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


Before the closing of ''The Sims 2'''s official site, players were greeted with a screen saying that the Store had closed whenever attempting to access it. [[File:TS2_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 [http://www.thesimscarnival.com The Sims Carnival tells users to visit The Sims 3.]
Before the closing of ''The Sims 2'''s official site, players were greeted with a screen saying that the Store had closed whenever attempting to access it. [[File:TS2_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 your saved games when you uninstall it and games in ''The Sims 2 Store'' are unreadable by prior Sims 2 Versions.
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''.


''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' is unsupported as of March 31, 2011, which is the date that ''The Sims 2 Store'' closed.
''The Sims 2 Store Edition'' is unsupported as of March 31, 2011, which is the date that ''The Sims 2 Store'' closed.