Sims Businesses and Hobbies Expansion Pack Negative thread.

I'm disappointed about this not being like freetime in Sims 2 were sims had all kind of hobbies. We could have got some good gameplay objects.

I'm disappointed that there's no Invention Task Table.😔  I was so hoping one of my Sci-Fi Hybrid sims could invent the Time Machine & go Time Traveling.  That was one of my favorite things in Sims 3 Ambitions.  Oh well.😪

My sentiments exactly! 

crocobaura I would like that too but I really doubt it. 

I'm disappointed about there only being one hobby in showed in the trailer. I was hoping for more. 😞

I desperately want all of this content (especially sewing machine),  too. 😔

I just don't understand why we barely get any new animations (interactions or gameplay) in EPs now - this has been an ongoing problem since High School Years (to lesser and worse degrees, with the exception of Horse Ranch which I know was light on content but obviously took a lot of coding/animating), but since For Rent it has actually been terrible. They seem to be focusing more on systems and pop-ups than actual new animations, and being a long-time customer who regularly pays out a premium price tag for content, it's really not good. When comparing TS4 EPs (specifically the later ones) to EPs from previous iterations, it's a shocking contrast. 

As much as I'm interested in it I'm only seeing a hobby rather than HOBBIES which is the pottery one.

Cause I was hoping there'd be like some extra things to you know for sims to waste time doing? Because everything is relating to like making money and businesses, but nothing just for funsies? Was expecting to leisure activities. I don't consider running businesses a 'hobby' much les tattooing.

And nothing written in the description for the pack to indicate otherwise, so call me reaaaaal skeptical about the 'hobbies' part because got weary with seeing tattooing being the main focus of the pack.

JesLet40 - I would also have liked to see the B&H EP come with the ability to have various shops on a multipurpose lot owned by different sims.  However, I feel like that ability will probably come in a future mall pack.  The one thing that I really dislike about TS4 is how much content is split up across different packs.

My wishlist before the trailer and pack notes: 

• A BG update for multipurpose lots - NOPE (and with the type of lot that seems to be locked in this pack, I conclude that we never will). 
• Option to buy and run almost any type of venue (bar, café, lounge, nightclub, gym...) with a ticket desk/front desk item to charge entry fees - YES
• Sewing machine and more mannequins to make and sell clothes, curtains and other things made from fabric - NOPE
• Fashion runway to show off those clothes  (also working with knitting of course) - NOPE
• More options of what to make on a wood working table, such as functional toys, more versions of furniture, frames for artwork... alternatively new toy maker station - MOST LIKELY NOT
• Ability to create lamps and lighting or tinker with electricity - NOPE
• Hair dresser chair and barber chair that also work with NPC hair dressers - NOPE
• Pottery wheel - YES
• Glass blowing - NOPE
• Tattoo chair - YES
• Ballet or jazz dance - NOPE
• More gym options (cross fit equipment, exercise bike, gymnastic tools) - NOPE
• Sports: tennis or volleyboll - NOPE
• More instruments and bands - NOPE
• Pool table, shuffle board table - NOPE
• Cars and mechanics skill - the option to run a garage and fix other people's cars - NOPE

Will I be buying this pack at release? - NOPE!

Will I be buying it at a sale? Perhaps, but I'm not really sure. That is a lot of money for what is essentially one hobby and a way to charge entry fees. 

I have to admit that my biggest disappointment is the lack of multipurpose lots, as in real multipurpose lots, where you can combine a restaurant owned by X, a shop owned by Y, and a tattoo parlor run by no one but that still functions. I want pools with café and diners, parks with cafés, malls... I don't need to run these by myself, I just want to be able to use them in my game.