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Sims 3 to have ten expansion packs?
doodlesam
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Okay, I realise this is a pretty pointless topic. But after the revelation of the supposed fourth expansion pack(Generations), I decided to do some snooping.
I was attempting to get onto the Generations screenshot page, but instead of typing 'ep4', I accidently typed 'ep5'. And what do you know, the screenshot page for 'The Sims 3 Expansion Pack 4' popped up. Nothing there of course, but it was clearly labelled as the fifth expansion pack on the left of the page. So, I went further and tried more numbers. The number of expansion packs stopped at 'The Sims 3 Expansion pack 10'. Same with stuff packs('The Sims 3 Stuff pack 10')
Any number above that gets the 'Oops, page not found error'. I just thought this was interesting. Could this mean we'll be getting up to ten expansion/stuff packs? The tenth, being the last?
So what do you think? A part of me thinks that perhaps these pages are just fillers. As in, the final expansion pack number could be lower or higher. Though I do also think ten expansion packs would be an alright number of packs to settle on. And these pages show that it's at least a possibility.
How many expansions would you personally like to see? I'd settle quite happily on ten myself. However I wouldn't mind if the developers decided to add more. Sims 3 packs are afterall apparently smaller than Sims 2's and 1's IMO, and according to EA. So ten would be an alright number for me.
I was attempting to get onto the Generations screenshot page, but instead of typing 'ep4', I accidently typed 'ep5'. And what do you know, the screenshot page for 'The Sims 3 Expansion Pack 4' popped up. Nothing there of course, but it was clearly labelled as the fifth expansion pack on the left of the page. So, I went further and tried more numbers. The number of expansion packs stopped at 'The Sims 3 Expansion pack 10'. Same with stuff packs('The Sims 3 Stuff pack 10')
Any number above that gets the 'Oops, page not found error'. I just thought this was interesting. Could this mean we'll be getting up to ten expansion/stuff packs? The tenth, being the last?
So what do you think? A part of me thinks that perhaps these pages are just fillers. As in, the final expansion pack number could be lower or higher. Though I do also think ten expansion packs would be an alright number of packs to settle on. And these pages show that it's at least a possibility.
How many expansions would you personally like to see? I'd settle quite happily on ten myself. However I wouldn't mind if the developers decided to add more. Sims 3 packs are afterall apparently smaller than Sims 2's and 1's IMO, and according to EA. So ten would be an alright number for me.
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No, actually they're much, much bigger. Compare the content on the actual DVDs: Late Night had 7 gigabytes of data on it; most of the EPs for The Sims 2 had just 1 gig, or less.
I know that's mostly because of differences in the graphics, music, etc, but the fact remains, they are actually much larger.
I think The Sims 3 will only have about six EPs. Any more than that and they would probably have to start raising the game's system requirements. Plus, they seem to be combining ideas in each EP, so they're running out of ideas faster.
"We've been attributing the state of The Sims 4 to greed but I think it's time to give sheer incompetence another look."
-Honeywell
Or you could just buy medieval ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
Do you see how your statement made every historian in the world have a minor heart attack now? :P
I'm an "older" simmer and I buy a new computer every 4-5 years, so, next time I buy one, I would probably specifically buy it so my new one can run any/all Sims games. I upgraded my graphics card already and it really isn't that hard/expensive. My Sims games run fantastically, and it's not like my computer is anything special. Considering the life-like state of the Sims game, I'm surprised it's System Requirements aren't already higher than they are. -shrugs- Simmers do what they gotta do.
on topic: I think 10 would be awesome! and even though the packs are bigger spacewise, they don't seem to have as much in them so ten is fine by me (except that would mean $40x10=$400 possibly wasted if EA doesn't fix all their games, and that's without adding the cost of SPs. I know most simmers have jobs but I'm buying with holiday money here! So I don't like that I may spend $ on one game when it comes out and then not be able to handle buying a better one later... other than that- I think it would take up soooo much computer space to have 10 EPs.
P.S-I did read it in The Internet .
Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about? What "rumours" have I posted? Stop talking BS.
I promised myself I'd keep a way from posting on this forum. But there's no way in hell I'm just going to ignore someone attempting to label me a troll.
How is this thread misleading? I'll post whatever I like thankyou very much. This thread isn't "misleading" at all. There's a flaming question mark in the title. Did you even read my post?
I never said there would be ten expansion packs. I simply said there are ten expansion pack pages.
There, that's it. I'm staying away from this place now.
for two reasons
1http://www.thesims3.com/game/ep4/screenshots
go on that and look at the games section
2: I typed in 'sims 3 generations screenshots' and when i looked at the one leading to the sims 3 homepage it said..... You have successfully registered your The Sims 3 Generations game
:O
That's what I was thinking. At least this means the developers could be considering making up to ten. Sorry about the rant I posted above, I don't like people talking about me like that.. >.>
what do you think?
I have a few things that make me wonder about this....
First, it seems to me that each Sims series ended with the expansion having magic in it, so that slightly worries me.
Second, each of the Sims series had about 3 to 4 years with it (Sims: 2000-2003, Sims 2: 2004-2008...Sims 3: 2009-?). I am guessing they will keep the years about the same, and am hoping that they drag out the Sims 3 through late 2013 at least (which would have it at 9 expansions).
Third, is that the first Sims had 7 expansions to it, and the second had 8. So I am sort of hoping still that they will go to 9 to raise the number up one more. But, this being said, they could just keep it at 7 or 8 as well.
All the same, I hope they at least come out with something for College life or Seasons. I was really hoping for both of those in this series as I don't really want to spend more money for an entirely new series. I didn't play the first two, but started Sims 3 halfway in. Still, it's a lot of money for about $40/game. :? Plus, I hightly doubt my computer would be able to work properly with it. lol