I've been playing since the TS1. I just recently started playing TS4 this year. So, I don't experience the lack of 'expected' contents in the TS4 base games - toddlers, pool, CAW, etc. since the first day it released. So far, it's good, I probably don't own all the packs yet. This franchise could do better knowing that they have a huge fan base, who has been playing this series since TS1 and the new simmers who are starting to play either in PC/Mac or other platforms such as console & mobile (I even play it with my nephews! - so far they like being a vampire, alien, & a cat). They could do better not only to giving the players what they want the most, but to give us the reason why we want to play it first & continue to play.