Community ManagerHey there,
Very sorry to hear this, could you provide any specific examples of content that is missing in the Origin client vs the EA app? Is any content showing in the EA app but not in-game or vice versa?
Also, an error report would also be beneficial to us if you could post the Report ID as well.
Thanks!
@EA_Cade My reply from yesterday vanished.
Yesterday when I tested it, a lot of missing content was back in the Sims 3 launcher. Today all of that content (mostly purchased via CD or store.thesims3.com is missing from the launcher again and the existing Riverview game files un openable again - Riverview is one of the missing towns. All extra purchased installed towns are not showing in the launcher again.
Crazy asks for Origin to return... why? What does it do that benefits the player? It seem to me that playing in a browser, or an overlay serves no purpose and simply uses resources.
What was wrong with - Icon - double click - logon - play ...? Simple! And no EA scalping the hard drive...
Well on the same topic how I was forced to download EA app when Origins worked just fine your EA app says I own the game and add on that I bought a long time a ago says I own them when I look at my library but when I try to join the game its says i cant paly because I don't own the game so if you can i would apricate if you could fix whatever is happening with my account.
* you
I have submitted this problem to EA over and over and they act like it is no longer an issue. I am really going to start looking for legal remedies. I bought everything as it came out in the stores and online at the official sims 3 website. Just because I bought a new computer for gaming does not mean I do not own my content. I also bought sims 4 content but don’t like it. I don’t have access to any of it most of the time!!!! That is fraud. I paid for something and EA claims I don’t own it!
Let me get this right, games that i have had for years. I now have to pay you monthly, or annually to enjoy anymore. I had origin, because your company demanded it, but at least they didn't charge me extra to play MY games. I think that if EA does not fix this quickly, I feel another class action coming your way.
There is not, nor have I heard anyone give, a good reason for a game overlay, one that benefits the players.
We may say what we like, EA and UBI are not idiots and between them produce some of the best games around. But, they are also in business to make money, and players come a distant second to that. New ideas, new games, new features are not easy to come by and sales are falling, so they are seeking new ways to keep the revenue coming in.
I've said this before, the reason for the overlay is money. It costs to produce it, and they don't do it without making a return on their investment, it's there to make $$. Anything else they tell us is pure BS. It wouldn't be quite so bad if the damn thing worked properly.
Bought a new machine? Swapped out a bigger hard drive? Added more memory? Great now start paying again.
Since Microsoft got away with the outrageous licencing agreements for their products (the PC is the licence holder and owns the software - not the PC owner) it seems companies like EA are slowly working towards a similar arrangement. Eventually, and I'm speculating here, we will not be able to transfer games to a new machine without payment because you don't own the software, the machine does.
No matter how much we moan, they know that in reality there is little to nothing we can do.
For that reason I've not played for nearly a year. I've given up playing/buying EA games. I'm not aware of any changes that will lure me back.
