"pepperjax1230;c-16374269" wrote:
"Goldmoldar;c-16372474" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-16363566" wrote:
This is a tad misleading. Not all of the features in the pack require Cats and Dogs.
You are right not all features require C&D but looking at EA Maxis strategy it may influence those that have yet to get C&D and if folks do wish or interested in the features that are not activated w/o C&D may in turn buy C&D.
The only thing that requires Cats & Dogs is for the outfits cat and dog beds a toy box for the cats and dogs and a feeding bowl otherwise it can stand on its own.
I don't see anything about this stuff pack that will influence somebody to shell out more for Cats&Dogs if they weren't planning to. At best it would push them over the edge to say yes because there's more pet stuff now. At worst it would put them off completely thanks to all the bad press. Reverse 'best' and 'worst' as you see fit.
Obviously EA would like you to buy C&D if you don't have it already. But the only persons who would be influenced, is somebody who is willing to shell out an extra $30 for a pack they weren't otherwise going to get - that contains animals they previously didn't care about using - to access all the stuff in the $10 pack when the only new Gameplay object could be fully accessed without it anyway. Which is so ridiculous that I refuse to consider it an intelligent argument for any reason. As for completionists, well, they would have bought C&D either way...
Like, pet clothes require C&D to use. If you don't have C&D, you won't see them, but you wouldn't exactly use them because you don't have the pets. Same for the pet bowls and beds. You can still decorate with them but your pets can't use them because you have no pets. The pack is smaller and less useful without, but it's far from forcing you to get C&D. After all, it's just Stuff.
Hey, it's perfectly possible that some people will buy it without realising you get the most out of it WITH C&D. But this pack is specifically aimed at people who own or plan to own C&D - it's a money-grub but EA isn't intentionally tricking anybody in its trailers. Such an act would be a mistake made by not watching a trailer or reading any reviews - no matter how gushing, they all mention this - in which case it's really your own fault.
Honestly, there's more in a pack like bowling influencing people to get Get Together (eg setting up bowling clubs - IF you like bowling) than there is in a pack like MFP influencing them to get Cats&Dogs.
