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    Sims 4 on Origin and Steam

    Hauk150Hauk150 Posts: 358 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Hello! :)
    I have this questions, on steam there's good sales on sims 4 dlc's and I would like to buy, but I don't even have the base game there, I have all my sims content on origin.
    So if I buy dlc's on steam can I transfer them to origin?
    Can I also transfer my sims 4 base game to steam?
    If I transfer the dlc's from steam, can I play it on origin witouth opening steam?
    Someone can please explain me how all of this works? ;)

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      JyotaiJyotai Posts: 505 Member
      edited July 2021
      Pretty sure that once you're in Steam, there's no way out of Steam.

      I bought the game through Steam in early April because they had a sale just like the one right now. I wish I hadn't - but the sale there was too good to pass up. I don't like having layers of other people's Terms of Service and data analytics between me and what I've paid for...

      Even just Origin is more than I want in there, but now I have both Origin and Steam between me and my purchase.

      That said, I think there is a way to move your game from Origin to Steam - but it's a one way trip or I would move in the other direction. And being on Steam really just means you load Steam which loads Origin which loads Sims... and these other 2 apps stay on while you have the game going happily monitoring your computer use...


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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      Checked this the other day. You can't use DLC from Steam if you have the base game on Origin. CDkeys has the cheapest DLC I could find. About a tenner for an expansion pack and gives you an Origin key
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      You can use DLC bought just on Origin with a base game bought on Steam
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      Hauk150Hauk150 Posts: 358 Member
      Jyotai wrote: »
      Pretty sure that once you're in Steam, there's no way out of Steam.

      I bought the game through Steam in early April because they had a sale just like the one right now. I wish I hadn't - but the sale there was too good to pass up. I don't like having layers of other people's Terms of Service and data analytics between me and what I've paid for...

      Even just Origin is more than I want in there, but now I have both Origin and Steam between me and my purchase.

      That said, I think there is a way to move your game from Origin to Steam - but it's a one way trip or I would move in the other direction. And being on Steam really just means you load Steam which loads Origin which loads Sims... and these other 2 apps stay on while you have the game going happily monitoring your computer use...


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      ModerateOsprey wrote: »
      Checked this the other day. You can't use DLC from Steam if you have the base game on Origin. CDkeys has the cheapest DLC I could find. About a tenner for an expansion pack and gives you an Origin key
      ModerateOsprey wrote: »
      You can use DLC bought just on Origin with a base game bought on Steam

      Thank you for the answers! :)
      I think I will stay with sims on origin, and I will wait for sales there
      Do you know when and how often origin has sims 4 sales?


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      DenimjoDenimjo Posts: 213 Member
      ModerateOsprey wrote: »
      Checked this the other day. You can't use DLC from Steam if you have the base game on Origin. CDkeys has the cheapest DLC I could find. About a tenner for an expansion pack and gives you an Origin key

      Have you tried adding The Sims 4 Base game to Steam via the 'Add a Non-Steam Game to Library' option from the Games menu?
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      Denimjo wrote: »
      ModerateOsprey wrote: »
      Checked this the other day. You can't use DLC from Steam if you have the base game on Origin. CDkeys has the cheapest DLC I could find. About a tenner for an expansion pack and gives you an Origin key

      Have you tried adding The Sims 4 Base game to Steam via the 'Add a Non-Steam Game to Library' option from the Games menu?

      I haven't actually tried that, but I asked a similar question a few days ago. But while waiting for answer I found this on the EA site:

      https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Is-it-possible-to-transfer-dlc-from-STEAM-to-Origin-SIMS4/td-p/9511292

      relevant bit of post from that link:

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      If I buy a game on Steam, can I buy DLC for that game on Origin?

      Yep! You can buy DLC both on Origin and Steam.

      If I buy a game on Origin, can I buy DLC for that game on Steam?

      For Origin-purchased base games, you’ll need to buy all DLC in Origin
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      DenimjoDenimjo Posts: 213 Member
      edited July 2021
      You know, TS4 is currently MASSIVELY discounted on Steam right now at a whopping 88% discount (in my case it's sitting at $4.79 CAN); you may want to consider just ponying up for the base game on Steam as well, as much as I hate having to suggest buying a game twice.
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      Denimjo wrote: »
      You know, TS4 is currently MASSIVELY discounted on Steam right now at a whopping 88% discount (in my case it's sitting at $4.79 CAN); you may want to consider just ponying up for the base game on Steam as well, as much as I hate having to suggest buying a game twice.

      I did actually consider that, but I found what I wanted on CDKeys even cheaper than Steam. The OP seems happy to wait for an Origin sale. More patience than me :)
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