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Seasoned Novice

21 days ago

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Do i purchase packs from EA app or Steam?

Hi,

I recently downloaded sims 4 from steam however it prompted me to link to me ea account on the first launch. I’ve been waiting to purchase packs as I’m struggling to play without them, baring in mind I play with a lot of mods 😅.

Just wondering if anyone knew which platform it would be best for me to purchase the packs on?

Many thanks

puzzlezaddict
21 days ago
Lozza4090 It's simplest to buy all your packs on the same platform. It sounds like you haven't spent any money yet, so if it's all the same to you, I'd suggest removing the game from Steam and installing it through the EA App, then buying everything there. While Steam is stable overall, it does require the EA App to be running while you play, and having two launchers just adds another point of failure.

However, if you do want to play through Steam for one reason or another, that's fine too. Buy everything through Steam to keep things simpler. If there's a good sale in the EA App you don't want to miss, don't worry, it'll come to Steam soon too, or Steam will be a part of the next sale of Sims 4 content.

6 Replies

puzzlezaddict
Hero+
21 days ago
Lozza4090 It's simplest to buy all your packs on the same platform. It sounds like you haven't spent any money yet, so if it's all the same to you, I'd suggest removing the game from Steam and installing it through the EA App, then buying everything there. While Steam is stable overall, it does require the EA App to be running while you play, and having two launchers just adds another point of failure.

However, if you do want to play through Steam for one reason or another, that's fine too. Buy everything through Steam to keep things simpler. If there's a good sale in the EA App you don't want to miss, don't worry, it'll come to Steam soon too, or Steam will be a part of the next sale of Sims 4 content.
Lozza4090
Seasoned Novice
21 days ago
Hipuzzlezaddict,

Thank you for your response, I’m just making sure that I completely understand what you are saying before I go and uninstall.

If I remove sims 4 from my ea app and steam and then log into my ea app with the account I logged in as before. (Or would I need to create a new account?) I would need to then install sims 4 as a new game. Then I can go ahead and wait for the next sale.

Thanks again!
lihtaruk
Seasoned Rookie
20 days ago
I recommend buying directly from ea. All sims 3 that I got from local target and linked disappeared on me. Looks like ea has habit to keep only games they have records in your library. I had a full set of sims 3, they didn't left even base game
Lozza4090
Seasoned Novice
20 days ago
lihtaruk Oh okay, thank you! I’ll make sure to stay on one platform.
Hopefully you got sims 3 all back and working
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
18 days ago
Lozza4090 Sorry for the late reply, and yes, that is exactly what I was saying. You don't need to create a new EA account though; it should be enough to remove the game from your Steam library.
Lozza4090
Seasoned Novice
18 days ago
puzzlezaddict, Thank you once again! I followed your advice and was able to reinstall the game and buy a few packs whilst they are on sale.