So, we are not getting an expansion pack?

"DaWaterRat;c-17867363" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17867354" wrote:
Going back to 1 EP per year is very unlikely. I’m pretty sure they have a larger team working on TS4 than ever. For example, there are a total of 43 engineers working on the game according to Bust the Dust’s credits. Meanwhile only 35 engineers were on Seasons’s credits, and they did release two EPs that year with a smaller team.

The game is also at its peak revenue wise, making about $450 million in fiscal year 2021. EA would not allow only one EP and thus a huge dip in revenue year-over-year.

I don’t think a July or even August EP release is likely though. They’ve never released an EP in July ever since TS1 for example. First month of a quarter is always a bad time to release an EP (with the exception of October due to holiday seasons).

So maybe we're getting the Game Pack now (in late may/early June) and then back to back EPs? (October and December?)

Either that or it's Late May GP, Late june EP, September GP, November EP?

I haven't watched the livestream yet, but I'm really surprised they're changing the schedule. You could try to guess at when the packs will come based on potential content - like, October would work VERY well for an occult EP (werewolves with a lunar cycle and new world?) - but given that we don't even know that we'd literally just be speculating into thin air.

I'd still expect an EP in summer, to be honest, just because it's a good time for a summer/travel themed pack and they've been pushing hard on that idea lately, especially with everyone stuck at home ('journey' to Batuu, snowy 'escape'), but who knows now? And especially since we don't always hear about packs until a week or two before they come out, I don't think we'll know at all what's coming out now this year. I was just preparing to hear some news, since May's around the corner and they need a four-week lead-in to the June EP, but may as well throw that out the window now.