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lihhital
4 years ago

Re: Will I be able to transfer all my Sims 4 DLCs to Steam from Origin???

@puzzlezaddict     Thank you so much for your answer!

The reason why I want to play it on a Mac is that my main computer is a Mac, and this whole time I've been just playing the game on another computer that is not 100% mine. I didn't know that you can play the Sims 4 on a Mac when I bought the game on Steam (should've just done some research first and bought it on Origin in the first place lol), but luckily, I only bought the digital deluxe (kind of like base game) and haven't bought any extra stuff yet, and it was on sale, so it was not too expensive. And also, there's a sale in Origin for now as well, so I thought it would be a good chance to switch over. 

I also thought about unlinking my Steam account from my EA account, buying another copy on Origin and then linking the Steam account back. Hopefully in that way I will have the game on both platforms. Would that work? Would the content be in sync (since I'm only buying the digital deluxe as well)? 

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    puzzlezaddict
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    4 years ago

    @lihhital  Unlinking and relinking your Steam account probably wouldn't work.  There's apparently a long waiting period (maybe six months?) to link another account, and I would guess it would apply to linking the same one again.  So you'll need another approach.

    It's possible you'll find the game on sale from some other digital retailer, in which case you could simply buy the product code and register it within Origin.  Here's a list of authorized vendors:

    https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/where-to-buy-ea-games-v2/

    Or you could create a new Origin account, buy Sims 4 in it, and then have it merged with your current account.  This is a bit of a pain, as you need to go through EA customer support, but you'd get a copy of the game right now at the current sale price.

    Or, I guess, you could ask EA customer support to remove Sims 4 from your Origin account so you can buy a new copy.  This might be the easiest approach of all, but it also requires explaining the situation to a support rep.

    Regardless of how you approach this, you'll be able to use your saves and other user content on your Mac.  You do need to transfer the files manually—they aren't stored on EA servers—but that's as simple as moving any other files from one computer to another.

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