Preferred content release format for TS5?

The base game with expansion packs is the best way; as long as they are better thought out; and better items included; instead of splitting them between several Game and Stuff Packs. I can see the TS2/TS3 Item Store working; but I have no interest whatsoever in a live service. I am NOT paying a subscription. I buy the game, and I buy the expansion packs as I please.

Zero interest in live service/subscription model. And the store reeks of TSM/SFP micro transactions - items end up costing more individually & the totals would be way higher than DLCs.

Expansion packs for in depth gameplay, no more stuff packs. I much prefer a store system where I can go shopping and pick what I want. I hated the overpricing and I hated I had to buy bundles for the Store, but the system as such I prefer to stuff packs I need to buy because I like one particular item.

Personally would opt for a TS2/TS3 style framework.

Personally, I'm all for the base+pack model.

A $10 TS4 stuff pack gets you a "hero item", around 60 other assets, and often a new gameplay element. TS3 premium store content is $5 a pop, and individual build/buy objects can cost up to a dollar per item.

Considering that Sims 3 still refuses to accept that I bought a lot of items from the store, even Barnacle Bay. I prefer the first option. At least I get a receipt for those bought via the Origin App.

I refuse to go back to a store system. I never bought anything from the TS3 store and still won't.

TS1, TS2

What they are doing now is good. I would never buy from an item store.

I am not a fan of a game store. It is microtransactions in disguise. Also once the game is at the end of life and the store gone, how do you obtain store items now? As for a subscription service, I will never pay a subscription. Don't even try it.