Sims 4 suddenly stopped working?

The game "Sims 4" just needed a required update. So I installed this. Now when I try to open the game, I always get a message that the game can't be started (see photo). Now wanted to ask whether someone felt the same after this required update (date of the update: Friday; 01/22/2021)? Is it because of the game and the update or is it because of my laptop (have a Sony Vaio E Series. Actually, the game always ran without problems here…)?

Thank you for all the reply!

That is really annoying! After all, things should run better than worse after the update.

Have you tried checking the game files for errors?
Simply right-click the game in Origin and then click "Check game files for errors". It may be that an error has crept in after the update and this prevents the game from starting.

Alternatively, a complete reinstallation of the game could help. But first try the step above. Maybe then it works!