Neither The Sims or The Sims 2 have them its a mistake on the store page. The only thing they do need is Steam (standard Steamworks API calling.)

Bought it, installed it. Liking some of the new gloss, though wishing I could play it the way I initially played it - installing one expansion pack at a time. But, and for now, this is really better than nothing.

That said, the Sims is a game that I'm willing to buy again if a DRM-free option is available. Its a game that I also see worth of preservation. I also feel that any preservation that goes into the game should look into preserving "older" versions of the Sims if possible (i.e., be able to install the expansions packs one by one instead of all at once)

Interesting.
Still gonna wait and see if it shows up on gog.

it will not

Yeah so it's nothing more than the same games but for more recent operating systems.
I think I have The Sims 2 on my Origin/EA App account or whatever that sh*t is called now cause they gave it away and all (all ?) the DLCs a long time ago. It could easily have been sold here, it's ridiculous but anyway...

EA GAMES CHALLENGE EVERYTHING !

They're also listed on Epic.

This is the kind of release you'd expect to see on GOG, not everywhere else... They could be a day late I guess and release tomorrow.

I see the tonality of my joke was lost on people: Nary do I think anyone would flock to the EA app when they know a Steam release comes.

Honestly with all the reports that EA is going through some financial issues from a poor 2024 you would figure they would be more willing to put more of there library on GOG for some quick revenue cash flow.

Maybe all the other stores are doing a betatest for us?
Yeah but really don't know if they will release it here, maybe latter, but currently it's not looking good for the sims 1 and 2 legacy due to all the bugs and crashes on some pcs.

EA and many other AAAs seem to have abandoned GOG but kept their already-here games up. We never got the C&C games from EA. Interesting that Epic got the Sims, maybe they paid for them?

Maybe best just to come to GOG for small-time DRM-free indies, generally?

I mean, Itch.io has Dwarf Fortress, while GOG has not Dwarf Fortress.

The devs don't want the hassle of a third, low market share (compared to Steam) store maybe? I dunno, though I don't consider it "small-time" either. It sucks but what can ya do, GOG must have tried to bring it, at least once the game got big.

Saw Sims 1 & 2 on Steam just now, no idea if its worth a buy, I keep reading conflicting messages/reviews from multiple users saying it has Denuvo and some saying it doesn't and some say it requires use of the EA App and some say it doesn't. Considering Steam is the site where people tag Stardew Valley with "psychological horror" I can't trust any of them.

Skill issue: GOG.

Itch.io isn't exactly a technologically advanced website. You get things in .zip files, and users aren't notified automatically of updates unless they follow the developer. This leaves me wondering just how much worse GOG is (especially in terms of reputation) in terms of handling the dev side of things. Are their negotiation skills that Stygian? We're talking about being friendly to a pair of brothers and a small publisher. I can't imagine it'd be hard to go, "Hello, we're GOG, primarily about DRM free gaming, and was wondering if you'd be delighted to publish the game on GOG. We have [features], and will automate the invoice of billing."