http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8051
--- Comment #63 from Chris Wales chris@chrobis.com 2008-10-15 16:25:01 --- ^ Following on from that (and apologies for being off-topic) can I just say that as every frustrated geek out there trying to move his girlfriend/wife/sister/daughter on to Linux gets "but the Sims doesn't work", I'd say this ranks up there with support for Photoshop CS2.
There is no greater roadblock to adoption of Linux by women than being told they can't play Sims 2.