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Khristal34's avatar
12 months ago
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Sims 3 won't merge into the new account

Hello everyone, yesterday I asked a EA support agent to merge my two accounts.

One of them dates back in 2012 with all my Sims 3 games that I have from DVDs and my current one with my Sims 4 games and DLCs.

So I was told that Sims 3 is a Sunset game and no longer has support so some issues might happen when they try to merge the accounts but what I didn't expect was them to not transfer a game at all, not even the base game.

Anyways, I tried then to install my base game from my DVD but sadly it was manufactured after September 2012 so it is mandatory to have the Origin app, the problem is that Origin is no longer a thing on Windows 10 and on the EA app my sims 3 games don't  show at all. I was stuck without being able to play no more Sims 3.

The thing is that I tried to speak to another EA support agent and they said that everything went trough and the sims 3 was showing on their system and that I shouldn't panic because they will show after 24 to 48 on the app.

Now, my question is who should I listen to? Has anyone else experience this issue with the Sims 3? After how many hours the games appeared on the library? 

  • Just got everything fixed by a support agent, thank you very much!

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  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    12 months ago

    Hey @Khristal34,

    Sorry for the concern and confusion with this. 

    Just to clarify, certain sunset games - including Sims 3 - may not transfer correctly when merging accounts. In situations where they don't correctly transfer, you would fully lose access once the old account is deactivated. 

    From what I'm seeing here, only one of the packs actually transferred over, so that may have been the content the second advisor was referring to in this case. Some things transferred, but certainly not the majority or the base game itself.

    There wouldn't be any delay in your titles showing up once a merge/transfer is complete, so in this case it would be best to reach back out to support to have another advisor try again.

    It's possible they may be able to try the merge again for that other Sims 3 content that hasn't shown up, if those weren't just lost per the original disclaimer that was agreed to in chat. Support would be best to discuss the details we wouldn't be able to get into here on the boards. 🙂

  • Hi, so if the content wasn't correctly transferred is there any way possible I can get back my games? Now I can't play any sims 3 games because it says that the code has been already redeemed in other account. That would mean I can't install the base game and play any expansions packs at all. I saw other posts of people that could properly merge the Sims 3 it just wouldn't make any sense that I would lose everything. Yes, I was told that I could lose some contents like in store objects or other stuff but not ALL the games. That it's just crazy, there must be something that can be done. When I asked about the game and the packs I understood that they were referring to everything, I will contact again, i'm just so sad, I really hope I didn't lose everything.

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    12 months ago

    @Khristal34 

    Right, while there's always a possibility something doesn't transfer correctly, from what I can see here this may just be a matter of having an advisor take another look at transferring the base game and other packs specifically. 

    Typically once a merge is complete you'll be able to see and access everything on the new account right away, so it would be best to have an advisor give this another try rather than waiting in this case. 

    Do feel free to link support to this thread as @puzzlezaddict mentioned if there's any other confusion in chat!

  • Just got everything fixed by a support agent, thank you very much!

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    12 months ago
    Glad to hear you were able to get things straightened out @Khristal34, thanks for the update! 🙂

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