Origin Shutting Down April 2025

Odd. I thought Origin had shut down a few years back. At least I was required to change over to the EA app at that time, because the communication made it sound like Origin was going to shutdown imminently, at the time. Glad I made the switch early, rather than late. (Switching to a new games app always causes me anxiety.)

EA App is installed on my PC but I still purchase packs with Origin Mac because it's more reliable.

EA is tricken'  simmers.

I would be on origin today if didn't get that message from EA to switch to the App a year ago. 

It's good to know that Origin has been available for simmers this long.

More vitriol post will be coming from the community once it ends. Sad reality.

You can't play your game once you update with the EA app unless you update with the EA app. 

EA APP. = Total Control.

I thought Origin was already gonzers.

EA App is unstable so I'm looking for an alternative way.

I also excluded Steam, Epic Games Store and Instant Gaming options. Maybe I will go back to Amazon.

NoahLGP what issues are you having with the EA App?

• Performance issue : Overuse CPU without reason
• Unable to load the library completely at the first launch only TS4 is visible, I must quit and re-open EA App in order to get the other installed games.
• Unable to stop EA service when EA App is closed (Quit), TS4 Program files folder is locked and can't be renamed for example.

I thought Origin closed at least 2 years ago, it stayed active longer until the EA App had an Apple version, which it does. The EA app is more stable, crashes less. But that doesn't mean there aren't serious issues, like if you play Sims longer than 4 hours, it goes offline and sometimes crashes the game. Seriously though, as buggy as the EA app is, it is like 80% more stable than Origin. 

one major issue with the EA App is you must exit the app by clicking the 3 lines top left then go to exit. If you click the X top right, the app will run in the background and then won't launch your games correctly next time. 

I quit EA App by clicking Exit from the systray icon