Steam EA games...transfer to Origin!

 How's that for awesome? I want to build my own gameworld in the Sims 3, but the way Steam hides your games from view and alters their Register entries makes it impossible to export to and import from the base-install. It also makes it impossible to apply 3rd party mods and so on (if you're so inclined).

If you have EA games that you hate being delivered through Steam for some reason (legit or illegit, don't care what you do with your games), uninstall them using the Steam function and hook up to Origin and take the time to set a basic profile. Make sure that you have the keys, or that you have registered your games on an earlier EA-account. (Make sure you log on to Origin with the account associated to that game. Games with a million expansions (The Sims) should all have been registered on one and the same account.)

Go to your profile and select library. Origin will check if the games you have registered are on the HDD. If they're not, you'll get a nice download link to each an all of your previously known to be Steam editions of your EA games. You can now redownload them. Origin places the games in their original paths, with their Original Register keys intact.

You should check if your game is available for digital download before deleting it from your Steam installs, however. Both services are equally fast when streaming your download, but you can save yourself some wasted hours, possibly, by checking first.

So there you have it. Considering the fact that Steam and Origin aren't friends and Origin's support to Steam is like "drop dead, mofo-steamer asshole!" it might be a good idea to migrate your EA-Steam games to Origin.