Exactly. I'd rather have the disc because with the disc you also can have the digital version. Also you can lend it to your friend but that's probably why they don't like it.
First open the cheat box (Ctrl Shift C) then type "testingcheatsenabled true" then "familyfunds 'lastname' 'amount'" for example: "familyfunds smith 5000" and the Smith family will have $5,000. and of course then put "testingcheatsenabled false" if you want.
It's not good when it's doing worse than its predecessors. The Sims 3 was supposed to be an improvement and and outstanding game. Clearly with all the glitches and lack of gameplay it did measure up like the previous games. 54th place might be good for some other game, but when the Sims has gotten number 1 before it's not…
This is actually and old topic but since you recently replied I'll reply too. Actually you can have eight people in your household but someone did have a glitch where the mother kept having more babies. check it out: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/99230.page