Sims 4 Store

qtnikki

I know a lot of people are against the whole store idea, but I really enjoyed the sims 3 store and would love if they had a sims 4 store. It just makes so much more sense to me to spend $10 and get 1,000 points then spend 50 points here or there for a chair or something that you like or a hairstyle you may like or a door you may want.Then you could spend 100 points on an object that changes the game play.

So if you don't want laundry but like the clothes you can just get the clothes. If you want the hairstyles but not the giant rock wall then spend $1 on the hair and forget the rest. It makes things so much easier. Plus when the EA team comes up with a few items that are a little miscellaneous (like Movie Hangout) they can just release them in the store. Why are people opposed?

lasummerb

As someone who owns most the TS3 store, I honestly think TS4 SPs are a better deal for me at least. I wouldn't mind additional items in a store set up in addition to the stuff packs. But 100 points or $1.00 for hair is a lot, especially considering how many objects come in some stuff packs. If you charge either 75 points or 100 points for each hair like in the Bowling Night pack, that's like 300 points or $3.00, when the pack is just $10 and it gives you those three hairs, a gameplay object (which in the TS3 store could be 500 points) new clothing (outfits most likely would be 75-99 points) and new objects (25-99 points). The better deal IMO is to just buy the pack.

Ceres_Meiriona

I'm completely opposed because I bought every single stitch of store content for TS3 and found out too late that they released more content than the game could reliably load. It's actually one of the reasons I left TS3 for TS4. Every time I'd load my Sims 3 game up I was reminded that I couldn't load all the content I actually owned, and it still ticks me off. That's not to say Maxis won't learn from that mistake and optimize a Sims 4 store better, but I just don't think that would be the case (no offense intended, Maxis!). On top of that, the store was a micro transaction money sink. TS4 stuff packs are a way better deal in that regard. I get a lot more for $10 even in my least favorite stuff pack than I ever did for $10 in TS3 Store.

There are quite a few changes that I would like to see come to TS4, but when it comes to how content is delivered, I'm actually quite happy with the stuff, game, and expansion packs. I truly don't want to see the content delivery system changed.

BlkBarbiegal

I'd love for EA to release additional unique worlds. I loved the sims 3 store too. but i do believe we get more bang for our buck with stuff packs.

qtnikki

I definitely didn't mean they make the price range in the SIms 4 store the same as the Sims 3 store. That would be crazy! What I mean is make it comparable to a stuff pack. For example if a stuff pack costs $10 and it contains 40 new items. Then each item (hair, clothing, buy, build...) can cost .20 cents each (definitely not $1 for a hair) then for example I could just pay $1 for the five pieces of hair and clothes I liked from the Bowling SP and not have all the rest of the "stuff".

lasummerb

qtnikki wrote: »

I know a lot of people are against the whole store idea, but I really enjoyed the sims 3 store and would love if they had a sims 4 store. It just makes so much more sense to me to spend $10 and get 1,000 points then spend 50 points here or there for a chair or something that you like or a hairstyle you may like or a door you may want.Then you could spend 100 points on an object that changes the game play.

So if you don't want laundry but like the clothes you can just get the clothes. If you want the hairstyles but not the giant rock wall then spend $1 on the hair and forget the rest. It makes things so much easier. Plus when the EA team comes up with a few items that are a little miscellaneous (like Movie Hangout) they can just release them in the store. Why are people opposed?

I was going by what you said regarding the price of a chair, which is what I also said in my post (objects ranging from 25-99 points) That's about 50 cents, which is still not that great of a deal if all the objects are around that price, as well as hair being $1.00.

Paralee

Here's how I see that going:
a) The items that are worth anything will be broken.
b) People will come out with fixed versions of all the sets.
c) People like me will download all the store content for free like I did with Sims 3 store stuff.

Zulf_12

I think game pack is version store of sims 4

abelhinha35

@Zulf_12, is your siggy sims related skins or Photo Shop. It looks incredible and if it is cc, I would love you to link me.

slamonda

i miss the store you could buy a single item like shirt without buying whole stuff pack

davina1221

Ceres_Meiriona wrote: »

I'm completely opposed because I bought every single stitch of store content for TS3 and found out too late that they released more content than the game could reliably load.

I have the store and all the games fully loaded and they play great. I got tired of stick babies, so right before Supernatural came out, I took out all cc and I didn't have any mods, so my game was vanilla. Till this day, heavily playing S3, I've only crashed once. I think most of the problems with the S3 game is the type of computer used, if cc is used, and if mods were used. Those mods have to be updated after most changes in the game.

