At this point of tike there is 14 stuff packs, each cost 10$ that would 140$ for stuff packs compilation and you would hardly get enough content to expand on the base game and keep you interested for more than two weeks. In that money you could have bought 3 and a half expension packs which are guaranteed to give you more gameplay than 14+ which you would get in said stuff packs.The existence of stuff packs is not doing the game any good, so i personally think they should d cease to exist.

I doubt 3 EPs have 28-42 different items of gameplay, or did you forget each SP has 2-3 gameplay items? ;)That said, it's extremely unlikely that someone buys all the packs at once. Most of the sales are made at release. So it really is only $10 US (or regional equivalent) every few months. I bet you spend more than that on a couple servings of coffee.And you don't have to buy them if they don't add anything for you anyways. I'd rather have more options in my packs than less. Maybe I don't want a $40 EP for one hamster, or one bowling lane. Or, maybe I would never use a bowling lane in an EP and would rather have the kareoke instead. Mix and match, pick and choose.

Stuff packs aren't cheap I agree when you add up the cost. £140 for stuff packs alone and that's not including the base game, game packs or expansions. The game will be the most expensive by time it's done. I mean I know you don't have to buy it all. My niece has just srsrted to become interested in the sims 4. My sister is hoping she sticks to enjoying the sims 3 as the amount of dlc to a newcomer she finds overwhelming.

Well a stuff pack is more so a pack to add more stuff, ie Cas and BB items, to your game. And they have done a great job doing that. I prefer the stuff packs to keep the look of my sims and their houses updated without having to use CC, so forme it has been money worth spending and it’s been over time so it’s not that noticeable. Each stuff pack also tends to add 1 or 2 small game play feature(s) as well which is a nice touch. I prefer stuff and game packs with this iteration over most of the EP’s to be honest.

Except that no one is ordering you to buy all of them.As for the cost... I spend about 10€ a week on candy, compared to that, 10€ for a pack, parts of which I might use for the next few years till a new sims game comes out, is not all that much.

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16370938" wrote:I doubt 3 EPs have 28-42 different items of gameplay, or did you forget each SP has 2-3 gameplay items? ;)That said, it's extremely unlikely that someone buys all the packs at once. Most of the sales are made at release. So it really is only $10 US (or regional equivalent) every few months. I bet you spend more than that on a couple servings of coffee.And you don't have to buy them if they don't add anything for you anyways. I'd rather have more options in my packs than less. Maybe I don't want a $40 EP for one hamster, or one bowling lane. Or, maybe I would never use a bowling lane in an EP and would rather have the kareoke instead. Mix and match, pick and choose.By that logic they should devide every single objects into there own pack so you could choose that one object you want. Most if not all of the stuff packs could have easily been included in eps or gp.Also also the amount of objects are around 24-28, city living in the other hand had 14 new objects, lets forget about the other 2 and half expension packs which in total should have around 40 new objects, city living also include other gameplay elements that make it alone worth all those stuff packs together aka apartments, new careers etc. So i think all those stuff packs togther are worth one expension pack to me and yet they are sold way higher.

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TheGoodOldGamer
8 years ago
I doubt 3 EPs have 28-42 different items of gameplay, or did you forget each SP has 2-3 gameplay items? ;)

That said, it's extremely unlikely that someone buys all the packs at once. Most of the sales are made at release. So it really is only $10 US (or regional equivalent) every few months. I bet you spend more than that on a couple servings of coffee.

And you don't have to buy them if they don't add anything for you anyways. I'd rather have more options in my packs than less. Maybe I don't want a $40 EP for one hamster, or one bowling lane. Or, maybe I would never use a bowling lane in an EP and would rather have the kareoke instead. Mix and match, pick and choose.
MidnightAura86
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Stuff packs aren't cheap I agree when you add up the cost. £140 for stuff packs alone and that's not including the base game, game packs or expansions. The game will be the most expensive by time it's done.

I mean I know you don't have to buy it all. My niece has just srsrted to become interested in the sims 4. My sister is hoping she sticks to enjoying the sims 3 as the amount of dlc to a newcomer she finds overwhelming.
hmae123
8 years ago
Well a stuff pack is more so a pack to add more stuff, ie Cas and BB items, to your game. And they have done a great job doing that. I prefer the stuff packs to keep the look of my sims and their houses updated without having to use CC, so for
me it has been money worth spending and it’s been over time so it’s not that noticeable.

