It’s been so...
Quiet. I mean I know Seasons just came out a little over a month ago but I still can’t help but have anxiety over new content. I haven’t bought seasons yet because I’m trying to get all my legac...
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> It has been 2 months and that is not a long time at all. I wouldnt blame anyone for finding this mindset to be strange.
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> They wanted to use their new and improved communication strategy, but instead they took away quarterly teasers and there has been silence for months. I think some frustration here is understandable.
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> Two (2) months. And the last release was an expansion. If it were a stuffpack or something then maybe I would kind of understand people expecting more so soon.. but this I cannot comprehend. I've never played a game before where people expected new DLC to be constantly pumped out in a 2 month time period
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> Welcome to the era of instant gratification.
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> The unfortunate reality is that it means that in the rush to pump out more content, to satisfy the masses, the quality is lacking. I've got no problem with a 6+ month wait between smaller content, and 12+ months for larger packs, so long as the quality is there. But that doesn't satisfy the masses. They want something 'new' every month, or less, and then will whine that it's not good quality.
Congratulations on the straw man argument. No one is asking for new content "every month, or less."
It has varied over time, but dating all the way back to Sims 1, it has been pretty typical to get new content _roughly_ every three months, or once a quarter. (I.e., about four new packs a year, often more.) It has also usually been the m.o. to get some kind of prior notice about the release. Now, it has been two months and 11 days since the last pack; normally you would expect to see some sort of announcement right around now to hit that three month mark. Moreover... again, for MOST of the run of the various Sims games... it has been traditional to receive hints or teasers of some kind well in advance of that point.
So, again, no one is demanding the release of new content every couple of weeks. What we are saying is that we are getting less _information_ about releases than we have in the past, and we miss it. If that bothers you, don't read the posts.
> Reksoh wrote: »
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> wormstache999 wrote: »
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> Reksoh wrote: »
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> It has been 2 months and that is not a long time at all. I wouldnt blame anyone for finding this mindset to be strange.
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> They wanted to use their new and improved communication strategy, but instead they took away quarterly teasers and there has been silence for months. I think some frustration here is understandable.
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> Two (2) months. And the last release was an expansion. If it were a stuffpack or something then maybe I would kind of understand people expecting more so soon.. but this I cannot comprehend. I've never played a game before where people expected new DLC to be constantly pumped out in a 2 month time period
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> Welcome to the era of instant gratification.
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> The unfortunate reality is that it means that in the rush to pump out more content, to satisfy the masses, the quality is lacking. I've got no problem with a 6+ month wait between smaller content, and 12+ months for larger packs, so long as the quality is there. But that doesn't satisfy the masses. They want something 'new' every month, or less, and then will whine that it's not good quality.
Congratulations on the straw man argument. No one is asking for new content "every month, or less."
It has varied over time, but dating all the way back to Sims 1, it has been pretty typical to get new content _roughly_ every three months, or once a quarter. (I.e., about four new packs a year, often more.) It has also usually been the m.o. to get some kind of prior notice about the release. Now, it has been two months and 11 days since the last pack; normally you would expect to see some sort of announcement right around now to hit that three month mark. Moreover... again, for MOST of the run of the various Sims games... it has been traditional to receive hints or teasers of some kind well in advance of that point.
So, again, no one is demanding the release of new content every couple of weeks. What we are saying is that we are getting less _information_ about releases than we have in the past, and we miss it. If that bothers you, don't read the posts.
