EA to release 20 new content drops and Expansions in fiscal 2020

"catloverplayer;d-955182" wrote:
Doesn't sound good for Game and Stuffpacks cause they weren't mentioned.
https://twitter.com/SimsVIP/status/1092984609346854913

In previous financial reports, they call every part of DLC ''Expansion Packs''.

No way they are going to release a ton of (real) EP's in 1 year of time. Just 1, maaaaaaaaybe 2, and IF they are really ''generous'' maybe 3 at most.

"rudy8292;c-16944460" wrote:

"catloverplayer;d-955182" wrote:
Doesn't sound good for Game and Stuffpacks cause they weren't mentioned.
https://twitter.com/SimsVIP/status/1092984609346854913

They mentioned this before in their financial reports, but every piece of DLC are ''Expansion Packs'' to them.

No way they are going to release a ton of (real) EP's in 1 year of time. 2, MAYBE 3 at most.

I think what it meant is 2 EPs and 20 free content drops.

"catloverplayer;c-16944464" wrote:

"rudy8292;c-16944460" wrote:

"catloverplayer;d-955182" wrote:
Doesn't sound good for Game and Stuffpacks cause they weren't mentioned.
https://twitter.com/SimsVIP/status/1092984609346854913

They mentioned this before in their financial reports, but every piece of DLC are ''Expansion Packs'' to them.

No way they are going to release a ton of (real) EP's in 1 year of time. 2, MAYBE 3 at most.

I think what it meant is 2 EPs and 20 free content drops.

Possibly. There is a lot of free content left needing to be dropped, so they better start dropping. ;)

Well this is both heartening and disheartening.

Hmmmmmmmm, I just want fleshed out content, I don’t really care about a T-shirt here and there. I want gameplay.

They better get a move on. Not a lot of time in a year, business-wise.

"20 content drops across..."

Does that mean if they put out the same content for PC, mobile and console, there goes 3 of the 20? Then the same content for another round knocks out another 3 of the 20?
Depending on how much free patch content is spread across, that may not leave a whole lot of meaty content.

"WildIrishBanshee;c-16944485" wrote:
They better get a move on. Not a lot of time in a year, business-wise.

IIRC, FY 2020 doesn't start till April 1 -- I believe we're just finishing up FY 2019 this quarter.

GPs and SPs are likely being counted in the "expansion pack" category, since they expand the base game as well as the specific EP category does. So it may mean we'll be back to more free content (even if it's just challenges or little fun things, not necessarily actual content like we got in the Tuesday patch.

Kate's made it clear in Tweets that SPs and GPs are still A Thing -- it's likely that SPs might have had a bit of an overhaul after the poor reception of MFP, and maybe they were looking for a good theme for GPs. (It may mean they're working on a magic system that requires more resources than a GP so we could potentially see a modern reboot of Makin' Magic or similar magic system.)

The article says "20 new content drops and expansion packs", not "20 new content drops and X number expansion packs". I think the 20 will include any released packs.

Also, I would expect they count "Get Famous on PC!" and "Get Famous on Console!" as two separate drops given they are for separate devices with separate releases. That would reduce the number of free items/packs expected.

"catloverplayer;d-955182" wrote:
Doesn't sound good for Game and Stuffpacks cause they weren't mentioned. It sounds like Gamepacks and Stuffpacks are being replaced by free content drops.
https://twitter.com/SimsVIP/status/1092984609346854913

Hopefully we'll see 2 EP's this year as well.

But those 20 content drops are all across not just TS4.