EA Publisher sale

"Goth583;c-16337108" wrote:

"Chazzzy;c-16336048" wrote:
I am on the floor laughing at them having a sale every 4 days. I mean, they might as well just give it away at this point. Even brand new packs are immediately on sale right when initially released.

I personally think when a product is constantly on sale for a reduced price it lowers its value.

I saw the base game for $9.99 on Origin last week, I think that's pretty much what they are doing at this point. Everyone should just wait for a sale before buying anymore EPs, GPs, or SPs.

The basegame is different from the packs because it only is targeted at completely new simmers. What EA is doing here is to try to tempt new simmers to try the game by offering it for a discount in only short periods such that they don’t think that the discounts are about the game becoming old and uninteresting. EA clearly (IMO) just want them to take the decision fast before they maybe change their mind.

The packs are different because they of course instead are targeted at simmers who already have the basegame. Here EA wants even old packs to still have their full price such that simmers don’t buy the old packs instead of the new ones. But especially the most expensive packs can also be used to tempt simmers who couldn’t afford them by giving them short periods where they can be bought cheaply. But preferably only at times where EA has released new expensive packs recently. So I am quite sure that this is EA’s strategy ;)