cebmarin, if you wait long enough the dlc goes on deep discount sales, except for kits. A majority of the SP only cost me $2.50. The majority of the GP only cost me about $10 to $15. I also only buy EPs when they are $25 or less. It does mean you wait for a year or longer, but then the severe bugs at the dlc launch is often times fixed. I don't buy any game at launch. In fact, I did not purchase Sims 4 until 2016, because my original copy of Sims 1 would not even download on Windows 10. I know the base game became free, but I purchased it for $40 on sale.