Re: Buying Sims 3 expansion packs through Origin.

Thank you so much for the reply! I had a look on Steam and the deals look so good, unfortunately I am playing on Mac and the games are only available on Windows.

One more question, I realised two games I cannot redeem them, they say I have already used the codes. I honestly don't remember doing this and do you know if there is anyway to find out?

@CinderellaGirl91  You can still buy games from Steam and register the codes in Origin, even on a mac; I did this a year ago.  But you do need to login to Steam on a computer running Windows in order to see the codes, since they won't even show up in mac OS.  (I borrowed my brother's computer for a minute, and everything worked smoothly.)

For the codes that were already redeemed, is it possible that you registered them to your Sims 3 store account?  Do they appear in your Origin library?  Origin and the store share information, so a pack registered on one platform will show up on the other, provided you're using the same account.  If you're not seeing your packs, click on the TS3 icon, then More > Expansion (or Stuff) packs at the bottom of your screen.  Any pack registered to you will have a Download button instead of Buy Now.

If you registered your packs to a different account, whether in Origin or the store, you can ask EA customer support to merge the two accounts for you.  A support rep can also look into where your codes went, if you can't track them down yourself.  It would be helpful if you could provide proof of ownership, like photos of the discs and the inserts with the codes printed on them.

https://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/

@puzzlezaddictthanks so much for the reply. I thought I had replied, it turned out I had a little issue with my Ambitions and Late Night expansion packs but managed to fix it. I called EA about the two games (Showtime and University Life) and I unfortunately cannot locate them and EA were no help so I'll have to repurchase them but since Steam has a sale it'll only be $14 or so. A little disappointed Katy Perry's Sweet Treats isn't available anymore. Thanks again for your help, I also managed to get my Sims Medieval working today too!!