You could say that every Sims 4 pack is optional too. Or at least, that's what EA is saying. AGAIN. And NO. You can't have it both ways. There's a mod to travel in Sims 3? Well then, EA didn't make a complete game with the ability to travel between worlds - modders filled in the gaps.
Don't worry about TS5. I keep saying it, if you're so certain that EA is doing this all for profit (which it IS) then you can count on there not being a Sims 5. EA is appealing to more players by making Sims 4 ports. And DLC. It's more profitable.
It just irritates me something chronic when people talk like Sims 3 is a saint and EA's Store, with its exorbitant prices and mountains of reskins, was totally not a way to cash-grab that went on throughout the entirety of the game's duration just because it has some great gameplay items. It was just a DIFFERENT way to cash-grab. It's no shame to admit that EA was just as enthusiastic with its money-vacuum with Sims 3 as it is with Sims 4.
No DLC should have overlapping content. That goes for the bundles too - why should I pay for something I already have? Don't reduce the price - just don't double up the content and make different content for it instead! Look at Sims 3 Late Night and Sims 3 Supernatrual. Vampires were used TWICE. Why does everybody overlook that?
