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- Is it worth getting Sims 3 and its expansions on Steam if you have most of them on Origin already? I ask because aside from the Sims, all of my games are on Steam and I read that there's no way to transfer Origin games to Steam? Are there any benefits of having Sims 3 on Steam?
Is Sims 3 more stable on Steam? No weird failure to launch etc? - UlanDhorSeasoned NoviceThere are some changes coming to Steam regarding EA games, so I wouldn't really do this at this point before I knew more. As the Origin client will be startable via Steam soon, I guess integration will be possible that way.
Failures to launch can have many reasons. For example, if you have Win10, sometimes, clearing the cache files in your Sims3 folder will lead to a mismatch with files Win10 "helpfully" pulls from somewhere out of its own caches, which can only be cleared by restarting Windows. - @Turjan Thanks. I think I'll take your advice and hold off on repurchasing the entire series on Steam. I mean, I have it on Origin as it is and was disappointed (at the time) that we couldn't port our Origin games over to our Steam library. And then I was reading that there's less lag when you play through Steam, so that's what I was looking for. But thanks again!
- There's another Steam sale going on now, in honor of the Lunar New Year. As usual, the Sims 3 base game and packs are $5 each.
This sale is short, ending at 10 am PST (1800 GMT) on January 27th. - ZeeGee1Seasoned Hotshot@puzzlezaddict Thanks :heart:
- @CIaritea While you can only play the Steam version of Sims 3 in Windows, you can still buy the packs and use them in macOS. The CD keys that come with the base game and packs can be registered in Origin just like disc codes, and then you can download the content as you would normally.
The only real catch is that you have to be in Windows to see the CD keys. But if you have even temporary access to a Windows PC, you can grab the codes and register them to your Origin account, where they'll be available in macOS as well. - Reopening here as I see you have been using this thread over time and it's updated (ops, we missed that) - sorry for the interruption!
- ZeeGee1Seasoned HotshotBump! This time the sale doesn't include everything but there's a bundle for Sims 3, Pets, Seasons and Generations for $12.36!
- ZeeGee1Seasoned Hotshot@nerdfashion Just so you see this
- ZeeGee1Seasoned Hotshot@igazor Really! Wow that is a big surprise. I’m very curious to know how and why that came about.
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