Redeem your codes there to play your games and get any additional bonus content. Some codes for bonus content in The Sims 3 need to be redeemed on The Sims 3 website. Go to your computer's top menu to select Games and Redeem Product Code.Log in with the EA Account where you want to add the game.

Redeem your product code in the Origin client for Mac Once you’ve redeemed your code, your game will appear in your account.

Redeem your product code in your EA Account Settings Redeem your product code in the EA appįollow this video guide to learn how you can redeem your code in the EA app.

Type in your product code, then click Next.

For all other platforms, click the right button below the Redeem button.

For PC codes, click on the Redeem button.

Or, check the box or manual inside the box. If the game hasn’t already been added to your account, you can find the product code in your confirmation email after you’ve bought a game. This is especially important if you're a parent who wants to add a game to your child's account. Make sure that you log in to the EA app or Origin for Mac using the EA Account you want to add your game to. Need help redeeming a code for a different platform? And if any friend approaches me now with the question where to get Sims 3 if they did not have it before, I'll be more than happy to point them to Steam.Learn all about product codes, promotional codes, and how to redeem them. So, if you want to be able to bypass Launcher and avoid Origin, your best bet nowadays is Steam version of Sims 3. DVD versions of Sims 3 were discontinued already by EA and when you try to get pre-owned discs of base game (EPs and SPs aren't problematic like this, since they will adapt to the base game variant you have), you risk to get the one that requires Origin, which you most likely will not even be able to install, since it requires registration to Origin, which the original owner probably already did. Unfortunately, new versions of base game on DVD, I believe since mid-2012, as well as all compilations since Supernatural I think (not 100% sure) also do require Origin and will not allow you to bypass Launcher. That's why, as Igazor mentioned, many switched to Steam and there are also others who switched to old DVD versions, which has DVD requirement DRM but nothing else. And if that's not enough, the Launcher now tends to deactivate your EPs and SPs randomly, which is more than annoying. With patch 1.69 they did get rid of SecuROM DRM that was part of Origin version before, but they made both Origin and Launcher mandatory now, so you can't avoid it.

And once in-game, both Origin's 1.69 version and Steam's 1.67 version play exactly the same way because except for the internal build numbers and the way in which the game starts up, the game files between the two patches are identical. There is no Steam launcher requirement, once installed and run the first time, the game can be started up by way of a shortcut to the base game's TS3w.exe file (the one with the 'w') with no fuss or bother with Steam assets. You will find, however, that many of us came over to Steam precisely because the Origin version gives us heartburn and it's much more pleasant being on Patch 1.67 and playing the Steam version. That is not a supported or recommended practice. If you have both the Origin and the Steam version of the game installed on the same computer at the same time, then yes there will be headaches. Obtaining the codes doesn't even have to be done for the copy/paste on the same computer on which the player is running the Origin version, they can be obtained from any machine where the player has the Steam client. They should show up in the Steam client if the games are purchased and in the player's library. It is not necessary to install the Steam version of the game to get the Origin codes.

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