I was considering getting Generations as it's the only pack I'm missing, but I only found it for full price in Origin. (really?? Full price?) Anyway, will I be able to sort of, redeem a digital copy if it if I have a serial number (as in, if I buy it used)
I saw that it's possible to buy the game serials online, (dunno if that's legit or not? I'm too old for this lol) Will I be able to redeem an Origin download with a bought serial code?
The other games I have in disc-format and was able to retrieve on Origin. But they weren't bought used.
PS: What is the main thought about Generations? I've read it's got some fun stuff for kids/teens etc, but that people where kinda annoyed by how it changed relationships etc and made people obsessed with family lives etc??
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Origin does have an occasional sale for TS3 content. Expansion packs were 50% off in... May?... and definitely during last year's winter holiday sale. You could also wait for a Steam sale, where packs can be as low as $5 U.S. each. But you'd need to buy a copy of the base game (also $5) as well, so the price would come out even.
As far as whether Generations is worth the money, I'm not sure—I've never actually played with its content. But most people seem to think that it falls somewhere between a stuff pack and a proper EP, and that it's only worth the price if you catch it on sale. The annoying features can be modded out easily enough though, mostly with NRaas Retuner.
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Steam is an authorized re-seller of the game and authorized provider of those Origin codes. In fact, they are under an agreement with EA to provide those Origin codes with every purchase.
Places that are not authorized re-sellers may very well sell keys that "work," but if/when Origin (EA) detects them as from unauthorized sources a week, month, or two years later, they are known to rescind those keys with no warning to the player and the base game or packs not only stop working through an Origin install but the player is blocked from repurchasing them and reinstalling that way until they have a real time discussion with customer service and get the products unblocked from their accounts. What happens here is that the re-sellers can, sometimes unbeknownst to them, be selling codes that have changed hands a few times and in the beginning EA suffered a chargeback for them meaning they were essentially stolen. "As long as the key works" is not a very good test for its legitimacy or ability to keep being used.
Here is a list of authorized re-sellers through which this kind of thing should not happen.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/where-to-buy-ea-games-v2
The other providers of game codes online may be totally shady outfits or they may be totally above board and stand behind what they are selling, but they still might be carrying codes that will not work or will stop working after a while. And they may have great customer service and replace those codes for the customer a year later (or provide a refund), but neither one will at that point help the game run again.
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