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@Sallycutecat Yes, a 10$ monthly subscriptions doesn't sound like a lot of money, at least that's what a lot of people say.
But these people need to consider, if we take the Sims 4 as an example, imagine having paid 10$ each month (believe me it would be more expensive) since release day. That's 6 years so about 720$ so far. That's a lot of money just on sims and believe me the price will likely be even higher maybe 14,99$ or something.
Actually that's pretty much how much it does cost for people who buy every pack on release, if you bought all the DLC from last year at full price that adds up to exactly $120, so people who buy every pack on release are essentially already paying 10 bucks a month.
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But for people like me its not worth it. Ive never owned every pack for any of the sims games, and ive played all of them.
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
@Onverser Yes, but that means it would have to be 10$ and not more. Also, not everyone buys every pack and if they do probably most people buy them on sale for less.
Though the sims 4 with all DLC costs around 700-800$ I doubt that a lot of people actually spent so much money on it. Sales are what makes people buy the packs, at least in my case. And the Sims 4 is overpriced itself anyway. If someone showed you the Sims 4 complete with all DLC and said that will cost you 750$, would you buy it? I know I wouldn't.
this I agree
also you would most likely lose access to the game if you stopped paying where as if you buy the sims 4 base game you don't have to pay anything else to enjoy it any time you want I cant afford to spend 750 on something I can't keep
Not to mention that you can still continue playing the game long after they stopped updating it. TS3 ended 6 years ago and people are still playing it at no cost at all. With subscriptions you play only as long as you pay.
It will probably be like other game subscription services, where you can buy packs and dlc for normal price and own it forever, or subscribe to a subscription service (like EA Play or EA Play Pro) and get access to everything. Then you can buy packs that you want to own later when they are on sale or something.
That would mean that your saves would have to be separate though, so that would be annoying, because if you stop subscribing then you can only play the packs that you own, which would break your save.
Yeah, but my point is just that that's how much a lot of people already spend without realising it. I always shop around and save money wherever I can but I know a lot of people just buy everything on release and pay full price, so technically the full "annual price" of the game is already equivalent to 10 bucks a month. A $10 a month subscription with every pack on release day wouldn't actually cost any more than it already does for the same thing if that makes sense. Still ridiculously overpriced though.
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It would cost $10/month only if you play it for 6 years. If you want to play it for 10 years it would cost a lot more. I can still play my TS3 and TS2 games, and even TS1 but I don't have to pay anything for them. Same with TS4, once it's developments ends you can play it for however long it will continue to be available in Origin at no additional cost. If you want to play TS5 at $10/month subscription it will cost a lot more than $720 if you eventually end up playing it for 10 years or more. And there is no re-sale value in a subscription service.
http://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=lisasc360
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/917144/ts3-lisa-dawnlight-adventures-in-riverview/p1?new=1
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/942919/ts3-pluto-mars-in-lucky-palms/p1?new=1
I know lmao I'm only saying that some people already pay $120 a year for the game.
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@Onverser Sorry, I just read your comment from before and got what you mean.
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I 2nd, 3rd and 4th this!!!!!
No, I am not okay with paying each month to play the game. I want the base game and packs, DLC to be sold for standard prices like always
I will never be ok with EA messing in our sandboxes, same goes with flipping multiplayer horse manure!
Agree. You know I used to think I always had to move to the latest game in the franchise but if the Sims 4 taught me one thing, it is that I can just play the previous games and still have fun. I've been playing the Sims 2 for the past few years and if the sims 5 is not good I will just keep playing previous games.
The franchise has reached a point where the appeal to buy new sims games just doesn't exist anymore. The games don't evolve as much as they used to before. If the game is subscription based it will take a really evolved and fresh sims experience for me to consider buying.
I honestly believe that would be my calling card to move on from the franchise onto other adventures.