Announcement"S" confirmed for EA Play

I can’t believe they’re still sticking with this awful cringe secretive marketing strategy where the hype up ~something~~ amazing coming ‘soon’ all the time, then we don’t hear anything for ages, then it finally drops and it’s meh ?
Makes me nostalgic for the sims disc and preview pamphlet days lol this is just a mess now

"sunspriter;c-17083585" wrote:
I can’t believe they’re still sticking with this awful cringe secretive marketing strategy where the hype up ~something~~ amazing coming ‘soon’ all the time, then we don’t hear anything for ages, then it finally drops and it’s meh ?
Makes me nostalgic for the sims disc and preview pamphlet days lol this is just a mess now

Seasons wasn't meh so I doubt a Tropical Pack will be either.

"sunspriter;c-17083585" wrote:
I can’t believe they’re still sticking with this awful cringe secretive marketing strategy where the hype up ~something~~ amazing coming ‘soon’ all the time, then we don’t hear anything for ages, then it finally drops and it’s meh ?
Makes me nostalgic for the sims disc and preview pamphlet days lol this is just a mess now

Same. I've mentioned this before but we used to get pamphlets for the next EP when the current EP itself was released. Nothing too concrete, it was just the overall theme, but at least we knew something

Here's a simmer who posted the inserts that were included in the packs: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16416734/#Comment_16416734

I miss the golden age of The Sims. I know TS2 wasn't without its problems, but I thought it peaked somewhere near TS2's end

"Gamerlil;c-17082987" wrote:
If they only announce the expansion I'll have to wither away back behind my keyboard I will be a bit disappointed

Frankly, if they announce any new pack, I'll be delighted. As usual, the community is running away with expectations.

I'm really looking forward to next Saturday. I'll be parked in front of my computer eagerly awaiting the announcement.

"IrishSimmer21;c-17083979" wrote:
I'm really looking forward to next Saturday. I'll be parked in front of my computer eagerly awaiting the announcement.

Same here!

@invisiblgirl Lol. It's because packs normally do get announced before EA play. It's a reasonable deduction. Not running away with anything. Let people discuss things and be excited, this is a discussion forum after all.

"@KaeChan2089;c-17081783" wrote:
I am sorry but this team is the biggest joke I have ever seen..I have NEVER in the time I have played The Sims have been so disappointed and seen such quiet and sorry excuse of a team...

Their communication plan is the worse I ever seen...
They better change there way of communicating or they are going to continue to lose customers and this is going to keep going downhill..

-shakes head- This is RIDICULOUS!

They literally released a free patch in April with more content than a Stuff Pack.
We also got a Podcast with an explanation of how they choose and announce packs.

They then told us THIS MONTH that a SP, GP & EP are coming in the next 6 months, that the next patch will have 350 swatches for base game items and that the next announcement is at EA Play.

That’s PLENTY of communication in 2 months. They can’t reveal content until they know the date it’s officially coming, but I feel like people are just ignoring all the communication we’ve had.

"jackjack_k;c-17085425" wrote:

"@KaeChan2089;c-17081783" wrote:
I am sorry but this team is the biggest joke I have ever seen..I have NEVER in the time I have played The Sims have been so disappointed and seen such quiet and sorry excuse of a team...

Their communication plan is the worse I ever seen...
They better change there way of communicating or they are going to continue to lose customers and this is going to keep going downhill..

-shakes head- This is RIDICULOUS!

They literally released a free patch in April with more content than a Stuff Pack.
We also got a Podcast with an explanation of how they choose and announce packs.

They then told us THIS MONTH that a SP, GP & EP are coming in the next 6 months, that the next patch will have 350 swatches for base game items and that the next announcement is at EA Play.

That’s PLENTY of communication in 2 months. They can’t reveal content until they know the date it’s officially coming, but I feel like people are just ignoring all the communication we’ve had.

People aren’t ignoring the communication, to many that communication is just not good enough. Fine if you personally think it is but that’s a pretty pathetically small amount of info to me. The free patch wasn’t anywhere near a stuff pack in my eyes, just some random leftover bugged out bits. I don’t care about their explanation of how they choose when they don’t actually give any new info or make it seem like they’re listening at all, to me that just sounds like constant pr covering their backs. Then telling us packs are coming without ANY info when or what they are, again, why on earth would I care about that??? Obviously packs are coming or the game is over. Again this is just my response, it’s cool that you have a different response, you do you, but don’t act like those of us who are disappointed in what we see as a real downturn in a game we have put so much time and money into and obviously want to love again, and know could be incredible if any real effort was made to address communication problems.

Personally I think their current strategy and team reshuffling is a straight up disaster lol but i still love playing and I’m not ignoring what they say, I’m just disappointed

I will watch the whole thing - I always do. I like a lot of EA's other games as well. I enjoy EA Play, E3, and Gamescom as well and watch them all.