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Right, so personally I have every pack I want, and I've had them for some time. At about 6000 hours, I've easily gotten my mileage out of them.
But now I want to buy them again for a streamer friend, and I was wondering if anyone can tell me when they're typically on sale. I want to get a good deal on them because the packs are still going for €40 each. The fact that they're still full price is really putting me off from TS3 as a whole. I know I paid a pretty penny for it too, back in the day, but TS3 is a legacy title now. It shouldn't be this plumming expensive.
He uses Steam; I use Origin. I assume Steam will have some good deals during its yearly summer sale? I don't think I want to wait that long. I'd use one of those resellers but I don't want to risk getting any 🐸🐸🐸🐸 because of scummy business practices. I also don't know if they do gifts.
But now I want to buy them again for a streamer friend, and I was wondering if anyone can tell me when they're typically on sale. I want to get a good deal on them because the packs are still going for €40 each. The fact that they're still full price is really putting me off from TS3 as a whole. I know I paid a pretty penny for it too, back in the day, but TS3 is a legacy title now. It shouldn't be this plumming expensive.
He uses Steam; I use Origin. I assume Steam will have some good deals during its yearly summer sale? I don't think I want to wait that long. I'd use one of those resellers but I don't want to risk getting any 🐸🐸🐸🐸 because of scummy business practices. I also don't know if they do gifts.
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And yes, you can gift on steam.
But if you buy an EA product through Steam you can use that steam's game code on Origin and it'll work, so you get the pack on both platforms. I'm currently waiting on a steam sale myself so I can finally get Outdoor Living Stuff and Master Suite for TS3, after all these years still haven't gotten them.
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TS4 is not available on steam period. Most recent EA games are Origin exclusive especially recent ones.
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And could also be a reason why TS4 isn't likely selling as well on Origin compared to retail places like Steam. TS3 has trended on the top 100 list (was around rank #89 or so?) as of yesterday because of Steam promotional sales.
Especially now that Steam has again made the "core" EPs & base game all available i.e. with Pets, Gen & Seasons for one tidy price of $49.50:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/47890/The_Sims_3/
These 3 EPs were the key, fundamental EPs that should've came with the base game in 2009. But the technolgy to release them and/or production constraints made this unfeasible possibility I guess.
Until EA decides to synch with market reality, I don't see how they're competitively selling any TS4 DLC the way Steam has with TS3. Especially if the technical issues with the Origin Launcher still persist.
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Instead of taking advantage of the past Steam sales, I went the physical route and collected disk copies to replace my digital Origin collection. I owned some of them already but it wasn't cheap. (You can do this with pre-2012 base game + disk collection + super patch 1.67) I don't regret it one bit. Nothing against steam, I just prefer to be free of all digital distribution platforms when possible.
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I couldn't agree more with you, I think the same. I only owned Sims 3 EP, and not all of them, and now I'm thinking about completing my collection with the rest of them... But it's such a hard challenge as it is very rare to find them in stores, so I'm looking through the second-hand market. How did you managed to find them all?
Thank you for reminding simmers about this reality check SimplyJen. For making simmers aware of the industry push towards 100% online games. Lots of simmers (especially younger ones) don't realize EA made a fundamental change in how they would release their single player Sims (and other) franchise titles in the future. And yes, this was when they changed their policy to pressure simmers to exclusively download TS3 & other DLC from Origin in 2012. Force a mandatory online requirement. Which not only removed player choice but compromised simmer's ability to use 3rd party mods in their game as well.
Too many simmers (and gamers in general) are blinded by the convenience of digital DLC. Until they lose their internet or IP access. Or the software dev/publisher retires the servers that were dedicated to their game for whatever reason (franchise obsolete, dev bankruptcy etc, a hardware retirement like Micrsoft GFWL etc etc.). At which point, the digital owning gamer suddenly realizes they're permanently cut off from ever playing their favorite title again....
But with hard DVD retail copies, it doesn't matter if you're vacationing on the moon, the top of the Himalayas, the bottom of the Marianas Trench, or the center of the earth. Unlike digital/cloud server games, hard copies of games will NEVER have this problem. Especially where your official DLC modded content is concerned (if stored on your HD). You'll ALWAYS have access to your sims game
edit: and your post explains the trending phenomenon of why our 9 year old Sims 3 franchise making Steam's top 100 all of last week! LMAO
But then again, Steam did have an excellent bundle were they offered the base game + all the fundamental DLCs which should've been in the base game i.e. Seasons, Gen & Pets
@megaluci00 Depends on where you are located. I live in the US. Some stores still carry physical copies but in my experience they didn't have the packs I needed. I suggest calling stores ahead of time to see what they have. I purchased my missing physical copy packs through Amazon & eBay. I chose to play it safe and buy new sealed copies. You can use used copies as long as the code is included, the disk is readable, and you patch to 1.67. Doesn't matter if it's registered already. Look for sellers with good feedback/reputation. If you buy from a second hand local shop, ask if they accept returns in case you can't use it for whatever reason.
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Game utilities like EasyCASP, SaveCleaner, and 3booter might be a different story, but technically these are standalone programs and not mods.
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Now I am looking for University Life; but I think I'll keep Into the Future and Supernatural out of my list for the moment as neither of them call my attention very much. By the Way, I'm from Spain.
Thanks!
Here's what I told someone else wanting to super patch 1.67 with all disk install to avoid Origin: Here is that thread: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16635013
As for buying in Spain... I wouldn't have a clue.
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Used codes can't be registered, but if you already own the digital copy you should be able to install from the used disk - but I don't know as I've never tried to do it. It is best to get sealed unused disks from authorised sellers though. Registering a code from an unauthorised seller can result in loss of the game if the seller never paid EA for it in the first place. If that has happened EA will cancel the game in Origin.
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The problem is that here in Spain I think it's difficult to find brand new physical copies; because I have looked on some videogame stores and also through Amazon and eBay but they don't have them anymore, or if they do it's only the code what they are selling. I have only found some of the Stuff Packs, but what I am looking for are Expansions...