With the game so bugged, where do you stand on new content?

Been here since March.

I'd rather play with a broken "outdated" game than play with a broken game full of bloatware. Meaning forced features I don't care about. Some with broken toggles that keep pushing the game into the opposite of "you rule."

My collection stops at Cottage Living (which my sister wanted to buy). MWS and the High School pack are packs I'd have bought in the beginning but not 8 years later for a broken game.

I've always only bought packs that contained content I particularly wanted. Now, I have an additional requirement that it has to be confirmed functional. I need to see people playing it without bugs.

I wanted to choose "Until the bugs are fixed, I will only consider purchasing new content if it's something I really want." but I already only purchase content that I really want, so it would be meaningless.

I can't say I won't ever buy or download anything else until the bugs are fixed. I'll download free stuff, I'll probably pick up the Jungle Adventures pack eventually and if they really, really, really wow me (like Werewolves-level wow) I might consider buying genuinely new content but not at launch... not until the new content has been proven stable and to live up to the hype. Right now I wouldn't get High School Years if EA paid me to do it and I would say I am extremely unlikely to purchase other new content.

I don't have many issues but now and then one pops up. Nothing game breaking though.

My game isn't a buggy mess and therefore the subject matter of this poll doesn't apply to me I guess?

Thus, I will continue to buy what I want to buy when I choose to buy it.

I did download the free kit, even though it didn't look interesting. I figured if I get back to playing and download lots from the gallery it might be annoying if I didn't have it.

Currently I'm on a hiatus and don't know when/if I'll play TS4 again. I'm tired of seeing incomplete stuff added to the game and waiting for fixes that might never come.

I will purchase the content, I decided a long time ago that I was going to finally have a complete set of a sims game, and 4 is it. However, I usually wait a couple of days after a patch comes out to see if there were any big game breaking problems ( like the aging bug recently ), I do the same with the packs. I check the forums to see what people say was wrong with a patch or a pack. Besides, I actually have had very few bugs that are game breaking, that have not been fixed fairly soon, and I don’t use mods or CC, and I own all the packs. I have been quite annoyed with the dirt pile bug in gardening that they can’t seem to be able to fix. But, that is probably the worst bug I have had that hasn’t been fixed.

With the game current bugs for me to buy a pack it's going to have to be something I really want bands/cars/romance/world editing for me to think of even getting another pack. Hopefully Sims 5 is announced soon so I can just drop this buggy shell of a game.

The game is becoming more difficult to play with the bugs. I still like the game but wonder if adding more content just for the sake of having more content will contribute to enjoying the game more? 2 of the 3 packs this year were very disappointing. both weddings and high school are so buggy. The only light this year was the werewolves pack. Comparing this one good pack to the two others made me realise just how big the difference is between something I really want (and actually works as intended) and something I just get because it is available.

In short it is not only the buggy state of the game but also the low quality of some of the recent DLC that make me more selective in what packs to buy.

Besides kits already mark the start of the realisation that I won't be getting all content for the sims 4. I will mainly focus on proper DLC with gameplay like EP, GP and SP, not kits which only sell good looks.

I did enjoy playing Sims 4 but haven't played since the recent issues with the update and HSY. I was looking forward to wants and fears, but reading the forums I know I won't be happy with the way it was implemented. I don't want angry/sad people roaming in my game because they have fears, not meeting wants. I would probably try playing if the wants/fears stayed off when turned off. Hoping it is fixed soon as I want to return to my game. I am not planning on buying any new content until it is fixed as I can't see spending any money on something I won't be able to use, as I don't want to play until it is fixed. I see comments a lot about mods and how they help, but I have never used mods and don't want to start now. When I buy a game, it should be playable without needing mods! Eventually, when Sims 4 does end, I probably will try mods if the game still needs them, but not until then.