@ScottDemon Won't it be up to Steam as to whether or not to accept it?
No, Steam is a distributer they don't own the rights to the games they have to do what the Copyright holder tells them.
The only thing Steam can do is put the games up for sale anytime they choose. As well as remove the games from their store.
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Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
No, Steam is a distributer they don't own the rights to the games they have to do what the Copyright holder tells them.
It's even more hands-off. On Steam, every game developer and/or publisher does any changes they want themselves, as they have direct control over all the files of their games stored there. Steam only handles complaints after the fact, and the point that originally led to the argument between the two companies is long gone (other companies have been requiring the use of several platforms at once for years).
No, Steam is a distributer they don't own the rights to the games they have to do what the Copyright holder tells them.
It's even more hands-off. On Steam, every game developer and/or publisher does any changes they want themselves, as they have direct control over all the files of their games stored there. Steam only handles complaints after the fact, and the point that originally led to the argument between the two companies is long gone (other companies have been requiring the use of several platforms at once for years).
No, the original argument between the two companies was a breach of contract by EA over an attempt to cut Steam/Valve out of the DLC sales by making all DLC sold only by Origin requiring Steam customers to get the DLC through Origin.
I'm just a little bit crazy LOL
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
No, the original argument between the two companies was a breach of contract by EA over an attempt to cut Steam/Valve out of the DLC sales by making all DLC sold only by Origin requiring Steam customers to get the DLC through Origin.
So Steam would be completely cut out or Steam customers would have to go through both the Steam client AND the Origin client?
No, the original argument between the two companies was a breach of contract by EA over an attempt to cut Steam/Valve out of the DLC sales by making all DLC sold only by Origin requiring Steam customers to get the DLC through Origin.
So Steam would be completely cut out or Steam customers would have to go through both the Steam client AND the Origin client?
Not exactly. Steam would get no cut of the sales but would have to maintain the DLC's on their servers without monetary compensation. Steam customers would have to buy the DLC from Origin then redeem the code on Steam and download the DLC from Steam. It's not the same as buying from Steam and then redeeming on Origin as EA already got their money from the Steam sale.
Basically EA was trying to treat Valve as one of it's studios which wasn't going to happen.
I'm just a little bit crazy LOL
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
@ZeeGee your welcome. I worked for Valve during that time so I knew a lot of what happened. I was one of the desk jockeys that maintained the servers for Steam at one of their Data Centers. The one I was at was in Bellevue, WA just across the street from their corporate headquarters. You won't believe how many HDD's we would have to replace in week and during sales it was a nightmare keeping them up and running.
I'm just a little bit crazy LOL
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
Is it worth getting Sims 3 and its expansions on Steam if you have most of them on Origin already? I ask because aside from the Sims, all of my games are on Steam and I read that there's no way to transfer Origin games to Steam? Are there any benefits of having Sims 3 on Steam?
Is Sims 3 more stable on Steam? No weird failure to launch etc?
There are some changes coming to Steam regarding EA games, so I wouldn't really do this at this point before I knew more. As the Origin client will be startable via Steam soon, I guess integration will be possible that way.
Failures to launch can have many reasons. For example, if you have Win10, sometimes, clearing the cache files in your Sims3 folder will lead to a mismatch with files Win10 "helpfully" pulls from somewhere out of its own caches, which can only be cleared by restarting Windows.
@Turjan Thanks. I think I'll take your advice and hold off on repurchasing the entire series on Steam. I mean, I have it on Origin as it is and was disappointed (at the time) that we couldn't port our Origin games over to our Steam library. And then I was reading that there's less lag when you play through Steam, so that's what I was looking for. But thanks again!
@CIaritea While you can only play the Steam version of Sims 3 in Windows, you can still buy the packs and use them in macOS. The CD keys that come with the base game and packs can be registered in Origin just like disc codes, and then you can download the content as you would normally.
The only real catch is that you have to be in Windows to see the CD keys. But if you have even temporary access to a Windows PC, you can grab the codes and register them to your Origin account, where they'll be available in macOS as well.
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No, Steam is a distributer they don't own the rights to the games they have to do what the Copyright holder tells them.
The only thing Steam can do is put the games up for sale anytime they choose. As well as remove the games from their store.
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
No, the original argument between the two companies was a breach of contract by EA over an attempt to cut Steam/Valve out of the DLC sales by making all DLC sold only by Origin requiring Steam customers to get the DLC through Origin.
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
So Steam would be completely cut out or Steam customers would have to go through both the Steam client AND the Origin client?
Not exactly. Steam would get no cut of the sales but would have to maintain the DLC's on their servers without monetary compensation. Steam customers would have to buy the DLC from Origin then redeem the code on Steam and download the DLC from Steam. It's not the same as buying from Steam and then redeeming on Origin as EA already got their money from the Steam sale.
Basically EA was trying to treat Valve as one of it's studios which wasn't going to happen.
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
Okay actually I'm totally and completely nuts LOL
Is Sims 3 more stable on Steam? No weird failure to launch etc?
Failures to launch can have many reasons. For example, if you have Win10, sometimes, clearing the cache files in your Sims3 folder will lead to a mismatch with files Win10 "helpfully" pulls from somewhere out of its own caches, which can only be cleared by restarting Windows.
This sale is short, ending at 10 am PST (1800 GMT) on January 27th.
The only real catch is that you have to be in Windows to see the CD keys. But if you have even temporary access to a Windows PC, you can grab the codes and register them to your Origin account, where they'll be available in macOS as well.