Why is the Sims 3 store still so expensive???

"SuzyCue72;c-17641695" wrote:

"GraceyManor;c-17638871" wrote:

maybe close the whole thing instead lol

This I hope not.I have no decent place to backup up an entire store.

@GraceyManor I have everything from the Store, except some of the early branded stuff, and it only takes up 11,1GB. So it should be easy for you to find ways to store your Store items (pun not intended).

For example you could buy a couple of 32GB USB-sticks, and you can also use the hard drive from your last laptop that recently died. Just buy a hard drive case, put the salvaged HDD in there and voila you got a new external hard drive all of a sudden without any extra cost. :)

I don't trust myself taking apart a laptop.I didn't even setup my desk top.
And don't want to pay a company to do it.lol

EA needs to remind everyone of their greediest scheme with the franchise.

Why should it go down in price? Sometimes things just end without getting cheaper. Just because it's old doesn't mean they have to give it away - is my view.

Greed? If people don't think it's worth it, they won't buy it. I don't buy TS4 even if it's free. Sometimes, prices even goes up when it's older. :lol:

"Rflong7;c-17642454" wrote:
Why should it go down in price? Sometimes things just end without getting cheaper. Just because it's old doesn't mean they have to give it away - is my view.

Greed? If people don't think it's worth it, they won't buy it. I don't buy TS4 even if it's free. Sometimes, prices even goes up when it's older. :lol:

Agreed!

Personally, I always thought the store was overpriced in some regard but quite reasonable in others. Packs & worlds have quite a lot of content from the price, and in the long run, it has been more than worth it to me, considering the many years of enjoyment that I've had from the items from the store.

I haven't bought everything myself, I've had wonderful and generous friends who have gifted me things, or joined contests or raffles, and I've paid it forward by gifting to others in return. I no longer do that and haven't for years because of greedy beggars and somewhat cliquish groups that fragmented a once lovely and lively gifting community.

I think compared to a pack like TS4 Cats & Dogs, or whichever pack it was that was mainly filled with decals, and floor tiles being passed off as "Pet Blankets" ( absolutely disgraceful ) the TS3 store is amazing. It is probably still priced as it is because it is still a useful commodity that is making dollars for EA.

You can always try the Daily Deals, Make Me An Offer page, or simply buy a few things at a time until you buy enough of a set for it to qualify for the "Complete Your Set".

I'm not going to engage much with this topic but the TS3 Store has by far the highest per-item cost of any mode of DLC purchasing in the franchise yet, and for every bad TS4 dog/cat bed (I'm mad too don't worry) there were Store items that were broken (categorized for the wrong ages, recolor channels broke, can't repair without route failing, and this is just stuff I actually remember) or in one case, the same item you got with an EP (the planter bowl is literally a palette swap of a Supernatural one) I can say that my favorite sims game was also greedy to the max as EA has been for over a decade.

"Uzone27;c-17641749" wrote:
Probably as simple as literally no one minding the store.
I doubt anyone even looks at it anymore unless they get an alert that it's broken

I actually agree, I hope someone can quickly work on the store and slash all prices by half. I would literally buy everything!

"InfraGreen;c-17642948" wrote:
I'm not going to engage much with this topic but the TS3 Store has by far the highest per-item cost of any mode of DLC purchasing in the franchise yet, and for every bad TS4 dog/cat bed (I'm mad too don't worry) there were Store items that were broken (categorized for the wrong ages, recolor channels broke, can't repair without route failing, and this is just stuff I actually remember) or in one case, the same item you got with an EP (the planter bowl is literally a palette swap of a Supernatural one) I can say that my favorite sims game was also greedy to the max as EA has been for over a decade.

Agree with the bolded! I love some of the store items so much and cant imagine my game without them but some of the individual items felt really expensive like the changing station, which i have, but it costs almost 600 simpoints and that feels like a lot.

"sam123;c-17643052" wrote:

"Uzone27;c-17641749" wrote:
Probably as simple as literally no one minding the store.
I doubt anyone even looks at it anymore unless they get an alert that it's broken

I actually agree, I hope someone can quickly work on the store and slash all prices by half. I would literally buy everything!

I disagree. I'm betting many people still go and buy from the Store.

I've also found that I have to redownload all my store stuff many times because the game doesn't like me moving and saving TS3packs on other drives. :( It's becomes a pain. I really want all my stuff in an easy to download compilation. :lol:

I literally got all the Compilations for cheap without them having to slash prices. I bought the cheapest bits of sets, which were part of other sets which I got for nearly nothing to actually total a compilation. You don't have to pay half to get most of the store.

*Besides the Worlds. :( I wouldn't never had the worlds without so many Generous Simmers. :heart:
Also, I won a few Simpoint from competitions which I gifted to others in the Competitions. And EA messed up a few times with WA registrations and a lot of us got the 10$ registration again. iirc :cookie:

"Rflong7;c-17642454" wrote:
Why should it go down in price? Sometimes things just end without getting cheaper. Just because it's old doesn't mean they have to give it away - is my view.

Greed? If people don't think it's worth it, they won't buy it. I don't buy TS4 even if it's free. Sometimes, prices even goes up when it's older. :lol:

I agree. Still a whole lot of people playing and enjoying the Sims 3, myself included. I bought the base game for Sims 4 and hated it so I've stuck with what I like and that's 2 and 3. I have most of the store but I don't expect them to lower the prices or give stuff away because "it's an old game".