The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack is just a few days away until being released for both PC and Xbox One / PS4!
The game has been set to release on June 5th for all platforms worldwide. However, unlike with Game Packs and Stuff Packs, Expansion Packs have a “staggered” release schedule, meaning that the game has 5 different release schedules for different territories – and Eco Lifestyle will be no exception.
Each zone will have the pack released at midnight (or close to midnight). Since these staggered releases can get a little confusing I’ve included a full countdown timer for all 5 different territories down below! When the counter turns to zero in your territory you’ll be able to purchase (or unlock if you’ve already pre-ordered) the game, download and play it!
I’ll also be doing a special 10-hour Launch Party Livestream on Twitch to celebrate the release of The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle in Europe and North America down below! You can also CLICK HERE to join the Twitch Chat!
North & South America (Midnight EDT New York Time, June 5th)
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Europe (Midnight CET Paris Time, June 5th)
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Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel & Turkey (Midnight MSK Moscow Time, June 5th)
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Japan, Korea & the rest of Far East (Midnight KST Seoul Time, June 5th)
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Australia & New Zealand (Midnight AEST Sydney Time, June 5th)
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323 Comments
All well and good but what about Bst for the UK?
Reply to Patty
im in the uk and my pre order for eco living says 4th june but did not say a time. I think it will be 11pm like the others
Reply to Emma
I don’t understand why I should preorder anymore. I don’t get the pack early and I get nothing extra by doing so. It’s not like you’re going to run out of copies or anything like that. What’s stopping me or anyone from just waiting until it actually is released or just wait until it goes on sale? Please someone explain the benefits of preordering! I honestly want to know. Thanks
Reply to R
It’s useful for if you have money when the pre-order is available but won’t get paid in time for the actual release, if that makes sense?
Reply to JP
That doesn’t make sense. You either have $50 to spend on it or you don’t. If I have $50 two weeks ago, I can either spend it then or wait 2 weeks and spend it. I guess if you’re really bad with money and can’t resist spending what’s in your account it would be a benefit.
Reply to JP
It’s a one-time payment. You have to have the money in your account when you pre-order the pack for the payment to go through. If you don’t have the money when you pre-order, you will not be able to purchase it. :/ Hope this helps in some way
Reply to R
Hello! Well preorder isn’t too special, but when the pack is released all you have to do is open your game and let the pack download. Also, if you can’t play on release date or whatever, if you preorder all you have to do is open whenever you can. Or if you can’t pay during release day it’s helpful too. Hope this helps
Reply to R
It just means that you skip going through buying it and it downloads instantly. Also, if you don’t trust yourself not to spend the money before it releases, you can purchase it instantly. I suppose it’s also more for EA’s benefit. People preorder while it’s new and exciting without leaving time to go off it. And it provides insight into interest for the pack.
Reply to R
I’m in the uk. Its June 5th 2.45am and eco living still isn’t available to purchase on PS4. I’ve scoured the Internet and can’t find any new info on when it’ll be available. It’s very frustrating!
Reply to Ally Wilson
I’m in Aus and it’s just past 2 pm with the same issue, no Eco Living on PS4.
Whats going on Sony?
Reply to Ally Wilson
On playstation it dose not come out for like another 19 hours and there is no information about the playstation eco lifestyle release Im not happy. They should have told us something.
Reply to Ally Wilson
Same issue now at 7.29am, it was supposed to release at 5am (midnight EST)
Reply to Ally Wilson
Same in Poland… It is not available in the store. Pretty lame in my opiniom.
Reply to Ally Wilson
I’m in Canada and having the same issue, it’s 7:35 a.m. where I am and there is nothing on the PS store.
Reply to Ally Wilson
I’m in the US and having the same problem! I went onto GameStop and it says a release date of 6-23-20!
Reply to Emma
It says midnight June 5 for your download time.
Reply to Patty
I preordered mine Saturday and it said 5th June 6pm
Reply to TeamStark93
Mine saying the same
Reply to Patty
11 to 11:30 pm
Reply to Patty
Same as Europe, always. So 11 pm.
Reply to Anonymouse
* 11 pm on the 4th June (= midnight 5th Europe), in case that wasn’t clear 😀
Reply to Anonymouse
They screwed us PS4 users lol and my sims husband just froze to death because I’m was digging for information . It’s a sad day at my house
Reply to Anonymouse
I’m in the uk. Its June 5th 2.45am and eco living still isn’t available to purchase on PS4. I’ve scoured the Internet and can’t find any new info on when it’ll be available. It’s very frustrating!
