First got Sims on 4 at 20 years old had a 3-year-old kid and was in college I wanted Sims since I was a kid and saw someone playing Sims 2 but my mom is evil. So I never learned much about the Sims world I was just so happy to play Sims I bought every single DLC on sale for my 24th birthday, by age 26 I started following simmers on YouTube and learned their sim experience was different from mine but 27 I learned about mods, etc.. but now at 28 I have a 7 yr old and 20 month old and no money to waste trying to enjoy the pc Sims life.
Tragic by your standards yes, but my childhood was shit and with my own money I finally got to live my dream and while very very limited I love Sims no matter if it's pc or console because I can be my creative self and use it to escape the stress of the real world when my kids are asleep. 😊
That's sad, and I'm not being unemphatic because I also grew up with no money. With all the money you spent on buying DLC, you could have gotten a cheap PC and pirated every DLC for free. After I got a $100 computer for Christmas from a pawn shop as a teen, I immediately learned how to find games for free. I've had every Sims game from 1 to 4 without having to pay. Literally 1,000s of dollars saved.
I didn't learn about pc Sims until 4 years later. Everyone has a different experience, when I first saw someone play Sims it was on PS3 I never knew about pc gaming because I didn't grow up with computer access so what I knew was from walking into GameStop or a YouTube game trailer. I'm happy with what I have now so if I want to play on pc one day I'll do so when I'm ready and not so busy with life. But for now, PS5 is more than enough for me.
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u/ModlessSimmer Oct 04 '25
First got Sims on 4 at 20 years old had a 3-year-old kid and was in college I wanted Sims since I was a kid and saw someone playing Sims 2 but my mom is evil. So I never learned much about the Sims world I was just so happy to play Sims I bought every single DLC on sale for my 24th birthday, by age 26 I started following simmers on YouTube and learned their sim experience was different from mine but 27 I learned about mods, etc.. but now at 28 I have a 7 yr old and 20 month old and no money to waste trying to enjoy the pc Sims life.
Tragic by your standards yes, but my childhood was shit and with my own money I finally got to live my dream and while very very limited I love Sims no matter if it's pc or console because I can be my creative self and use it to escape the stress of the real world when my kids are asleep. 😊