"Erpe;c-16430902" wrote:
To me Cats&Dogs looked like a pack that should have been sold as a GP because it seemed too small as an EP. But EA had decided to still release one EP each year and therefore chose to sell it as a GP even though it had less animals and stuff compared to the earlier Pets EPs.
We can’t force EA to make more EPs again instead of all the SPs and GPs when the smaller and cheaper packs sell better. So we need to accept that traditional EPs will be split up in GPs plus SPs in the future. The problem for me is that EA has hesitated to make this change total and therefore has released EPs that are so small that they should have been made as GPs instead. Maybe this will be corrected when TS5 is released?
I doubt it, from some articles I have been reading about all companies doing this and going with live service like this - even steam is doing - Paradox is even doing it, - you name the big games and this is the trend. EA actually sounds new to the game for at least The Sims games in these reflections and articles I have been reading - and there has been some furor here and there - but it sounds like especially for even online games that offer single player campaignes this is the way they deliver content is have smaller expansions - some even taking 2 years to come out to refresh the game - then selling addition small packs (one called it flavour packs to add more flavor and choice to an expansion) that expanded the expansions at 5 -25 dollar a small pack - some added more maps, others just stuff. I knew Fall Out 4 has been doing it - but was surprised to hear some of the others like the Witcher etc doing it too - it says several of EA games are finally doing this - Dragon Age - Mass Effects - Battlefield, Anthem-.
But it also works well with Seasons passes where players can pay in advance for all the content coming for the year (sight unseen no less) or they can buy the ep and each flavour pack for it separately. I guess the live service on all will also include regular patches, some free content, and monthly fixes. EA is just new to the game apparently.
The worst case I saw was an article on Gamespot from 4 years ago of games on a disc that included dlc on the disc but on top of the 60 bucks you paid for the game if you wanted to use the dlc you had to pay addition money to get it unlocked and activated. I believe those were on some console versions though.
