I don't game as much as I used to, but the Wife is a big fan of The Sims. And I have to say, trying to get anything from EA to work on the PC is a nightmare. That damned Origin portal (why can't we use Steam, again?) keeps locking up her computer with updates and shenanigans, and it takes 10-15 minutes from launch to begin playing a game! I even spent $150 on an SSD, which has sped up her computer immensely, and it doesn't make any difference with EA. The only thing that made me feel a little better was reading that other players were waiting 30 minutes to an hour for their games to load!
So I can't imagine trying to deal with any other products from this company.
It's bad dude. Real bad.