Big Announcement Coming Dec 16th Maxis Monthly

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17342841" wrote:

"alan650111;c-17341079" wrote:

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17340788" wrote:

"alan650111;c-17339955" wrote:

"LeGardePourpre;c-17339807" wrote:
Return of SimGuruCopeland and the Store !

I hope a store NEVER makes a return! It was sooo overpriced and awful.

TS3 had both stuff packs and the store. But why rage about it? No one is forcing you to buy from it. Having a Sims store is a win-win situation. It's there for the people who want it and the people who don't can just ignore it. Besides, there are a variety of ways to get stuff there at much discounted prices. None of the things I've bought there were purchased full price.

It's not a win win when they put functional objects behind pricey sets. The piecemeal way they sold stuff made one have to spend much more for equal amount you'd get in an average stuff pack. The stuff packs that include functional objects for only 10 bucks versus Sims 3's 20 dollar stuff packs are far better.

Then why do people who have TS4 keep complaining that the game still feels imcomplete, empty and still missing so many things? Even after buying all the junk for it?

TS3 was just the opposite! It gave players so many options! You can get any or all of the things for the game but you didn't have to buy all of them to make it meaty or complete. Many TS3 players do have everything that is sold for it - the EPs, the SPs and everything from the store - they had 10 years to do that. But you must realize that this isn't a requirement, right? Plenty of other TS3 players don't have all of it, but rather have a combination of some EPs, SPs and some or no store items. They just buy whatever they want for their playing style and it is enough for them. But one thing none of them will ever say is that it doesn't feel complete or there aren't enough things to do in it.

Also like I've said, a lot of the store items can be bought at a discount. Also, there are so many great fan made cc and mods for TS3 that it is quite okay if one can't get everything at the Sims 3 Store.

And since you don't care for that stuff, why should you care if other people buy from the Sims 3 Store?

because opinions are subjective. One man's piss is another man's jewel. Many people don't like change, want things to remain the same, or simply believe their opinion is best. Any of which leads to disappointment if expectations aren't met. There are many opinions regarding TS4 none of which are best considering they are just that: opinions, neither right nor wrong, just are.