Are Game Packs Dead?

"cyncie;c-18311735" wrote:
My guess is that they’re under development. The GP format seems to be where all of the occult packs land, so if we get anything new along those lines (fairies, zombies, upgraded aliens) that will probably be the format used. And, if they’re planning to continue TS4 alongside Renee, GPS and Stuff Packs might actually become more common than EPS because of the development requirements.

Not sure why we need to guess anything anymore they literally confirmed this game is not going to get dropped anytime soon and before anyone tags me or anything (with pure respect <3), YES SimGurus including SimGuruLyndsay herself, executive producer, confirmed Sims 4 WILL indeed continue to get content packs, updates AND support (not just the support), as they literally talked about spin-offs once the Rene segment in the latest Sims Summit stream started. I wasn't surprised about this announcement at all, as I knew from external reliable sources that this game will last a long time, possibly even decades to come, not just for a few more years, nope actually way longer than that. This game is a money machine so they have zero plans to drop it anytime soon + now it does seem like Rene is actually a side-game/spin-off with a different audience than The Sims 4, and the fact they mentioned the spin off games like Castaway, The Sims Bustin Out etc, implies it is planned as its own new Sims-themed game now, but yes I know they talked about that game getting DLC as well. Sims Medieval got one adventure pack as well, so technically spin-offs have already received expansion packs on their own outside the main Sims franchise. And I am pretty sure game packs are coming back next year, I am very happy a new SP is coming after a long while, however I had this feeling they would return, too. And I kind of had a strong "yup they are coming back sooner than we think" feeling once they replied to that comment about a player of Sims 4 missing the stuff packs. So now I am sure even if cars won't come this year (I kind of hope not because I love surprises every once in a while with the EPs, so hopefully the third EP of 2023 will be about something like apartment life or real estate rather than vehicles), that they will most likely come next year. 2024 does feel like the defining year for cars to arrive to Sims 4. But I believe they will need to be supported by an expansion packs that will make sense with a possible Cars base game update, they always need the budget for base game updates so it will be created with the content packs resources like it has always been.