EA App Required Now?

It's unfortunate they are forcing players to switch over when EA app is still a mess outside of beta.

Yep, fired up Origin today and have been finally "forced" to download and install the EA app.
Let's see what sort of mess this makes!

Edit, 5 minutes later.
It's black, the interface is not at all nice to look at, it seems clunky compared to the origin interface, I hope they change that soon.

I don’t understand why there’s no choice. Both do the same job. Why make Origin if they were going to make an EA App anyway? I’m confused ???‍♂️?

I like the look of the new app and only uninstalled it recently because it wouldn't let me install my store content for Sims3. As they fixed the install problem with the packs I am hoping that my store content will be okay.

Guess i will find out soon.

Well, at least it's working, including in offline mode, with all my save games still in place.

"EA_Cade;c-18209108" wrote:

"simgirl1010;d-1005204" wrote:
https://twitter.com/TheHenfordHen/status/1600936254870540288?t=8pb_e07y6r0bi5aRB0JHfA&s=19

Hey all,

We've been in the process of migrating users in waves from Origin to the new EA app on Windows since mid October. You'll eventually see a message like the one above pop up when launching Origin now that the EA app is no longer in Beta.

You can read more about the new EA app on EA.com here, and if you run into any issues or if you have feedback to share please do let us know here so we can take a look and let the right teams know.

With all respect wouldn't it be nice to make sure the EA app works with all of your games before forcing people onto it? I can't keep my Sims 3 store content with the EA app because it keeps being removed. I don't want this app until it works with all of my games.

"lisasc360;c-18209127" wrote:
I've already switched over to the new EA app over the weekend as I got a new PC and when I typed in Origin to download, it came up as the new EA app. So it's installed as well as my saves from TS4 as I had backed them up on an external Disc drive. I just need to move over what little bit of CC to my file and get my mods back... :)

Same here. I switched to a another laptop 2 or 3 weeks ago. I couldn't find origin to download so I got the EA app. So far I installed sims 3, 4 and medieval. It seems to work fine at first sight. The biggest difference for me is that I can now play with graphics on high and loading screens under 30 seconds. And I am not even on a gaming laptop.

My only issue is sims medieval. When I installed it through origin, I got an error while installing the Dutch version. I had to install the game in English and then switch language to Dutch after installation. So now I immediately installed it in English and can't find an option to change the language. Do I have to reinstall to change the language?

"Sharonia;c-18209177" wrote:

"EA_Cade;c-18209108" wrote:

"simgirl1010;d-1005204" wrote:
https://twitter.com/TheHenfordHen/status/1600936254870540288?t=8pb_e07y6r0bi5aRB0JHfA&s=19

Hey all,

We've been in the process of migrating users in waves from Origin to the new EA app on Windows since mid October. You'll eventually see a message like the one above pop up when launching Origin now that the EA app is no longer in Beta.

You can read more about the new EA app on EA.com here, and if you run into any issues or if you have feedback to share please do let us know here so we can take a look and let the right teams know.

With all respect wouldn't it be nice to make sure the EA app works with all of your games before forcing people onto it? I can't keep my Sims 3 store content with the EA app because it keeps being removed. I don't want this app until it works with all of my games.

I was able to download riverview from the sims 3 store and it installed just fine. I will have to check if it got removed. So far I only played sims 3 once on this pc.

@ncisGibbs02 Origin's been around for many years, perhaps almost as long as Sims 4 (if not longer?) & has had a number of problems so they started working on the new app a few years ago.

I'm not quite sure what all the outrage over this is?

I have been in Origin this morning playing my game and no notice whatsoever that I need to change over or update to the new EA App.