Reply to Ally Wilson
I’m in Canada playing on ps4. Its June 5th 1:56am still not available to purchase or play.
Reply to Ally Wilson
It 7:20 still no information for us who play ps4. So frustrated.
Reply to Ally Wilson
Almost 10am UK time and it’s still not here. Really frustrating 🙁 Anyone know when it’s meant to arrive? I booked the day off work to play!!!
Reply to Katie Parkinson
Half 11 in the UK and still nothing. The free update on 2nd of June came around 6pm…maybe this might be the same deal? The pack still says to pre-order…
Reply to Katie Parkinson
If anyone in the UK still hasn’t got it going, refresh your orgin or console and type in Eco Lifestyle and it should come up to buy and download! I’ve just done it and there it was ready and waiting. Happy simming!
Reply to Patty
11pm on the dot
Reply to Patty
well we’re part of europe…
Reply to Patty
We’re in Europe! BST time is 1 hour behind Paris, so midnight in Paris is 11pm here. It’s out now anyway so enjoy x
Great but what about uk time ….. we seem to get left out of everything these days ….
Reply to Melody jones
Google it. I do that for livestreams to know when to come by (if I remember or have time) because those go by pacific time – unless that’s changed.
Reply to Melody jones
Go to Origin, it will tell you the exact time the pack is released in your area.
Reply to Melody jones
The UK is considered part of Europe. You have to do the math on your own. The America’s aren’t all in the same time zone either…
Reply to Melody jones
we’re part of europe… so not left out. maybe when we’ve left the union at the end of the year then we’ll have our own slot but until then we are europe.
Reply to simmerjord
We’ll still be in europe… just not the Europien Union…
Guys the uk gets it June 4th at 11pm
Reply to Christina
Nope. Australia is ahead of UK so it will be later
Reply to Lyn
Uhm…in the UK it will be the 4th at 11pm.
So yeah…
What would help with these times is to specify the GMT offset. Like, Eastern Daylight Time is UTC-4. This means its four hours before London. Meanwhile, Central European Time is UTC+1, which is an hour ahead of London. And AEST is irrelevant as Australia is an urban legend to scare children like the bogeyman or Michael Jackson.
I have a question on origin and my sims 4 game it says it will be released on the 4th as in tmorrow, i am conffused, i did pre order it but it doesnt make sense as ea stated june the 5th
Is it June 4th or 5th for US? Because when I preordered it it says June 4th but the timer on her says June 5th
Reply to Melissa
That’s what I’m wondering. It’s 6-4-20 12:39 here and my screen says unlocked and release date is today. So, I figured at like 12 it would of unlocked
Reply to Chelsie Johnston
What is Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle’s release date?
During its official reveal, EA confirmed the Eco Lifestyle expansion pack will be coming on June 4th, 2020 and will unlock at the following times:
11am BST
12pm CEST
6am EDT
3am PDT
The Eco Lifestyle expansion pack can be found in EA’s Origin store and it’ll cost you £34.99 / $39.99 /39.99€.
As written on Rock Paper Shotgun Gaming site. I have no idea if this is correct or outdated info.
I’m so confused because I pre-ordered it and it tells me on Origin that it should be available on the 4th (today) yet it’s past midnight and I see nothing ready to download in my queue. I’m just so eager to play it I’m getting impatient! haha.
Reply to Kiana
Yeah I saw release date as today, too! Irritated haha
Reply to Ashley
It is june 5th at 11:30am in uk and still not available for ps4???
To everyone here like myself who is either British like myself or from the Republic Of Ireland then at 11pm, we will receive the right to download and play the new expansion pack.
Reply to Shamir Patel
Just over 8 hrs to go for you Shamir
35 minutes to go for download in Australia
I’m from the I’m the Uk and I downloaded protonVPN you get 7 day free trial. Chose the Australian VPN logged in to origin and says I can download it at 3pm. Your welcome.
Reply to Celine
Would I need to stay in Australia (with the VPN) to play it… or once I’ve downloaded it, I can just turn it off and play in the UK time… I’ve never used a VPN before ?? Thank you 🙂
Reply to Laura
No, just download the game, launch it, and then you can disable it if you need to. All it does is make your internet connection look like it’s coming from Australia, and as The Sims really only uses the internet for the gallery and whatnot, it won’t hurt to leave it connected for 8 hours.
