I'll just say while I'm seeing this, I would like a launcher too, but for a different reason. My Origin has been messed up because of something in my folders since the first of the year. Fixed it when Island Living came out and bought that and Strangerville. Just days later same thing. I can't delete logs in the folder because it says it is being used, which it isn't and isn't in the tray nor the task manager. I go to the icon and can't log off nor exit no matter how much I try to push them. My Origin comes up with the menu, but it doesn't go anywhere, offline or on. I just have ovals on the page besides the menu at the top. My library doesn't show, I can't play my games, and I can't buy or access the store. When the guy helped me fix it, he asked if I had the steps written down and when my Origin messed up again days after it was fixed, I got the impression that he knew it would happen again. Have fussed for weeks. After a death in the family that has left us with tons of work, while trying to raise small children in sports, I don't have nor want to waste time talking to Origin helpers who can't fix this so it won't happen. I can however play Sims3 since I have a launcher for it. I clicked Sims4 icon, which takes you to Origin and doesn't work offline. That's why a launcher is needed
Update: I posted on another thread about this; I believe in technical, but anyways either posting here or fussing in Origin's help box worked, because I had an update to Origin and it fixed whatever is going on and now my Sims4 is updating. My Origin/Sims4 hasn't worked in weeks/a month. Not going to get too excited as this keeps happening to me on and off, but very glad because I want to play and also get the new games. Still would be nice to have a Sims4 launcher for issues like this though, so if something goes wrong, you can still get into your game.