Sims 4's development is ending?

"AuzzPanda;c-16310626" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16300853" wrote:

"icmnfrsh;c-16300800" wrote:
I doubt it. This is the first game where we've only gotten 1 EP in a year. (For 2016 and 2017) It feels like things are moving slower here.

This is also the first game of the series that got the indepth specialty game packs - so keep that in mind.

Well yes but in TS3, for example, the combination of a game pack and an expansion of TS4 would pretty much add up to the same amount of content. Pretty sure GP's and half baked EP's is just a marketing move for more money :p

I agree. Once the new GP drops the game and all dlc will be over £400. More expensive than any of the predecessors. ( I worked it out)

"JoAnne65;c-16310741" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16310716" wrote:

"AuzzPanda;c-16310626" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16300853" wrote:

"icmnfrsh;c-16300800" wrote:
I doubt it. This is the first game where we've only gotten 1 EP in a year. (For 2016 and 2017) It feels like things are moving slower here.

This is also the first game of the series that got the indepth specialty game packs - so keep that in mind.

Well yes but in TS3, for example, the combination of a game pack and an expansion of TS4 would pretty much add up to the same amount of content. Pretty sure GP's and half baked EP's is just a marketing move for more money :p

You know something I own the entire Sims 3 store - bought most of it the day the store content came out. Money seems to be your issue - not mine. I like a game or content I buy the game and content. Not my issue. Don't care what you think - if it is worth it to me - I buy it.

You know what I would have issue with - is if the game didn't keep producing content. If it was up to me Sims 4 would have had a Sims 4 store as well - and most likely I'd bought all of that content also.

Did the same thing in Sims 2. The value of the a dollar for Sims stuff compared to any other form of entertainment out there - to me it is worth it. Seeing I am still also playing those games as well. It's in the eye of the beholder. You want to call it a money grab - well don't buy it. What can I say. That's totally on you - not me. Not my problem.

The formula has worked for 18 years and still rules and keeps the Sims still doing as well as it ever did. So obviously many people agree - we will keep on playing and keep on buying maybe the same way for another 18 years. Let us hope so anyway. Can't help the fact you cannot wrap your head around the idea.

If you bought all Store content the day it was released you obviously indeed didn’t have a money issue. Me however have never been able to afford that, nor needed it for that matter. I don’t think the point is what we can afford or are willing to spend on the game here. Those ‘in depth’ GP’s just offer content that used to be in one EP in the past. Like I stated in another topic: this GP will cost half of what WA cost, but it won’t contain half of what WA delivered. Not by a long shot.

I agree with this. Game packs are mostly good - but even they have limits. And a pack that retails at £30 will have more than a pack that cost £18. The difference will be made up though probably in a stuff pack.

I guess my view is somewhat unusual maybe because I don’t want to see The Sims churning out content for the sake of it. I strongly dislike the new practise exclusive to the sims 4 of dicing up former EP content and selling it as individual slices rather than just letting you buy the meal as an example.

If it’s a question of quality vs quantity I choose quality every time. I’ve been a Simmer for eighteen years and I would rather the series goes out on a high note than just becomes a shadow of its former self and all about milking it to the end. To be fair I feel that way about all the games I play. I would rather the game hypothetically ended tomorrow then left a bad legacy behind.