Deligracy's review of the new SP trailer

Good for Deligracy for being critical of this pack, I'm glad youtubers aren't falling in line with EA's agenda. Iron Seagull has also been very critical of this pack

Andrew Arcade's also been rather critical. And indeed, I'm happy they're speaking out about this, too. It's important :(

I'm very happy to see such big "influencers" being critical of this pack. It gives me hope that it won't happen again.

Wew. Even Deligracy...


"...but I don't want EA to get into the habit of giving us less in expansion packs, dumbing the expansion packs down in order to make an add-on enticing”

This is only the beginning. They've managed to resist, but expect more carved-up content in the future.

Honestly, there's a strong chance I'll stop playing. I paid full price for C&D, and I own every pack released. EA's history shows this can only get worse.

"SimTrippy;d-936354" wrote:
Back on topic ... I don't understand why they're doing this, I honestly just don't.

I really hope this doesn't come across unkindly, but do you really not? They're testing the waters to see what they can get away with. EA does this with every series.

Even if I technically like the stuff that's in it, as opposed to these early access reviewers, I don't get these packs for free and I just cannot bring myself to pay for this one. I feel like I already did.

Because we did.

I don't really keep up with who's cool in the Sim community (social media gives me a headache!), but I'm glad to see some popular, influential people take a stand against this. Loud opposition is the only way EA might consider paying attention to their customers for once.

"LaraNocturnal;c-16364843" wrote:
Wew. Even Deligracy...


"...but I don't want EA to get into the habit of giving us less in expansion packs, dumbing the expansion packs down in order to make an add-on enticing”

This is only the beginning. They've managed to resist, but expect more carved-up content in the future.

Honestly, there's a strong chance I'll stop playing. I paid full price for C&D, and I own every pack released. EA's history shows this can only get worse.

I sincerely hope enough people will stand up against this for them to realise there's a limit before I ever need to turn my back on this franchise ... cause I really do enjoy the game and own every pack & I honestly don't regret buying them, but I couldn't ever forgive myself for buying this one.

And yeah, I get they may be "testing the waters", but it seems like such an incredibly dumb business decision, I can't get over it ..

ETA: what I mean by dumb is that they already don't have too much goodwill to go by ... I sometimes feel like every time they get some credit from the community, they do whatever they can to reverse it :D and the fact they're barely even trying to hide what they're doing this time? Yeah, no, this will continue to baffle me.

I'm so glad the youtubers are voicing their real opinions on this! Hopefully this makes a difference as to whether EA does this stuff in the future or not

We better get ferrets in the future.

Youtubers have a lot of power in how content is received by the public (who may not necessarily be avid players like the people on this forum for example). It's good that most of those who I watch have expressed their concerns. Hope this is the last we see of this exploitative model of marketing from the game