None of what's in the pack is BAD. But I predict it will be overpriced. And if we accept it being overpriced now, you just wait a few months for it to go up a buck or two.
I agree, but by purchasing the kit pack, whether you like the content or not, you are effectively communicating to EA:
1. I like this pack.
2. I agree with its retail price.
That's how they, and virtually every company, views your purchase at the end of the day. You can provide feedback on the forums till you develop carpal tunnel, but it's all invalidated if you end up purchasing anyway.
It's just going to be the Sims 3 store all over again. Lackluster content that's overpriced to heck. $5 bucks for three hibiscus plants anyone? It's such a shame how they cut content up to sell for more money, and how people just accept this like it's a good thing.
Yes, some of the stuff in Sims 3 store had me laugh but what I see is hypocrisy in play some were dead set against it and now EA/Maxis is fixing to start here all of an sudden it is widely accepted. What would be the kicker for me is if they start selling Neighborhoods which they include in certain packs.
You've mentioned hypocrisy in several posts now. Are you saying the simmers supporting the Sims 4 Kits were critical of the Sims 3 store?
Yes some were and stand by my post
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Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
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Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
In my mind, they have people making these things specifically for the kits.
I mentioned this before, but I like them in theory. If they're super affordable bits of content that don't take too much time or resources away from other packs, it could be great. Having too much DLC does create too many moving parts and creating too much DLC makes the Sims look bad, but I can look past that if the content is good.
I just don't trust EA to execute it well. They've already proven to be money-hungry, willing to divide up content into multiple packs to scam us out of money, and a lot of the packs they made are shallow. I could see these kits taking time and resources away from other packs.
I have no opinion on the Sims 3 store because I never used it. But I heard you can watch ads to earn points to purchase things, which seems pretty cool. If we got that for Sims 4, that'd be great; I could turn on adds, step away to make a sandwich, and come back to points.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
I mentioned this before, but I like them in theory. If they're super affordable bits of content that don't take too much time or resources away from other packs, it could be great. Having too much DLC does create too many moving parts and creating too much DLC makes the Sims look bad, but I can look past that if the content is good.
I just don't trust EA to execute it well. They've already proven to be money-hungry, willing to divide up content into multiple packs to scam us out of money, and a lot of the packs they made are shallow. I could see these kits taking time and resources away from other packs.
I have no opinion on the Sims 3 store because I never used it. But I heard you can watch ads to earn points to purchase things, which seems pretty cool. If we got that for Sims 4, that'd be great; I could turn on adds, step away to make a sandwich, and come back to points.
The ads weren't available in all regions, so ad watching depends on where you're located.
Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
In my mind, they have people making these things specifically for the kits.
I believe so too. Because on the Maxis Career page there's a new job posting for an External Development Artist - Object Reviewer
One thing that was interesting was it stated that part of the job was to review "Daily Content Deliveries", so I wonder if they have new objects coming in every day. I'm wondering if these outsourced individuals, outside of the team, is large enough that it would be delivering assets daily to Maxis?
The other thing, was this person is supposed Revise, change, or fix “finished” assets as needed
Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
In my mind, they have people making these things specifically for the kits.
I believe so too. Because on the Maxis Career page there's a new job posting for an External Development Artist - Object Reviewer
One thing that was interesting was it stated that part of the job was to review "Daily Content Deliveries", so I wonder if they have new objects coming in every day.
The other thing, was this person is supposed Revise, change, or fix “finished” assets as needed
I read this to mean that the daily content deliveries would be from employees working within the team, not necessarily content provided to the community. Similar to a production quota to make sure that employees are doing their job. My company has this due to employees working from home. They can't be watched physically, so the business tracks how much computer stuff gets done on a daily basis. But this is totally a guess on my part and based on my own experience, which is not in the gaming field.
@Monet11 as much as I love the idea of daily content for the community that's how I interpreted it also.
Mentor the external partners on a day-to-day basis by creating highly detailed written and illustrative reviews on daily content deliveries.
If they're hiring someone specifically to manage kit development it seems we may be getting them for quite some time.
Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
In my mind, they have people making these things specifically for the kits.
I believe so too. Because on the Maxis Career page there's a new job posting for an External Development Artist - Object Reviewer
One thing that was interesting was it stated that part of the job was to review "Daily Content Deliveries", so I wonder if they have new objects coming in every day. I'm wondering if these outsourced individuals, outside of the team, is large enough that it would be delivering assets daily to Maxis?
The other thing, was this person is supposed Revise, change, or fix “finished” assets as needed
They probably do have new objects coming in every day or often enough to keep them busy every day, because I imagine everyone is busy on their job, whatever that is, every single day of the year regardless of the release times of packs. Also, they said they outsource all mesh and textures creation so they're probably having a constant flow of deliver and review of assets.
Are kits left over stuff they left out of stuff packs and others? like that fit kit? Couldn't some of that been included in one of the stuff packs or something about fitness? Squeeze every dime? Is this stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor and they decided to gather it all up and start selling it? Just wondering.
I think so. These 3 packs closely resemble 3 stuff packs released a few years ago. I think they made these items for those packs and for whatever reason they were left on the cutting room floor. Someone had to of noticed the amount of content left on the wayside and thought kits were a great idea of getting them out there.