I prefer Tunnelbear though!
how about countries such as Malaysia though 😀
Reply to lina
45 minutes for you…..!
Just downloaded mine…..8 minute download…..enjoy guys!
So is like Australia not getting it today? It’s 12:22 here and I still can’t purchase the game?
Why does Origin have a release date of June 4th?? Irritating! Lol
11pm for BST. In Ireland and the UK.
Pre-ordered. Origin says June 4 with no time. I guess technically they’re not wrong – I’m in the US but Central time, which puts release at 11pm on June 4 rather than 12am June 5. Was hoping for earlier in the day though…
Download a VPN (I use Tunnelbear) and set your time to Australia, and you can download it as soon as it releases there instead of waiting a full day.
Reply to Isla
location* I mean.
Reply to Isla
Bless You
Turkey is in european time too so in turkey its 1am release time.
i have playstation 4 so do i find it on playstation store?
Reply to elias
plz help
Reply to elias
plz help
Reply to elias
help please 🙂
I’m in Australia, and it says in my Origin client that I can buy/download Eco now, but I want to buy it as part of a bundle pack, and it doesn’t show up as an option when I go to do that (it’s not greyed out or anything, it’s literally just not in the list of Expansion Pack options). Is there a lockout period for adding it to a bundle or something?
Here we go!!!! EEEEEH!
UK console peasant here, my partner on PC, she has it. I don’t. Simultaneously released my ballpit
Reply to Jay
Currently 01:28 BST, glaring at my PS4 and wondering where Eco Living has gotten to…
Reply to Jo
Same here, but I’m looking over at my partner on PC loving it
They use to have Benifits to preordering the games but I guess they don’t with this pack
Is there going to be an update at exactly 11?
Wait. It says it comes out June 5th in the US but the timer says it’s out in 36 minutes? It’s the 4th.
I’m on PS4 an it still is not showing on PSN. Is 12:00AM Here
Why did they lie, I stayed up until after midnight and still couldn’t retrieve the download. Says available June 5th 1pm. So what was all the countdown to midnight hype for?
Reply to TriciaNicole
Would have been nice to know all this. I didn’t even see a mention on their twitter. Could have changed the countdown time or something.
What time for New Jersey saids 12 midnight and I don’t see it ??
Why can’t ps4 users get it now? Countdown was for pc and counsel????
10past 6am and still no eco for ps4? A joke.
You treat console lienits doesnt count anyway…now we certainly know it.
Reply to Hollie
Like it doesnt count anyway*
Aaaand it didn’t release. Ps4 in North America, 1am EST. Not even an icon or anything in the store.
My xbox store says available from 6pm for the UK on the 5th of June if that helps anyone.
I play on console and have checked this morning and there is no eco lifestyle available for download. Is the console download later in the day?
Any one know the time this comes out on PS4? Still isn’t available on the store and its 8:30 am.
It’s really frustrating that it’s not out on ps4 yet. Specially because all/most of the game changers (and the gurus when they did that last live stream) advertised that it would come out on all systems on June 5th. I must’ve restarted my system 5 times before I went on my laptop to investigate the origins site. Just says Available June 5 …it is June 5th
Can’t make a bundle 🙁 Do we know when this is fixed???
I can’t make a bundle 🙁 Do we know when this is fixed???
Instill havent received it I’m on console and pre-ordered it.. so annoyed
Sims 4 I’m honestly getting tired like. Your soon gonna make me stop playing. I only have 1 day off and you screw it up.
I’m a PS4 sims player… and I’m still waiting for the game to pop up in the PS4 shop and it’s not there??? 🙁 Anyone else the same?
Reply to Chloe
Yup, PS4 here too, UK. Stayed up last night and watching my partner play it from 11pm till about 3am. Wake up this morning at 10:30, still nothing for me. Great.
Not impressed told it come out on the 5th. Been checking the store hourly and still nothing disappointing honestly.
Is it released yet in the uk??
Packs on ps4 allways come out at 6pm or 7pm most of time i hate it. Waiting all day. But better then waiting 8 weeks or more. But this is the same day as pc here hopeing it come before 6 or 7
And am in the uk
Well I am pissed! Took the day off work for this because of the midnight release claim… It’s now 7:45am and still nothing for PS4… Wtf.
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