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"Keiomestre;c-18026139" wrote:
I guess that is cheapest way for me to go, but I really don’t care for Showtime or Diesel packs.
If you purchase the bundle, do you really have to install the entire thing? The way these things worked in the past is that you still get the packs as individual programs and can choose which ones to install and when. It's often cheaper to overpurchase and just not use the ones that the player is not interested in.
Personally I really like the Diesel SP as far as SPs go, but of course that's just me. Showtime, meh I can take it or leave it except that it provides for Genies. And bananas. Oh, and dominoes. They always throw things like this into the EPs that makes each one of them vital to some of us, once we experience them. :)- The complete collection for $56!
"garapoes;c-18026925" wrote:
"igazor;c-18020743" wrote:
@KevinL5275 - I've been waiting for someone to point that out. It's not really up to EA (and no one from EA except the forum moderators reads this board anyway) to put products on sale at Steam. It is up to Steam/Valve as they are the reseller, and good luck trying to reach them for anything other than customer support.
What makes you believe it's Steam who decides what the price of a game is? It's the game publisher.
Logic dictates that the publisher enters into an agreement with an authorized re-seller that sets the suggested pricing and guidelines as to the min and max that the re-seller can charge. But I really don't think the publisher gets to dictate when and how sales happen. This isn't like the prices that are set for Steam by individual and smaller game creators and development studios under the standard contracts that we can all see. EA's agreements with Steam/Valve are not covered by those and are unique.
But this is admittedly my fault for applying logic to the gaming industry, so that was quite foolish of me. It's not like I have inside knowledge or anything like that, so of course I defer to others who do. :)- @ignominiusrex - Most of us have no problems running TS3 store content on Steam installs. You do require an Origin account to purchase points if you need them though, although that can be done by way of the Origin.com website and does not require the Origin client software. The Origin and TS3 store accounts need to match, meaning be for the same email address/end user.
- Hope there will be some Christmas sales
- @KevinL5275 - I've been waiting for someone to point that out. It's not really up to EA (and no one from EA except the forum moderators reads this board anyway) to put products on sale at Steam. It is up to Steam/Valve as they are the reseller, and good luck trying to reach them for anything other than customer support.
- CororonSeasoned RookieIf anyone on this forum promises a Steam sale it would only be vaporware.
:sunglasses: :sweat_smile: Sorry. - NikkeiSimmerRising Adventurer~evil smirk~ I suspect one of the conditions that EA put on Steam with regards to being allowed to "sell Sims 4" was a "non-compete clause" that they couldn't do their $5.99 Sims 3 pack sales any longer. There are conditions like that in business agreements.
So the likelihood of seeing Sims 3 packs on for those cheap prices ever again is probably slim to none. Even EA knows which one the better game is. :mrgreen: - Just brought Supernatural on Steam.
"igazor;c-18026145" wrote:
"Keiomestre;c-18026139" wrote:
I guess that is cheapest way for me to go, but I really don’t care for Showtime or Diesel packs.
If you purchase the bundle, do you really have to install the entire thing?
Well, yes, I am not one of those people who buy furniture and leave it inside the plastic or box forever, if you get the analogy.
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