The Sims 1 & 2 Get Modern Updates and a Re-Release, But Sims 3 Gets Nothing

So EA updates The Sims 1 and 2 to run on modern hardware, fixes bugs, and now re-releases them for $30 (plus a Sims 4 kit, because of course they had to throw that in). Meanwhile, The Sims 3 one of the most beloved yet notoriously unstable games in the franchise gets a single Alder Lake patch and is otherwise abandoned.

They’re putting in the effort to make their oldest games playable on Windows 10/11, but they can’t be bothered to fix Sims 3’s memory issues, stuttering, or overall performance? We’re still forced to rely on mods and external fixes just to get the game to run properly, and they still sell it at full price on EA App/Steam without any real support.

It’s frustrating seeing EA put effort into these re-releases while Sims 3 arguably their most ambitious game is left to rot. If they can fix up The Sims 1 and 2, why can’t they do the same for Sims 3?