A lot of players have been dealing with several issues that came with the game since it first released to the public. Now, there are players that are not able to play "The Sims 4", and that the only option is to update.
Players who are experiencing this issue have struggled and have voiced out their concern regarding the update. Windows Report relayed that "The Sims 4" is one of the most popular games in the world, with millions of active players and the title was launched in 2014, but it's still affected by various issues even after all this time.
Sometimes, "The Sim 4" won't update and there can be multiple manifestations of this issue: nothing happens when players hit the update button, the update process fails with an error, and more, as noted by the same post.
On a different note, before anything more drastic is done, it's important to check that the problem cannot be solve with a simple solution, and "The Sim 4" gamers can try restarting their computer first, and if that doesn't work, try repairing the game, and the repair option should be available after a right click on the game's icon, from the My Games section.
"The Sim 4" gamers can also deal with the origin. According to the same post, "Origin" is a service through which the game updates its files, remains up to date and receives the latest news and features from the developer's server and sometimes, problems with this service can cause the game to stop working or in this case to stop updating, and stop working as a consequence.
As for the claims and rumors regarding "The Sim 4," everything should be taken with a grain of salt in mind.