"LiELF;c-16995025" wrote:
"Naus;c-16994723" wrote:
"Beardedgeek;c-16994694" wrote:
Different scope of expansion. Different price point. Etc.
Different scope of expansion??? Both are smaller additions than Expansion Packs but larger than Stuff Packs.
Price points are pretty similar.
Lucky Palms costs US$ 17.12 for Standard Edition or US$24 for the Gold Edition.
But it costs less the bigger the bundle you buy. The 24360 bundle for US$ 106.99 makes it so 1 SimPoints = US$ 0.0043. With this bundle Lucky Palm costs $10 the Standard Edition and $14 the Gold Edition.
I'm not sure where you are getting these price points. Maybe I'm missing something, but right now, when I look it up, if I want to buy Lucky Palms this very moment, just the standard version, I have to spend a minimum of $30 (USD). The cost of Sim Points right now in Origin are:
$10 for 1000 Points
$20 for 2040 Points
$40 for 5000 Points
...And beyond that, it gets really crazy with the costs. And here is the actual point cost listed with Lucky Palms in the store:
Standard: 2450
Gold: 3524
So when I look at this, I have to pay at least $30 for standard edition, and a whopping $40, the cost of an expansion pack, for the gold edition, which only includes a few paltry extra items. (See @Ceres_Meiriona 's post for the scant things you get with this world for both price points.)
No way is it worth this. No way. The Sims 3's store and point system is just one of the several crude choices that were made for Sims 3 that made me turn away from it right after base game release because it was such an insulting, obscene way to clean out players' pockets. Looking at this again just reinforces that. If ever there was an example of EA blatantly making a capitalistic lunge to sell out the Sims franchise, this is it.
StrangerVille, at $20, which is what the company charged during Sims 3's reign for a Stuff Pack, is by far the better deal.
THIS. Sims 3's STUFF packs were 20 dollars AND didn't even include gameplay items. (Except High End Loft Stuff which had an electric guitar and aquarium.) I stand my ground--in every regard--Sims 4's price points and value are beyond superior to me!!
