For all the previous discussions I found relating to the UK language lock specifically (see my second reply to my post), an EA employee never replied. Please may you link the posts that you have found? I have missed them and would be interested in seeing them and what the EA employees had to say in those threads.
I also find it interesting that this UK language-lock seemingly only applies to the Origin version and not the Steam version? Otherwise, the Steam version is being falsely advertised here. I have all 18 languages listed as being supported when I visit the UK Steam store (see my previous reply for a screenshot). Now that I have seen that, I would like an answer on that as well as it will influence my decision if I do decide to buy the Steam version.
There are several answers in this thread from an EA employee specifically. EA-Leeuw
I am aware that EA_Leeuw is an EA employee and I appreciate the decision to provide feedback to the other EA teams involved in these choices. This has been what I was hoping to hear when posting to this forum. I can only hope the other teams are this responsive and reasonable.
I believe it would be helpful for you to re-read what I said in the context it was in. @puzzlezaddict made a statement that this has been requested before, that EA employees have said they have provided feedback, but no resolution ever occurred. I have found numerous other discussions of this language-lock in these forums in the past, however an EA employee has not replied once to any of those threads that I have found. You can find the threads in question linked on the first place, it is the second reply I made to my post.
Of course, I am new to these forums, so there may have been discussions that I have missed. I would like to read any previous threads (so not my own) where an EA employee has responded since I am very interested in what they had to say.
I now have an update to the situation.
I mentioned earlier in the thread that all languages are listed as supported on the UK Steam version of the Sims 4. I decided to take advantage of the sale that's currently on and purchase the Sims 4 base game on Steam for £4.19.
I then installed it on Steam, changed the game language to German in game properties on Steam, and everything is working as intended. All my DLC (including the recognising that I own the Deluxe edition on Origin, despite owning the normal version on Steam) are correctly recognised, and I can play the game in German (or any other language) now.
I still believe that EA should do better and add all languages to the Origin UK version of the Sims 4. I see absolutely no reason for this difference between languages options on Origin and Steam here in the UK.
