bring back two classic Sims games in honor of it. The request has lots of fans of the series talking, but The Sims players seem doubtful that EA will actually do it.

The Sims series has spanned decades now, with The Sims 4 itself having just passed its tenth anniversary on 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 the Sims community on the site to talk about how exciting it could be if The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 made a comeback for the 25th anniversary of the series. They shared images of the complete collections of The Sims 1 and 2, 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 likely available copies of older Sims games will 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 that The Sims 2 was 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 from The Sims 4, especially since The Sims 4 lacked some features prior 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 that The Sims 5 isn’t in development and 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 4 isn’t going anywhere, though upcoming competitors like Inzoi could 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.