50% off exspanion packs on origin but not seasons

I'd like to get Seasons but it's still showing up at $51.99 here in Canada...

EDIT: I checked Twitter and it says to enter the code "CHOICESIMS" at checkout! I just tried it with Seasons but it says the code doesn't apply to one or more items in my cart which is confusing since Seasons is the only game in my cart and it was advertised...

I think the videos might be for an upcoming sale but have been released too early. The info text under the videos is weird for one thing and two near identical sale videos were uploaded at the same time. The code on the Sims Twitter page seems to be a different offer.
Speculating but looking at the thumbnail referenced in the info box

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GCsale might be refering to Gamescon which is in a week and a half.

I think somebody messed up somewhere, because the word "private" is in the description

Whether they didn't mean to post it or there is an error with the sale itself. They advertised it regardless, and didn't deliver. I hope we get the sale, otherwise false advertising under any circumstance sucks.

> @ob1noah said:
> Whether they didn't mean to post it or there is an error with the sale itself. They advertised it regardless, and didn't deliver. I hope we get the sale, otherwise false advertising under any circumstance plum.
It censored my last word, quick edit:

"it's not fun to be a witness to false advertising"

"Kartai;c-16669019" wrote:
If the video was marked as private it can mean that it was a special video for a friend or co-worker or someone they was giving the code to but somehow the video got uploaded to the public and that code they have to make a new one.

video game companies do give out discounts to special people it almost like you get invite to there Sims Camp. maybe it was for some very popular YouTuber? Overall there is no sale. if that code was not given out to anyone that is one mess someone did.

Why would they bother making an entire promotion for a select group of people though? It kind of defeats the purpose of a promotional video.

Hopefully it means there’ll be a sale soon... I really want seasons

What I don't understand is that these videos announcing a sale are still up when there is no actual sale.

> @Kartai said:
> video game companies do give out discounts to special people it almost like you get invite to there Sims Camp. maybe it was for some very popular YouTuber? Overall there is no sale. if that code was not given out to anyone that is one mess someone did.

if the official sims channel on youtube wished to give a youtuber a special discount code, they would contact that youtuber. they would /not/ post two different videos, one seven seconds long and one fifteen seconds long, that are clearly ads for up to 50% off on select expacs and game packs nor would those ads direct a fake special youtuber to origin for said sale.

a sale and a special code promotion are two different things. the videos posted on youtube are for an actual sale that will happen on origin at some point in time. a special promo code was posted onto the sims 4 twitter for 50% off the base game. those two are clearly very different in their reach and purpose.

again, a sale and a promo code are two different things. it's up to EA to: fix what they've done, apologize, and give a date for the sale or just ignore it until people stop bothering them about it.

Something is definitely not right. I've checked the promo videos and it says, "TS4 on sales now". It's not a matter soon or when. It should be now, which is soon after they uploaded the video. It is very misleading.. EA needs to rectify this... either pull down the promo ads or open up the promo as per advertised....