All you should have to do is put the disk in, and install it by following the onscreen instructions, and then you can play the night away.
To get The Sims 3 to work on Windows 8 would be the same as getting it to work on Windows 7 or Vista.
In order to install and play The Sims 3 & The Sims 3 Pets: Expansion Pack on your desktop PC or personal notebook, you need to have any of the Windows Vista operating systems, Windows 7 operating systems, or any of the newest Windows 8 operating systems on your desktop PC or notebooks.The Sims 3 & The Sims 3 Pets: Expansion Pack will not work on Windows 95, Windows ME, Windows Workstation NT 4.0, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Media Center Edition installed desktop PC or notebooks.Listed below are the operating that support The Sims 3 & The Sims 3 Pets: Expansion Pack on desktop PCs and/or personal notebooks:Windows 7 Media Center EditionWindows 7 Home EditionWindows 7 ProfessionalWindows 7 Ultimate----------------------------------------Windows 8 Media Center EditionWindows 8 Home EditionWindows 8 ProfessionalWindows 8 Ultimate
Your "The Sims 3 PC DVD" isn't working for one of the following reasons: a.) you need to clean it / or b.) your desktop PC or portable notebook is not compatible with The Sims 3 and/or any other The Sims 3 expansion packs. Listen below are the operating systems that support The Sims 3, The Sims 3 University Life, The Sims 3 Late Night Edition, The Sims 3 Pets, The Sims 3 Nightlife, & The Sims 3 Ambitions, etc. ~Windows Vista Home Premium ~Windows Vista Home Edition ~Windows Vista Media Center Edition ~Windows Vista Professional ~Windows Vista Ultimate ~Windows 7 Home Premium ~Windows 7 Home Edition ~Windows 7 Media Center Edition ~Windows 7 Professional ~Windows 7 Ultimate ~Windows 8 Home Premium ~Windows 8 Home Edition ~Windows 8 Media Center Edition ~Windows 8 Professional ~Windows 8 Ultimate Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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Yes it does it work on mine and I have windows 8
The Sims 3 Generations is currently only available as an expansion pack for the PC version of the Sims 3.
The Sims 3 is supported in Windows 10. However, whether the game will work or not still depends on your computer's specifications.
A 32-bit Windows XP pro service pack 3 will not work with Sims 3.
no, there is no kidnapping in the sims 3 for the PC
yes, the sims 3 is made for the PC
Yes there is a Sims 2 for PC, they are working on the Sims 3.