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"SimmerGeorge;c-17865590" wrote:

"Bluelle;c-17865566" wrote:

I'd be totes down for more occults AFTER a Generations-type pack, simply because the game is in need of it. It would help improve the core of the game, which is what TS4 really needs. Adding more occults before doing something to the core game would just follow the same pattern of adding more fancy decorations onto an unstable foundation like the recent packs have done.

@Bluelle But that's exactly my arguement against a Generations pack. If a pack like this has features so important to the core of the game, why isn't it in the base game. DLC is supposed to expand the game in different directions, not improve its core. That's the base game's job. And I personally do not think it's okay to pay more for something so crucial to a life simulation game. That's what I thought with the Sims 3 Generations as well.

If we start relying on DLC to make the life stages fleshed out and fun, which are one of the most important base game features, then I think we're missing the point.
I personally don't want free babies, more activities for kids and teens and improved life states in a DLC. At least this to me is a feature the base game should cover. Just my opinion really.

Because it's EA, and EA wants to make money? It's really that simple.

Same can be said for Seasons and even Pets. Both of those things are also very important in a life simulation game, yet they still are EP's.

We are talking about The Sims 4 here. Even with a bazillion of DLC's, the game is still lacking..
In fact the Sims 4 is all about relying on DLC (and mods) to make the game more ''fun'' (short term), this is because indeed the basegame and the core of the game itself is still lacking after almost 7 years..

EA isn't a charity. If they know they can make money somehow, they gladly will take advantage of that.

I am not against any occult pack or whatsoever, but in my humble opinion occults can wait a little. There are (again, in my opinion) more important areas that still need coverage. One of them is Generations fleshing out all the life stages.

By now we know it's very unrealistic to think EA is going to do that by free updates. Maybe a few things here and there, but most of it we will have to pay for.

But in the end it is all up to EA and what they decide to release next. We can scream and shout and moan and complain about what we want next on the forums, but that doesn't change anything anyway. It comes when it comes.

And also in the end there are so many people wanting different stuff. The community is so diverse. There is a market for every theme.