EA App vs Origin

[Barbizarre]

Hello,
I would like to buy the Sims 4 through Steam. However, I can see that it is mentioned that the Origin App has to be installed and run in the background.
Now that it is announced that the EA app will take over Origin and Origin is discontinued, is it working properly through Steam purchase?

I heard people complaining that some titles on Origin were not carried to their EA app when they decided to switch platform.

As EA is in the process of migrating from Origin to EA app, is it sound to buy the title through steam, which is still attached to Origin?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Inconsistent]

You can buy The Sims 4 on steam and play it. Don't mind the EA app thing, it's still in beta. In order for you to play The Sims 4 on steam, you need only Origin since EA app doesn't support like game launcher linking yet. You can download EA app if you want, but if you have EA games on steam or epic and so on that requires account linking, you must have Origin installed instead of EA app.

[Barbizarre]

Thanks for your answer. I get that I do not need EA app.

The thing is, as Steam requires Origin and origin is discontinued, how will it work for EA titles on Steam when Origin will be decommisioned?

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Mohawkward:

The thing is, as Steam requires Origin and origin is discontinued, how will it work for EA titles on Steam when Origin will be decommisioned?

Well, it isn't discontinued. I'm still using it. I know they want to transfer everyone to the EA app, but I haven't heard anything regarding transferring.

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Mohawkward:

Thanks for your answer. I get that I do not need EA app.

The thing is, as Steam requires Origin and origin is discontinued, how will it work for EA titles on Steam when Origin will be decommisioned?

I'n not sure why you are saying Origin is discontinued? It's working normally.

[Barbizarre]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

Originally posted by Mohawkward:

Thanks for your answer. I get that I do not need EA app.

The thing is, as Steam requires Origin and origin is discontinued, how will it work for EA titles on Steam when Origin will be decommisioned?

I'n not sure why you are saying Origin is discontinued? It's working normally.

It is not, I meant "it will be", it has been announced that there will be no more development done on Origin and EA app will replace it. I do not see EA investing that kind of effort to maintain 2 different stacks.
At some points people on Origin will be migrated to EA app one way or the other.
But that is not my concern. My main concern is how this migration will be handled for third parties like Steam.
If I buy my EA game on steam and forced to use Origin today, what will happen when Origin is closed and replaced by EA app.

It is true that it should not be a concern to me as it is something out of my hand and it should be transparent to me as a customer paying for a licence to work.

My question is more going toward, isn't it more safe to just buy it through the EA app to avoid any migration issue?

[Angela]

Originally posted by Mohawkward:

My question is more going toward, isn't it more safe to just buy it through the EA app to avoid any migration issue?

EA app uses same login info as the Origin app, so there'll be no migration when buying from Steam, it'll just be "oh now you need to install the EA app and run that".

Not something to worry about, Steam Sims 4 game will still work and will still be installed via Steam. Just will cause the EA app to open instead when we click the game open.