Speculation on spring roadmap

April: Kit
May: Kit
June: EP

"LeGardePourpre;c-18061983" wrote:
Still Work at home...

April : Nothing
May : Kit and ... kit
June : Kit

July : Kit
August : Kit
September : Nothing (Back to Redwood Shores office)

October : Kit + Kit
November : EP
December : Kit

OMG, this is the saddest thing I've ever seen. :'(

Kits, kits and more kits.

If we get that many kits I hope atleast one of them is a pool float kit. I really want an inflatable giant doughnut for my sims to float on...

I think there won't be much in the next Road Map. There might be only kits even - unlike we're getting an EP in June already and not later in Summer. I was thinking they might have been working on Pack Refreshes before the pandemic and stopped working on them when the Pandemic hit for the time being - that could be the reason they didn't want to state whether more pack refreshes are to come or not.

Also, I've seen so many people buying kits on only one or two assets they love that I'm convinced EA are making good money out of them and have no incentive to stop releasing kits whatsoever.

"LeGardePourpre;c-18061983" wrote:
Still Work at home...

April : Nothing
May : Kit and ... kit
June : Kit

July : Kit
August : Kit
September : Nothing (Back to Redwood Shores office)

October : Kit + Kit
November : EP
December : Kit

How many more ethnic cultures will they try to sell back to us by this point?

I think we will get an expansion in either June or July; at this point, I'd put it at 50-50 odds which month it is. Which means it could potentially be in either the spring or summer roadmap.

However, I also think that either way we will get an announcement about the expansion during the spring road map.

Why? Well, we had an unusually long lead time between the announcement and the release of Cottage Living last year. I believe the longest ever in TS4. At the time, we speculated that it was announced so early for one or both of the following reasons: (1) lots of people were underwhelmed by DHD and they knew there would be a lot of (well deserved) hype for Cottage Living. (2) The EP was being released much later than the usual June EP release.

In this case, if it's a June release, it will be both announced and released in the spring roadmap. If it's in July, then much like Cottage Living, it will probably be announced earlier, both because of the later release and because of all the MWS drama.

"bixters;c-18061488" wrote:

"BL5036;c-18059502" wrote:
there could be a refresh ... I would like something like OR or GTW

I'd love to see Get to Work refreshed.
That pack has a lot more potential. They could improve aliens, make it so we can make our own Hospitals, Police Stations and Science Centers, and expand the retail system to make it more complex.
I think if they refreshed it, it might be one of my favorite packs.

I’d also like to see them make it like dine out, where we don’t have to own it to set the menu. I would love to be able to go in and set items for sell without having to own them ( including plates of food ), normal vegetables, herbs and fruit too. And, also, besides setting up mannequins to buy off of, they should bring out a simple clothing challenge, where we have to buy clothing pieces to open it up in our sims inventory.

"Amapola76;c-18065957" wrote:
I think we will get an expansion in either June or July; at this point, I'd put it at 50-50 odds which month it is. Which means it could potentially be in either the spring or summer roadmap.

However, I also think that either way we will get an announcement about the expansion during the spring road map.

Why? Well, we had an unusually long lead time between the announcement and the release of Cottage Living last year. I believe the longest ever in TS4. At the time, we speculated that it was announced so early for one or both of the following reasons: (1) lots of people were underwhelmed by DHD and they knew there would be a lot of (well deserved) hype for Cottage Living. (2) The EP was being released much later than the usual June EP release.

In this case, if it's a June release, it will be both announced and released in the spring roadmap. If it's in July, then much like Cottage Living, it will probably be announced earlier, both because of the later release and because of all the MWS drama.

If the Team doesn't manage to fix the majority of the new bugs and/or the Wedding Pack isn't well revived, an esrly announement ist indeed likely. That's based on the assumption though that the EP has a widely accomplished theme and good quality, which I'm not so sure of. Weddings/Romance actually would have been such a theme If Not executed poorly, so they might not have seen the negativity coming.

"LeGardePourpre;c-18061983" wrote:
Still Work at home...

April : Nothing
May : Kit and ... kit
June : Kit

July : Kit
August : Kit
September : Nothing (Back to Redwood Shores office)

October : Kit + Kit
November : EP
December : Kit

Hehe - mine is slightly more optimistic ?

April : Kit
May : Kit
June : Kit and update to neighborhood stories or premades

July : EP
August : Kit
September : Kit

October : GP (occult)
November : Kit
December : Kit