I have a hunch they could be released today? We’ve just had the patch where all the details were found, so could be classed as a ‘pre-release patch’. Plus I doubt they would really need a gap between announce and release as it’s essentially bite size pieces of content, there wouldn’t be much to share like the usual blog posts, Q&As, trailers, live streams that we get with packs. Really wouldn’t surprise me if these kits went live today!
Morning, everyone. Let's see what fresh hell awaits us all today.
Edit: The place bad people go to when they die, that's censored? In a game that's T-rated, includes WooHoo and non-consensual alien pregnancies, we can't say that word? Not mad or anything, just surprised the censor's that strict.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
Just jumping on here to let you know that I removed several comments because they were crossing the line. Please keep in mind that ...
... circumventing the profanity filter is not okay.
... public threads are not the right place for personal arguments.
... you should keep the conversation on-topic even if it might be tempting to speculate about a potential Sims 5 or job openings with Maxis.
... promoting/discussing activities that are against the EA User Agreement is a BIG no-no and can lead to sanctions.
... everyone here can have their own opinion on all things Sims - Kits included - and a different opinion doesn't justify trolling/flaming/baiting (all of which is against the forum rules as you all know).
If you like the concept of Kits, that awesome, and if you don't like it, that's perfectly fine, too. Just be cool about it when talking to other Simmers and play by the rules so that everyone can have a constructive discussion.
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I agree, but by purchasing the kit pack, whether you like the content or not, you are effectively communicating to EA:
1. I like this pack.
2. I agree with its retail price.
That's how they, and virtually every company, views your purchase at the end of the day. You can provide feedback on the forums till you develop carpal tunnel, but it's all invalidated if you end up purchasing anyway.
Yes some were and stand by my post
No one knows. Only speculation.
I just don't trust EA to execute it well. They've already proven to be money-hungry, willing to divide up content into multiple packs to scam us out of money, and a lot of the packs they made are shallow. I could see these kits taking time and resources away from other packs.
I have no opinion on the Sims 3 store because I never used it. But I heard you can watch ads to earn points to purchase things, which seems pretty cool. If we got that for Sims 4, that'd be great; I could turn on adds, step away to make a sandwich, and come back to points.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
The ads weren't available in all regions, so ad watching depends on where you're located.
I believe so too. Because on the Maxis Career page there's a new job posting for an External Development Artist - Object Reviewer
One thing that was interesting was it stated that part of the job was to review "Daily Content Deliveries", so I wonder if they have new objects coming in every day. I'm wondering if these outsourced individuals, outside of the team, is large enough that it would be delivering assets daily to Maxis?
The other thing, was this person is supposed Revise, change, or fix “finished” assets as needed
That job posting can be found here:
https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/164455/external-development-artist-object-reviewer?locale=en
***Edited to clarify what I was wondering
I read this to mean that the daily content deliveries would be from employees working within the team, not necessarily content provided to the community. Similar to a production quota to make sure that employees are doing their job. My company has this due to employees working from home. They can't be watched physically, so the business tracks how much computer stuff gets done on a daily basis. But this is totally a guess on my part and based on my own experience, which is not in the gaming field.
Mentor the external partners on a day-to-day basis by creating highly detailed written and illustrative reviews on daily content deliveries.
If they're hiring someone specifically to manage kit development it seems we may be getting them for quite some time.
They probably do have new objects coming in every day or often enough to keep them busy every day, because I imagine everyone is busy on their job, whatever that is, every single day of the year regardless of the release times of packs. Also, they said they outsource all mesh and textures creation so they're probably having a constant flow of deliver and review of assets.
I think so. These 3 packs closely resemble 3 stuff packs released a few years ago. I think they made these items for those packs and for whatever reason they were left on the cutting room floor. Someone had to of noticed the amount of content left on the wayside and thought kits were a great idea of getting them out there.
Edit: The place bad people go to when they die, that's censored? In a game that's T-rated, includes WooHoo and non-consensual alien pregnancies, we can't say that word? Not mad or anything, just surprised the censor's that strict.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
Yes, i hope it's released today! And i wish we get new kits very often 😄
no were just waiting for them to randomly drop news lol
my top 5:https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=adamzaid#
Lol, ok. Thanks.
Just jumping on here to let you know that I removed several comments because they were crossing the line. Please keep in mind that ...
- ... circumventing the profanity filter is not okay.
- ... public threads are not the right place for personal arguments.
- ... you should keep the conversation on-topic even if it might be tempting to speculate about a potential Sims 5 or job openings with Maxis.
- ... promoting/discussing activities that are against the EA User Agreement is a BIG no-no and can lead to sanctions.
- ... everyone here can have their own opinion on all things Sims - Kits included - and a different opinion doesn't justify trolling/flaming/baiting (all of which is against the forum rules as you all know).
Lastly, for those of you waiting for more info: today is the day as per the official The Sims Twitter channel.If you like the concept of Kits, that awesome, and if you don't like it, that's perfectly fine, too. Just be cool about it when talking to other Simmers and play by the rules so that everyone can have a constructive discussion.
Thank you, Leeloo