STEAM SALE!! April 2021

Just wanted to weigh in for any mac users reading this. A mac lifer myself, I bought every EP and almost every SP I didn't already own (Katy Perry's Sweet Treats can shove it) during the holiday sale. I was on my mac when I logged in and made the purchases. Steam processed them and took my money (well, my gift card credit, anyway) but told me I couldn't install on my computer and wouldn't give me the CD keys I needed to download the EPs from Origin. After some reassurance from igazor and TreyNutz that I wouldn't damage my chance to use my new packs, I logged on to Steam on a PC, and the keys were displayed with my other game info. I never needed to install anything on the PC. The keys were recognized on Origin, which then let me download whatever I wanted.

Also, for anyone wondering, buying the base game again was actually a good thing—Steam was selling a starter pack (base game, Generations, Seasons, Pets) for $7.50, i.e. 75% off the usual $30. Each pack was selling for $5, so I still saved money. And as people have already mentioned, I received the extra 1,000 Sim points as well.

If you had all the sims 3 SPS amd EPs on origin and then bought it again on steam; what becomes of your store content? Have I read Igazor wrong and thinking you can’t keep your store content and would need to re download it like on a separate store account?

Sorry for all the questions. I’m just wanting to cover all angles before I consider making the jump!

"MidnightAura;c-16323052" wrote:
If you had all the sims 3 SPS amd EPs on origin and then bought it again on steam; what becomes of your store content? Have I read Igazor wrong and thinking you can’t keep your store content and would need to re download it like on a separate store account?

Sorry for all the questions. I’m just wanting to cover all angles before I consider making the jump!

You don't need a separate Store account. For some reason downloaded Store content sims3packs won't install when you switch from Steam to Origin, or the reverse. After you make the switch just log into your Store account as usual and re-download and reinstall everything from your purchase history. That's what I had to do when I moved from Steam to Origin and apparently that's that @igazor had to do when he moved from Origin to Steam.

"MidnightAura;c-16323052" wrote:
If you had all the sims 3 SPS amd EPs on origin and then bought it again on steam; what becomes of your store content? Have I read Igazor wrong and thinking you can’t keep your store content and would need to re download it like on a separate store account?

Sorry for all the questions. I’m just wanting to cover all angles before I consider making the jump!

You would need to re-download your store content, but not on a separate store account.

The underlying issue is that the content you have downloaded now is not expecting to be used on the new version of the base game you will have just bought on Steam and registered to your TS3 page, it's expecting to be used on the Orign/disc version you had prior.

Edit: Or what @TreyNutz said twelve seconds before I hit "Post Comment." :p

@TreyNutz @igazor thank you both!

Will sleep on decision and decide tomorrow.

The sale made me realize how I've just wasted money buying TS4 titles, and that I want to "waste" it on The Sims 3 expansion packs! :smiley: I have some cash right now (that's supposed to be for something "smarter", but whatever, I'll get around when I run out of it.)

I've already had Base Game, Late Night & Seasons, and now I got Ambitions. Next will be Generations, probably.

I have everything on disks... but am thinking of rebuying at least some of it for Steam in case of losing my disks. As for Movie Stuff, I've used some of the costumes to dress my sims for Halloween.

YOU'RE THE OFFICIAL SLUG OFFSPRING OF A SLOTH & THE TOWN VILLAGE ID10T IF YOU DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS KILLER DEAL!

85% OFF THE SIMS BASE + GEN + PETS + SEASONS AKA ONLY $12.36 USD TODAY. You're basically paying sales tax for 3 of the best EPs to date. :)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/47890/The_Sims_3/

Plus added bonus of no Origin launcher to give you a cybe.r migraine o:)

Basically THIS is the package to get, because it's the essence of what the vanilla TS3 base game should've been at launch. :D

No WONDER TS3 is ranking at 6K+ players on Steam today. :D That's saying a lot to STILL be in the top 100 Steam games list. Especially given the competition with new releases like Kingdom Come:Deliverance over this weekend B)

edit: So I.DIOT = a censored plum word now??? :D

A new Steam sale! Half off everything but stuff packs, which are 25% off.

A note for anyone planning to buy the base game through Steam: the CD key can't be viewed in your Steam library. The reason isn't relevant here*; the point is, if you want to register the base game, you may need to go through Steam or EA support. That's also not a sure thing, unfortunately. And even if EA support adds a key to your Origin account, if it doesn't match the Steam key (which I think it won't), store content may not work in a Steam install, since the base game key on the Origin/store account won't match the one from the Steam install.

If anyone does buy and install the base game through Steam, there may be another way to retrieve the key, but I haven't tested yet. If you're interested, have a look in the registry; the base game key may still show there.