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If Katy Perry DIDN'T Have Anything To Do With This SP
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I'm thinking that if this SP was about the same thing, but not specifically Katy Perry, then we'd be more interested. To be honest, Katy Perry is making this SP that more unlikable rather than promoting it positively. Sweet Treats is a good idea WITHOUT Katy Perry. I think it would be so much better if it was just a cute, colorful SP without Katy Perry on the label. I would certainly be so much more interested. It would be fun and a great addition. But because Katy Perry is the main idea here, I'm not quite as sure about the idea.
What do you think? Do you think Katy Perry is ruining the idea, but the actual theme would be fun?
From reading all the comments, I've come to the conclusion that..
-people have no problem with KP on the box other than the fact that it raises the price
-the theme should be expanded and allow for more content and ideas, but you would need to remove KP for that to be doable. Only so much KP can do and only so much you can do with her.
-this SP is not geared to the entire community at all.
-people only want SPs they can use, and this is not one of them.
-people believe this should be SC, and I do too, just EA wants everyone to have access to this and not everyone has access to simpoints.
-finally, I as well as everyone else thinks this isn't suited for the game at all and only here because of KP and to complement ST.
What do you think? Do you think Katy Perry is ruining the idea, but the actual theme would be fun?
From reading all the comments, I've come to the conclusion that..
-people have no problem with KP on the box other than the fact that it raises the price
-the theme should be expanded and allow for more content and ideas, but you would need to remove KP for that to be doable. Only so much KP can do and only so much you can do with her.
-this SP is not geared to the entire community at all.
-people only want SPs they can use, and this is not one of them.
-people believe this should be SC, and I do too, just EA wants everyone to have access to this and not everyone has access to simpoints.
-finally, I as well as everyone else thinks this isn't suited for the game at all and only here because of KP and to complement ST.
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Stuff packs are very niche by nature, but this is the first one I don't want. Just my luck though.
Everything in this stuff pack is taken straight out of her line of videos, her clothing line ( you can see her website where some of the outfits are sold ), and her stage decor.
EA could not have used Katy's content without Katy's permission.
Yeah, this. If Katy Perry did not team up with The Sims, I don't think there would be a sweet treats stuff pack. Maybe similar, but I think she inspired EA to make a pack like this in the first place.
Pretty much my take on it.
I don't hate the pack or Katy Perry, I just can't think of any way to use the stuff. I am however thrilled with the new India set so I guess you win some you lose some.
Katy Perry is the only singer which I actually like.
There is an 80's atmosphere around her.
And, the cupcake bras all remind me of Disney when I was growing up in the 80's.
As for the game, I really wouldn't like it either way. I don't have a problem with Katy Perry really. If there was a Katy Perry 50's themed stuff pack, I would've been all over that.
However, what does disappoint me is that because Katy Perry is endorsing it, we are limited to mostly female young adult/adult clothing... It just doesn't make sense to me that a "candy" theme SP has nothing in clothing options for children(!). Especially the scout outfit--it would be great if at least that one dress could be modified for little girls. Moms and daughters could dress alike for story-telling, etc.
Oh, well.
...am I the only one who thinks that sounds really cool?
While I dislike Katy Perry I could overlook her endorsement if the content was any good but it just isn't. It's too geared to one specific demographic and as I have mentioned previously that just isn't something I ever saw EA going for
Had it have been just a normal SP that I wasn't into, that would be fine. I didn't complain about Fast Lane, I didn't complain about Outdoor Living because while not to my liking, those still had a point, hell even Master Suite had a point even though it's yet more luxury / rich lifestyle crap because the lingere section of CAS has been badly neglected for a long time so again, I didn't complain about it. But this? This just blows.
Besides, as far as I'm concerned EA are using her endorsement for 2 reasons:
1. As an excuse to further gouge it's customers. £24.99 for a stuff pack? An inferior stuff pack at that? Yeah, no thanks. I'd rather use the money to buy an expansion pack for £5 more than that.
2. As a means to conceal just how poorly thought out this SP really was. I'm not knocking the programmers as they can only create what they're asked to within their brief but come on this pack has done nothing but alienate a large portion of their fans and IMO there is a place for stuff like this, but it's not in a massively overpriced stuff pack.
It is a completely wasted opportunity to give us something we can actually use beyond a quick one-time gimmick.
It is too childish. Period.
ETA: Here's an idea EA. If you want to push celeb endorsements (and I do love Katy, as I have said but not buying it) but anyhow, why didn't you have a contest for modders (you know, your fan base?)to make an outfit that Katy would wear in a real performance? You know like how you did that for H&M...and Madonna....where the H&M outfit would appear in game or be made by H&M real life?
Now that right there would have gained you more young ins to enter the contest and want to do that with this SP and created more jaz about it than your current marketing plan.
Oh wait, TS3 doesn't like modders and player creations they would rather lock us out and make it more difficult to mod your game so you can sell stuff in the Store. :evil:
Yh and also it would cost less too.
I could see if a celebrity did not have a line of clothing or furnishings and was just a spokesperson for the product - then I might be annoyed (I don't HATE anybody unless I have a personal reason to, but I do get annoyed by some people) that this person was so in my face advertising some things - (like all those diet commercials with celebrities) - but when they have a style and I can find it useful in my game, regardless of whose name is on the product, then I am interested.
I do like Katy Perry - I like perky people - but i have never been a actual fan of any celebrity and would not rush out and blindly buy anything endorsed by any of them.
It is what is in the pack that sells it to me. That said i do not care for the candy and cupcake bikini tops, but those are the only two items out of this whole pack that i have seen so far I don't like.
But it could be anybody's name on the pack or no name at all, and I am going to judge the pack by the contents.
Sure I don't like paying more, but that has never stopped me from buying anything else I wanted, so if it has stuff I can use, then I buy it.
I get way more annoyed at having to pay ten dollars at the store for a box of trash bags (after all they are items you buy solely to throw away), than it bothers me to pay 29.99 US dollars for an ep I can have forever. (Edit - meant sp, sorry about that.)
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
In dreams - I LIVE!
In REALITY, I simply exist.....
That's just it though, it's not an EP. Ignoring my personal stance for a moment it's an SP that does not add anything new to the game when you get down to it and yet EA wants to charge £5 less than what a full EP complete with new interactions and features would cost.
How is this any different than the store at this point? The store has regular daily deals that make the pricing actually reasonable. Are you really getting more content for your £15 / $10? No. You're not. You're paying for Katy Perry's name to be on the box, that's all. I'd never pay full price for this even if I wanted it, I'd wait until it ended up in a sale or as a giveaway on Origin for preordering another expansion pack.
But on my side of the issue, I don't see this all that expensive when I compare it to paying for big sets in the store. I can see where it is an issue for people who don't buy sets or only likes a couple of the items though - so the fact it is an sp makes it impossible for them to get any of the set.
I do get your point, although I didn't get this the first day this sp was added to the forum, I get it now - and perhaps you guys are right that it should have been a big store set - so folks could pick and choose. But first EA needs to investigate why you folks have to pay this kind of price for any sp. That is just not right and not fair.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
In dreams - I LIVE!
In REALITY, I simply exist.....
Most add-ons have a wider interest range than this. That's because they usually have a nice balance between fantasy and realism, so there is a bit for most people. This is all fantasy, so only it's mainly people that want all fantasy and no realism that like this pack.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to buy this stuff pack. I'm just not sure if I'm going to wait for it to go on sale or if I'm gonna break down and buy it day one. I already got Katy Perry Collector's ed. Showtime for free, so buying this full price wouldn't bother me.