Comments on: Hidden Springs Retail Disc for Origin Distribution?

By: LaraCroftEyes1

LaraCroftEyes1 — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:30:00 +0000

I wish I come across this website before I bought Sims world bundle Monte Vista and Hidden Springs now Monte Vista came everything not so much for hidden springs

By: Samis

Samis — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:38:52 +0000

Hidden Springs world is on the disk. In simpack format.

By: FurryGuy

FurryGuy — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:16:46 +0000

While my installation of the HS retail disc went fine, the game launcher and my purchase history at the sims 3 store recognizes I own the world, the game won’t let me select it for a new game insisting I need to purchase it.

To make it worse the HS details webpage also shows I need to purchase it or redeem a code. Which I can’t do because if I try I get a message that says the code has already been used! So having a physical retail install disc is far of a hassle than buying the content digitally through the store.

ARGH!

By: davina1221

davina1221 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:56:53 +0000

I am so glad that I saw this. I had plans to get it so that I would have a physical copy should Sims 3 and the store shut down in the future. That is false advertising to me. Thanks for the info. I bought Barnacle Bay that way and didn’t realize that I didn’t own it. thanks for saving me money, unlike EA/Origin.

By: Rawr

Rawr — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:09:19 +0000

Funny found your blogish type site. Anyhow to make the point clear for everyone, the disc contains the Hidden Springs DLC + Origin setup + v1.29 sims 3 update. HS DLC is 358mb vs the 128mb from Sim Store which I don’t get why the size difference since it installs all 23 of the same items. Origin setup is 45mb, PC v1.29 update is 862mb while the v1.29 MAC update is 1.3gb. So 358mb + 45mb + 862mb + 1.3gb = 2.56gb + 30mb of misc eula/crap to make it a total 2.59/60gb on disc.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:56:38 +0000

I have been calculating closely how much i in actual fact pay for all the stuff in the sims Store and I noticed that the disc version however is much less expensive than the version of Hidden Springs in the Sims store:

The 2,000 SimPoints that you would pay for the Hidden Springs would be (in comparison with the money I paid with my mobile for the simpoints: 670 SimPoints with €10) about €30 in the Sims Store, and in most stores (at least in Italy) you actually pay only €20.

Therefore it is better to buy the Disc version instead of the version in the sims store.

By: Dragon

Dragon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:46:37 +0000

I think they desire everyone to buy it instead of installing it. Yes…you can only install what are downloaded from your account.

I like the official products, but I don’t understand their logic. I’m afraid I can’t accept this.

By: Nuts

Nuts — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:01:12 +0000

My single biggest gripes with origin ;
i) resource hog/inefficient cloud/platform in comparison to steam
ii) p–s poor backup facilities (doesn’t even backup stuff properly you have to do it manually)
iii) supports answer to EVERYTHING is “here is a 15%/20% discount voucher which you can spend on games that cost the same as they do on our competitors websites when you apply the discount!”

I might be bias, the last 2 digital pre-orders I bought through them (and no puns intended, definatly the last for me) were “unreleased” for up to a week after the games released.. while people who bought from amazon, etc got theirs straight away

By: George

George — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:33:35 +0000

Thanks

By: Cath

Cath — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:31:39 +0000

That’s it!!! And it explains a lot- though I don’t know how they’ll choose the winner…