Each stuff pack also tends to add 1 or 2 small game play feature(s) as well which is a nice touch. I prefer stuff and game packs with this iteration over most of the EP’s to be honest.
Krajsman
8 years ago
Except that no one is ordering you to buy all of them.

As for the cost... I spend about 10€ a week on candy, compared to that, 10€ for a pack, parts of which I might use for the next few years till a new sims game comes out, is not all that much.
g1g2_gaming
8 years ago
"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16370938" wrote:
I doubt 3 EPs have 28-42 different items of gameplay, or did you forget each SP has 2-3 gameplay items? ;)

That said, it's extremely unlikely that someone buys all the packs at once. Most of the sales are made at release. So it really is only $10 US (or regional equivalent) every few months. I bet you spend more than that on a couple servings of coffee.

And you don't have to buy them if they don't add anything for you anyways. I'd rather have more options in my packs than less. Maybe I don't want a $40 EP for one hamster, or one bowling lane. Or, maybe I would never use a bowling lane in an EP and would rather have the kareoke instead. Mix and match, pick and choose.

By that logic they should devide every single objects into there own pack so you could choose that one object you want. Most if not all of the stuff packs could have easily been included in eps or gp.

Also also the amount of objects are around 24-28, city living in the other hand had 14 new objects, lets forget about the other 2 and half expension packs which in total should have around 40 new objects, city living also include other gameplay elements that make it alone worth all those stuff packs together aka apartments, new careers etc. So i think all those stuff packs togther are worth one expension pack to me and yet they are sold way higher.
Francl27
8 years ago
It's how it works now. Just see how much money you can spend on mobile games, for example... it gets crazy pretty fast...
drake_mccarty
8 years ago
"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16370938" wrote:
I doubt 3 EPs have 28-42 different items of gameplay, or did you forget each SP has 2-3 gameplay items? ;)

That said, it's extremely unlikely that someone buys all the packs at once. Most of the sales are made at release. So it really is only $10 US (or regional equivalent) every few months. I bet you spend more than that on a couple servings of coffee.

And you don't have to buy them if they don't add anything for you anyways. I'd rather have more options in my packs than less. Maybe I don't want a $40 EP for one hamster, or one bowling lane. Or, maybe I would never use a bowling lane in an EP and would rather have the kareoke instead. Mix and match, pick and choose.

28-42?

LPS - 2
PPS - 1
CKS - 1
SS - 2
MHS - 1
RGS - 2
KRS - 2
BYS - 2
VGS - 2
BNS - 1
FS - 1 (2 counting the fitness channel I guess)
TS - 1 (one piece was broken into 3 smaller pieces that use the same animation as the larger piece)
LDS - 3 (washer and dryer use same animation)

By my count that’s 21, 22 if I’m being super generous, not 28 and definitely not 42. If you’re going to try and make a case for stuff packs make one that isn’t blatantly false. Ok?
Rnm92
8 years ago
I miss the days when Sims Stuff Packs purely followed a decorative theme rather than made up lacking gameplay, followed two or three sub themes within that and had tons of objects, clothes and hair, wallpapers, floors and other building tools/objects. I know they were more expensive but not by much (£5 more than now), especially when you consider how much we got for that money. And because they were only decorative you didn't feel you were missing out on any gameplay if you didn't buy them.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Stuff packs are entirely optional, much like any other pack depending on your taste and if you can see yourself using them.

For a Sims game, ANY sims game they are not cheap, since each one has a variety of DLC packs on hand and of course when you add them up when the games are still new it is pretty expensive. Value pretty much varies from person to person.

$10US isn't much on its own. About the price if not more I would waste by eating out for myself or when I use to buy coffee everyday and of course when you add it up it's a lot, but did I enjoy my coffee? Absolutely and still do, though I just cut back on it more so these days if I don't absolutely need it.

I have a couple of stuff packs I really enjoy and use often. Anything else? I don't even look at it twice because I'm not gonna use it and/or thought it wasn't worth the price. Much like Romantic garden. I didn't buy that until recently for $5.
JFective
8 years ago
Eating out or ordering pizza/chinese(etc) ain't cheap either. If you eat out/order something once a week it wont take long when you have wasted 140$ or 140€. It's all about the perspective.