The Sims 2 Store Edition: Difference between revisions

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Players were able to shop at ''The Sims 2 Store'' online using real money to purchase items from [[Expansion Pack|expansion]] and stuff packs. Exclusive store items are also released for players to purchase using [[SimPoint]]s. MoneyPlayers iscan convertedpurchase toSimPoints Simwith pointsthe andrate being $1 = 100 Sim pointsSimPoints. Items range from 25-250 Sim pointsSimPoints. The store closed while in Beta.

The client was able tocould be downloaded from EA officially, orand was also pre-packaged with ''[[The Sims 2: Apartment Life|Apartment Life]]'', ''[[Compilations of The Sims 2#The Sims 2: Fun Withwith Pets Collection|Fun with Pets Collection]]'', ''[[Compilations of The Sims 2#The Sims 2: University Life Collection|University Life Collection]]'' or ''[[Compilations of The Sims 2#The Sims 2: Best of Business Collection|Best of Business Collection]]''. Although being worthless now, it is still packaged with all new copies of these expansions.

[[File:The_Sims_2_Store_Edition_logoThe Sims 2 Store Edition logo.jpg|left|100px]]It is possible to run it in Windows 98 SE,<ref>Won'tIt will not run on Standard Edition because of SecuROM</ref>, Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows 7. It does not work on Mac OS X, but Boot Camp can be used to run it. Although ''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' is only available in the US and Canada, it is possible to run the game outside of North America in regions such as Europe and Latin America.

''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' requires ''[[The Sims 2: Pets|Pets]]'' to be installed. If other ''The Sims 2'' games try to run, the user receives the error dialogue that he/she is running the wrong version of ''The Sims 2''. The player is then prompted to start ''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' instead.

''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' can no longer be downloaded from EA. However, players purchasepurchasing certain ''The Sims 2'' expansions on Origin, such as ''Seasons'' or ''Pets'', will see ''Store Edition'' will appear in the download list, although it is still useless.

Before the closing of ''The Sims 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s official site, players were greeted with a screen saying that the Store had closed whenever attempting to access it. [[File:TS2_Store_closedTS2 Store closed.png|thumb|332px|The screen that was displayed when players tried to access ''The Sims 2 Store'' after its closing.]] This is similar to how The Sims Carnival told users to visit The Sims 3.

As with all EPs and SPs, ''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' will delete saved games when it is uninstalled, and games in ''The Sims 2 Store'' are unreadable by prior versions of ''The Sims 2''.

* This is the one of two games that does not require a  CD/DVD key  in the drive to play as it is a Downloaddownload Versionversion.  The other is  ''[[The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack|Holiday Party Pack]].'' .{{Fact}}  However, the DVD of the collection (''University Life Collection'', ''Best of Business Collection'' or ''Fun with Pets Collection'') is required when The Sims 2 Store Edition is selected during installation.

* As with other ''The Sims 2'' products (with the exception of ''[[The Sims Stories]]'' and ''The Sims 2'' Collectionscollections) on Windows, ''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' can be run on Windows 98 SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000 but EADM most likely does not support these versions of Windows.

*When ''The Sims 3 Store'' was launched, all countries were able to buy SimpointsSimPoints and purchased items from ''The Sims 2 Store''.

*The game executable is Sims2SC.exe with the product name ''The Sims 2: Shopping Edition'' and the EADM install folder is named ''Sims 2 Club'' .

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