I've noticed that breaking things up means the actual gameplay has become deeper, so I feel like most of the time it's worth it. Like Hot Tubs coming in EPs, now they're SPs... True, but you got a bunch of other things with that pack as well as a Hot Tub. And look at the new minor pet. Isn't it everything you always wanted in a minor pet?
People complain about the number of packs, but you could say that every time Sims 3 Store released a new bundle, it was releasing a pack. And that makes for hundreds of packs. You could say it's optional... except that Sims 4 packs are optional too.
So you can't really say that Sims 4 piecemeals its packs more than Sims 3; it just does it differently. And if you say "If you don't like horses don't play them..." well, when horses come out in a GP for SIms 4 that'll be the case again. Only this time you wouldn't feel like you're wasting a third of an EP.
Face it, you could only ever play one Sims 3 world per save. FACE IT. So worlds were horrifically overpriced considering how much use you got out of them.
