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AjaxTTV's avatar
3 years ago

EA games bought on Steam Won't start with EA app

Hi, I bought The Sims 4 and most of the dlc's a while ago on Steam and played it without problems, until I moved to the EA Desktop app. Now I can't launch The Sims anymore unless I download the Origin app again. It says that you will discontinue the Origin app later this year, so I'm just worried if there's a fix for this now? Or will I have to continue using the Origin app? 

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  • @AjaxTTV I had BF1 installed previous via the EA App, but I just bought it again on Steam. I moved the game files to the Steam libary folder, then had Steam detect the game files, but it won't launch at all, even after verifying the game files via Steam.
  • wenelda's avatar
    wenelda
    Seasoned Traveler
    3 years ago

    I'm having the same issue and it's March 2023, are your people ever going to fix this issue? I got Sims 4 for free through Steam and it says I have to launch the EA app to play. When I try, either the EA app doesn't launch at all or it gives me an error message and Sims 4 never launches. I got rid of Origin back in November I think and I can't even play Sims 4, this is so ridiculous.

  • mickyjw97's avatar
    mickyjw97
    3 years ago

    5 months later and still the same issue.... EA are useless 

  • siirysiir's avatar
    siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    So what's the status on this? Still can't run games bought from steam on ea app? Is anyone even working on this??

  • It's been going on for over a year with no fix in sight EA doesn't care about us they already have our money that's all that matters to them.

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