Pre-Order Bonuses from Older Packs?

Forgive the late response. The forum decided that 1) no one replied to this thread, even when refreshing, and I assumed it died. 2) I got 0 notifications for it. So, I’m going down the list and including this little note at the top of every post I respond to.

Pre-order is just another term for early buy incentive. It’s a bonus for buying the game/pack before the game/pack is ready. It’s an outdated system that was done so that you’d get the game on release for physical copies of the game. You know, midnight releases of Call of Duty. You could pre-order a copy to make sure you’d get it.

The thing is that most other companies offer these same items later on down the line. You get them as a, “Hey, thanks for pre-ordering/showing interest in the game and helping us pay for development :)! Here’s a bonus for free for you.” These aren’t usually actual objects, more small details and small bonuses here and there and, 9/10, you can buy these same things in the store or via currency. The Sims 4 is now free. Why not shove them into the Deluxe Edition that you used to be able to buy? It’s $10 and the content in it is mediocre. Including all the pre-order – sorry, early buy incentives – items would make people buy the pack. It’s the same-ish price as a Kit.

I own most of the items from various packs. I would love for everyone to get these items. I would not feel cheated at all. That’s a terrible mindset to gatekeep something from others because you got the pack on release day. It makes no sense. It’s three items that have zero impact on the game at all. It’s allowing everyone to get the same items. These three things should have come in the pack, no matter when you got it. I’m not going to demand they cease their FOMO-baiting practices, but let’s be realistic here, no one loses anything if people could get these items again down the line nor is there a reason to gatekeep them.

I have no issues with them for most games, but they make no sense in a single-player life simulation game.

In that same note, most games don’t have upwards of $1300 in DLC for it, either. Feels wrong to remove items from packs to induce FOMO. It should just be moved to the deluxe edition, to be honest.

Yes, but you also got to understand that there are people who will get the pack two to three weeks after release. It won’t be on sale then. Even then, I can’t help but wonder why it matters. Whether you get the item on release or a year after, EA still get your $60.

Limiting these items feels cheap, especially when there’s options to include them and not horde them and promote FOMO with time exclusive items.

This is still somewhat baffling to me. 

I also feel this. Logged in to get the rewards and I didn't even get them. Lmao. I'm not bothered for myself, more other people. Sucks to lose out on things in a game where you shouldn't miss out on them.

You mean an avatar for the forums? That’s wild. I work and it drives me to a different city every month or two. So, I don’t have time to get the packs as they often line up with me being gone. They often get announced and the pre-order starts just after I leave. When I get back, the pack is already released. Timing for me is perfect. I get a week or two of uninterrupted gaming! But… I miss out on the pre-order stuff because I cannot.

I’m on PC, so I can just get CC for them. But the console players are poorer for it and, well, I hate using B/B CC as I like uploading houses.

Time restricted events don’t make sense in a single-player life sim. I’m not sure what EA is doing.

Listen I understand not everyone have the ability to pay.There were times I couldn't buy or have to wait on sale.Its still a choice if you buy it or not.

The game is a luxury item. Not getting items sucks,but it's not a cheat or wrong to have them aviable for a limit time.

Not sure what 3rd party site you use. But some offer the bonus items. I know instant gaming does because I bought For rent from there and got it.

Okay, luxury or not, I’m still paying $60 for one expansion pack. Losing out on objects/content that should be in the $60 piece of content I purchased because I missed the deadline by three days because I’m working and do so in bursts of two months, missing all announcements and even the pre-order window the pack completely. But there are people who cannot afford the packs and, after saving for months, who have also purchased other packs, displaying loyalty, and finally get the pack only to realise they miss out of things because they couldn’t get money quick enough. Yeah, expensive hobby – $1300 worth of DLC for this game alone. Imagine paying that and missing out of three items per pack because you didn’t buy it on release day. Terrible outlook.

It has nothing to do with entitlement at all. In fact, I’d dare say it’s more entitled to gatekeep these items. Also, no one said that if you spend X money, you should get X items. No, the point was if you pay $60 for Lovestruck, you should get all the items associated with Lovestruck.

I get that it is nothing new, but most games don’t do it this way. They offer a deluxe edition that oft has the items. So, you pay more for them + other things. Mostly, pre-order bonuses these days are simply xp boosts or whatnot for multiplayer games. Single-player games do away with this and instead move the items to a deluxe edition – which the Sims 4 has. It costs $10. Moving the pre-order items to this (if you own it) makes more sense.

Also, no one mentioned them for free. I have stated multiple times they should go to the deluxe edition pack. The issue is there is no way to obtain them, whether from Lovestruck or any other older pack. Packs from years ago you still cannot obtain these items. Why?

Simple/rehashed items or not, they’re being excluded for almost no reason except for entitlement and to foster FOMO. If they’re so simple and simple rehashes, why limit them? Surely if that’s the case, no one would care otherwise, right?