When Horse Ranch was released, it became apparent, to me anyway, that it was basically a Game Pack sold as an Expansion Pack. This didn't immediately raise my suspicions. We've seen gamespansion packs before. Then we found out that, for the first time in Sims 4 history, we would be going an entire calendar year without a new Game Pack. Also for the first time, we were getting three Expansion Packs in a year. This had me wondering. Is the Game Pack series over? From now on will they sell all of their GP-type content as Expansion Packs? Edit: It's been brought to my attention that my poll options are too vaguely worded. "Game Packs will never die!"=You are firmly convinced that Game Packs will return next year. "They're still alive, I think"=You expect them to return next year, but there's room for doubt. "Insufficient data"=You don't think there's enough information to form an expectation. Maybe they'll return, maybe they won't. "They're mostly dead"=You do not expect Game Packs to return ever again, but there's room for doubt. "They're on a break"=You expect Game Packs to return after a long hiatus, similar to Stuff Packs after Paranormal. "Dead as a door nail"=You are firmly convinced that we'll never see another Game Pack.

Pure speculation. We thought stuff packs were dead but we're getting one in 9 days!

I'm not sure whether HR was a one-off or not in terms of it being an EP that should have been a GP. I suspect that the original concept might have been for it to be a GP, but it was bumped up to an EP for financial reasons. It was probably more expensive to make than a typical GP. But, we'll have to wait for a few more packs to come out to know whether GPs are actually dead. My gut says they're not, though.

Game packs are the best bang for your buck. you get a lot of what you're looking for for just $20. Sometimes even a new world. I kind like them more than the expansions at times. It could be, it;s a lot of work for the development team, almost as much as an expansion, they figured to make up for the time they could only produce $5 kits, now they have the time, post lockdown, & want to make up for what they may have lost in the low production stage.

Can we stop saying horse ranch was game pack? I mean it was not 40.00 dollars,but definatly had more stuff than a game pack.

I think it's a little soon to call them dead lol. Besides, we're due for our next occult next year, and fairies are a fan favorite... Assuming they don't give us a three year gap, like they did between Servos and werewolves.

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Superstara140
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
"Horrorgirl6;c-18311925" wrote:
"ULIBABA66;c-18311920" wrote:
"Horrorgirl6;c-18311645" wrote:
Can we stop saying horse ranch was game pack? I mean it was not 40.00 dollars,but definatly had more stuff than a game pack.

Thank you for saying this! Also Growing Together had way more content than a GP, too.

Yeah there was also a lot of content.I don't think milestones or compabilaty needed to be in base game.

Yess true! I am just so ready for them to bring on something unexpected (but with a great concept and execution) like Get Together or Eco Lifestyle, well at the same time these realism-focused expansion packs have been decent too, especially Growing Together. But I agree that we should stop calling Horse Ranch a GP, it definitely is an EP, even if it had less than some of the other recent EPs, it did have more content than a GP. I love nectar making a lot <3
SheriSim
Seasoned Hotshot
2 years ago
I think they made horse ranch an expansion pack to give us a big world to ride the horses in, we probably wouldn’t have gotten wine making either if it were a game pack.
Horrorgirl6
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
"SheriSim57;c-18312013" wrote:
I think they made horse ranch an expansion pack to give us a big world to ride the horses in, we probably wouldn’t have gotten wine making either if it were a game pack.

We also wouldn't have ranch hands,sheep or goats.
FreddyFox1234
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
"BreeSasha;c-18312041" wrote:
I think gamepacks are around to stay, although we didn't get one this year, I expect we'll get one next year. We'll be taking a break from expansions after getting 3 this year.

My guess is that as well as having a GP early on next year (first roadmap), we’ll still get an EP as well at some point during the year. That’s based on my theory that the three EPs this year are catching up on a backlog, in which case next year should feel kind of ‘normal’ (so at least one GP, at least one EP, at least one SP and presumably some kits). That’s my hope anyway :)
Player_srr5r59i
2 years ago
"ULIBABA66;c-18311918" wrote:
"LJK;c-18311839" wrote:
With the sentiment here, the upcoming roadmap would be a great time to announce a future occult/fantasy based game pack. Bit of a stretch, but here's hoping that Grim Reaper career that appeared in a survey comes to light.

They already revealed the roadmap for the rest of the year, hopefully Grim Reaper GP is coming early 2024 :)

Wait, October-December are not getting any packs?

EDIT: Ah, found it. Surprisingly difficult to find, I had no idea another expansion pack was coming.
thatdamian123
2 years ago
Most EPs feel like bloated game packs let’s be real.. if they can get away with charging more money they gonna do it
thornwill
Seasoned Scout
2 years ago
I hope they're taking some time to create a good fairies pack for the next spring.
Glamoursky
2 years ago
Was this post really necessary? Of course they're not dead.
AlanMckenzie123
New Spectator
2 years ago
They took a long break from Stuff Packs and we recently got a pretty good one so maybe they're working on a Game Pack. They also probably wanted to see the response to Kits and seems like they were cheaper to make and profitable.

2023 was also the first time we got 3 Expansion Packs in one year so those are my priority lol, would rather have more of that. The long break between packs probably had to do with COVID.
MarteziaKing
2 years ago
Of course they're not dead. The reason why I think we didn't get a GP or two this year is because the team wanted to hype up the long-waited return of SPs by announcing and releasing Home Chef Hustle. Another possible reason (more of a theory) is that maybe we were supposed to get one this year, only for it to be replaced by For Rent at some point and was pushed back to a 2024 release date. I knew something was up when the current roadmap mentioned that a third EP was getting released this year, something that the team never did before until now, and that a GP wasn't mentioned all at, especially since this is the final roadmap of the year. If they do release two GPs next year, one of them is most likely going to be based on fairies (fairies were heavily hinted at in Growing Together alongside horses, the main feature of Horse Ranch) while the other will be of some unknown theme. ?