I loved the S3 store, but after looking at the price breakdown/conversion, the packs do seem to be a better buy. I just wish they would take the team that is trying to spread the S4 to different media and use them to make more content for the game. I don't need sims on the go ect.

filipomel

The one and only way I would not oppose this idea is if they had some sort of "Complete my Pack" feature which takes off the amount of money spent on objects, for the pack you want to purchase. Just an example, a Sims 4 store is released for the sole purpose of selling Stuff Pack items (ONLY Stuff Pack Items) individually, you see a hairstyle you like that's being sold for 0.50$, a couple of shirts each for 0.25$ and a gameplay object for 5$, in total you spent a total of 6$ for objects from a certain pack, lets say the Luxury Party Stuff Pack, there should be an option to complete that pack with the total amount already spent on that pack discounted, so in this case 10$ - 6$ = 4$, so this way if someone wanted the rest of the stuff from that pack they wouldn't have to pay full price, or possibly even more than the original full price just buying each object individually. Or another solution, if someone spent 10$ on objects from a stuff pack, they get the rest of the objects automatically since they basically spent full price on the stuff pack.

Paralee

filipomel wrote: »

The one and only way I would not oppose this idea is if they had some sort of "Complete my Pack" feature which takes off the amount of money spent on objects, for the pack you want to purchase. Just an example, a Sims 4 store is released for the sole purpose of selling Stuff Pack items (ONLY Stuff Pack Items) individually, you see a hairstyle you like that's being sold for 0.50$, a couple of shirts each for 0.25$ and a gameplay object for 5$, in total you spent a total of 6$ for objects from a certain pack, lets say the Luxury Party Stuff Pack, there should be an option to complete that pack with the total amount already spent on that pack discounted, so in this case 10$ - 6$ = 4$, so this way if someone wanted the rest of the stuff from that pack they wouldn't have to pay full price, or possibly even more than the original full price just buying each object individually. Or another solution, if someone spent 10$ on objects from a stuff pack, they get the rest of the objects automatically since they basically spent full price on the stuff pack.

Hardly anything counts for complete your set discounts now on the TS3 store

aricarai

I'm a huge store content advocate! I loved hosting and participating in contests in the Gift Gathering section. I miss that section being so active! To me, the store was worth it for that reason alone, cost wasn't really a factor because I loved what could be done with the store.

ChadSims2

I like the store just to be able to get more items I actually want as it is the game caters to female Sims with the store I was able to purchase every male hair style and the clothing pieces I wanted and never spent a dime so I'm all for it.

catloverplayer

lasummerb wrote: »

As someone who owns most the TS3 store, I honestly think TS4 SPs are a better deal for me at least. I wouldn't mind additional items in a store set up in addition to the stuff packs. But 100 points or $1.00 for hair is a lot, especially considering how many objects come in some stuff packs. If you charge either 75 points or 100 points for each hair like in the Bowling Night pack, that's like 300 points or $3.00, when the pack is just $10 and it gives you those three hairs, a gameplay object (which in the TS3 store could be 500 points) new clothing (outfits most likely would be 75-99 points) and new objects (25-99 points). The better deal IMO is to just buy the pack.

True but in TS3 Store we got actual Amusement Park Venues and Nice Worlds like Sunlit Tides,Lunar Lakes,Hidden Springs,Roaring Heights and Aurora Skies.

Cinebar

I think they should at least add world store. Then people might be happy to spend some cash on worlds they could offer two versions. One occupied with buildings (for more money since that's a lot more work) and one without any buildings etc. I would buy some worlds from a TS4 store.

catloverplayer

Cinebar wrote: »

I think they should at least add world store. Then people might be happy to spend some cash on worlds they could offer two versions. One occupied with buildings (for more money since that's a lot more work) and one without any buildings etc. I would buy some worlds from a TS4 store.

Personally I think your right and I'd love to see them bring back SimGuruCopeland aka Alan Copeland for that though it would be his decision cause he got a job with a new gaming studio but if they could get him back that would be great. I always said Alan Copeland was the Santa Claus of TS3. He was in charge of the store and who could forget that dog avatar he used?

Cinebar

catloverplayer wrote: »

Cinebar wrote: »

I think they should at least add world store. Then people might be happy to spend some cash on worlds they could offer two versions. One occupied with buildings (for more money since that's a lot more work) and one without any buildings etc. I would buy some worlds from a TS4 store.

Personally I think your right and I'd love to see them bring back SimGuruCopeland aka Alan Copeland for that though it would be his decision cause he got a job with a new gaming studio but if they could get him back that would be great. I always said Alan Copeland was the Santa Claus of TS3. He was in charge of the store and who could forget that dog avatar he used?

I wish. At least they did a lot of stuff people requested and we could buy stuff separately if we didn't want everything. Roaring Heights is one of my favorites.

Zulf_12

abelhinha35 wrote: »

@Zulf_12, is your siggy sims related skins or Photo Shop. It looks incredible and if it is cc, I would love you to link me.

Yes, it's photoshop

lasummerb

@catloverplayer Yes, of course and I have all of those you mentioned. But I'm talking about a lower scale, the equivalent of a TS4 stuff pack to items similar from the TS3 store. I wouldn't try to compare a TS4 SP to a venue like the boardwalk/world of wonder, or Lucky Palms.