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malinkj
3 years ago
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Origin won't download The sims 3

I bought The sims 3 base game plus all the expansions some years ago and uninstalled it after a while. Now I wanted to give it a go again and tried to download it and install. I click the Download-b...
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  • VeronicaSaratti's avatar
    VeronicaSaratti
    3 years ago

    I also had this issue today and I found on another thread that you needed to install the EA app and it worked immediately for me! 

    https://www.ea.com/ea-app-beta The app uninstalled origin so I'm guessing they are in the process of switching platforms or something

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dancingdreamer3
3 years ago

Hi, I've recently upgraded from a laptop to a desktop and havent used Origin or Sims on Origin (Been using PS4) so when i got my new computer I downloaded Origin and attempted to download Sims 3 and all was well until the last two expansion packs (LATE NIGHT and UNIVERSITY LIFE) weren't downloading and this message was coming up

'We're sorry, Origin was unable to download your game. Please check your internet connection, or try again later.' this didn't originally annoy me as its happened before so i waited until the next day and attempted again and the same message kept coming up and all attempts to fix it have failed. Here are some things to note;

  • It doesnt come up when attempting to download other games such as Sims 4
  • Wifi is working with other apps such as google, youtube and netfli

One of the main remedys was to delete and redownload Origin which I did and now Sims 3 (BASE GAME) will not download and getting the same message come up 'We're sorry, Origin was unable to download your game. Please check your internet connection, or try again later.' Ive tried to contact EA and no reply. I have no idea how to contact Origin because whenever i contact Origin it takes me to EA. Ive tried to send the Crash Reports and nothing. Desktop isn't second hand it is brand new and apart from this Origin is working fine and have no other issues

I dont really want to play Sims 4 on PC since I have all the expansions bought on my PS4 and was really exicted to return back to Sims 3. PLEASE HELP!!!

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    Juryrigg
    3 years ago

    I have been having the exact same issue as you.  While I could not get Origin to work to download Sims 3 when I downloaded the EA app and logged into that I could download sims 3 and Medieval(I was also having a problem with that one too lol) with no issue at all.

    If you cannot get Origin fixed I would recommend EA app(it will auto uninstall Origin since its a replacement for that program) and from what I can tell it is waaaaay better than Origin admittedly I have not use it for long so YMMV.

    It also recognized all my installed origin games automatically so I did not have to redownload them

  • Phin_ThePlatypu's avatar
    Phin_ThePlatypu
    3 years ago

    Same Problem. We can't do much about it from the looks of it,seems Origin servers are having problems with Some Games,The Sims 3 being the biggest one.

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