"Gita;c-16379850" wrote:
"SageRainWillow;c-16379577" wrote:
Yes, I will be buying it. I am conflicted over the issues with this SP. I don't know if it was a money grab. I tend to think more on business terms. The SP, GP, and EP teams have deadlines. They don't just issue a pack whenever they feel like it. I don't know if perhaps resources got diverted, key staff were on leave, or if they just phoned this one in, but I think something more happened. Of course, we will never be told what might have caused it.
That being said, I am looking forward to the pack as I have wanted minor pets. I was hoping for more pets and more interactive, but animation does seem to be the Archilles heel of TS4.
deadlines? The tumblr community made a pet stuff pack within a week. It can't be that hard for professionals to make something better in the same time, can it?
Yes, it can. When you consider they have to get approval for every item, certain work is outsourced to other companies so there's lead time involved, translators have to vet all descriptions to make sure it's compatible in all languages, and everything is usually storyboarded in advance. The professional arena is a lot different than modders making whatever they want, whenever they want without any approval for brand standards and project scope.
Yes, they missed their mark on this pack. That much is clear. But running a business is considerably different than modding in one's spare time.
