EA you are violating your own terms
If you have not updated your game past 1.67 don't buy anymore stuff packs or sets for Sims 3. EA is forcing update if you do. I bought 2 stuff packs and was not able to install them unless I updated...
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I wrote out a bit of a rant about this the other day, this seems like a good place to leave it... :)
I feel like EA made me choose which Sims game I wanted to keep installed when they introduced patch 1.69. At the moment:
• 1 click gets me to my saved games - I have no inclination to go from this to going through Orgin, & then through the launcher before I can play. Strike 1.
• I use buy debug *a lot* when I'm building - reports say it's broken for some with 1.69. Strike 2.
• As above, but for CAW. I'm not giving up on CAW! Strike 3.
All of this would have been fine if I hadn't heard of Origin stealth-patching people's games - even when all the options for automatic updating were turned off. So, given the choice of keeping Origin installed & worrying about it 'updating' my favourite game when I wasn't looking; or uninstalling Origin so I can play TS3 in peace, I went with option 2.
Thing is, I'm a Simmer. Whilst I might not play TS4 at the moment, I hadn't ruled out *ever* playing it. Just because it doesn't appeal to me now, doesn't mean that it never would. Only now, I'm not willing to even try it out; at least, not on my main gaming PC. Origin is uninstalled & whilst 1.69 is still a 'threat', it will remain so.
So, however much I might be intrigued by some parts of City Living, I won't be buying it. EA made me choose, & I chose the older game. I'm just one person, of course, so it means nothing in the grand scheme of things; but in trying to tie me into Origin, they just succeeded in driving me further away from potential further purchases. Good job, EA! :/
I feel like EA made me choose which Sims game I wanted to keep installed when they introduced patch 1.69. At the moment:
• 1 click gets me to my saved games - I have no inclination to go from this to going through Orgin, & then through the launcher before I can play. Strike 1.
• I use buy debug *a lot* when I'm building - reports say it's broken for some with 1.69. Strike 2.
• As above, but for CAW. I'm not giving up on CAW! Strike 3.
All of this would have been fine if I hadn't heard of Origin stealth-patching people's games - even when all the options for automatic updating were turned off. So, given the choice of keeping Origin installed & worrying about it 'updating' my favourite game when I wasn't looking; or uninstalling Origin so I can play TS3 in peace, I went with option 2.
Thing is, I'm a Simmer. Whilst I might not play TS4 at the moment, I hadn't ruled out *ever* playing it. Just because it doesn't appeal to me now, doesn't mean that it never would. Only now, I'm not willing to even try it out; at least, not on my main gaming PC. Origin is uninstalled & whilst 1.69 is still a 'threat', it will remain so.
So, however much I might be intrigued by some parts of City Living, I won't be buying it. EA made me choose, & I chose the older game. I'm just one person, of course, so it means nothing in the grand scheme of things; but in trying to tie me into Origin, they just succeeded in driving me further away from potential further purchases. Good job, EA! :/
