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Sims sales make me regret day 1 buys...but why not just make them cheaper anyway?
TOLKIEN
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Honestly I got University for 39.99 CAD in retail, and its already half price on origin. I legit actually haven't played much content from it either, my first reaction is - why didn't I just wait? But I've been thinking about that...it seems like Sims 4 content goes on sale A LOT. More often then steam throws sales, its almost like every two months there is an origin sale on Sims content.
So this made me think, why don't they just price the expansions cheaper? Whats the point of pricing your packs SO expensively for 1 or 2 months then putting them on sale the other months? I really wish they'd just make them cheaper overall.
Especially in Canada if you don't buy them in retail stores, they cost nearly $10 more digitally from Origin without a digital sale.
Honestly steam has programmed most people to wait for sales anyway...
So this made me think, why don't they just price the expansions cheaper? Whats the point of pricing your packs SO expensively for 1 or 2 months then putting them on sale the other months? I really wish they'd just make them cheaper overall.
Especially in Canada if you don't buy them in retail stores, they cost nearly $10 more digitally from Origin without a digital sale.
Honestly steam has programmed most people to wait for sales anyway...
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But you know, all of the people who buy the packs at full price, despite the many sales offered to them at later dates, keep EA from starting at a lower price, I guess.
I don't think they'd permanently change the prices
at least as long as ts4 is releasing new contents
what I find curious is the big sales on eps and very small sales on stuff and game packs
deal would be much sweeter if one got 50% on gps or sps like man that'd be a spending party
you'd get like 4 gps for one ep or 8 stuff packs like holy cowplant
with eps its just sort of like ''so it degraded to gp price I see''
nothing quite as exciting
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I always wait to watch lets' play/gameplay videos before purchasing the dlc. I only purchase all things for what I believe they are worth.
I agree though, in Canada it's better to wait for their sales and I am going to do that from now on for EPs and GPs. SPs don't go on sale very often. Not as often as EPs and GPS, and they are usually 1/2 price within a couple months of release. I can wait.
I say that now, but if they put out a cruise holiday or a casino GP, I'd buy those up in a hot minute at full price!
Exactly this. The fact that so many people aren't willing to wait just a few weeks until the latest game is on sale at half price, means that EA still rakes it in on release day.
The only game in this series I've bought for full price on release day was base game, and my god did I regret that at the time. With the sims it seems it's always better to wait - either it will be reduced in a few weeks or there will be fixes and/or additions.
In addition, I like the Sims 4/the Sims franchise in general. So long as it's a profitable venture for them they'll continue to make content. It's not the worst thing in the world that they're making a killing on each of these packs so long as they deliver a product that's commensurate with what we're paying, imo. It'll keep the Sims 4 around, and someday it'll ensure a Sims 5 comes along.
Same here - if it's a pack I want, I want it now, not when it goes on sale.
If they sold it at, say, $20 from the outset, with no chance of a sale later, they'd sell fewer units and definitely make less money. (And they do need to cover their cost and produce a profit for their shareholders, who invested their money in the company.) Some people won't buy unless they feel like they're getting a deal. And, if I'm only interested in part of a pack, it makes more sense to wait until it's on sale - that way, I'm literally paying for what I get - full price for the pack I want for game play and BB-CAS, half price if I only want the BB-CAS. The dollar amount is less important than feeling like I paid the right price.
The only thing I don't get is why stuff packs don't go 50% off more often, because I would never have bought Movie Hangout if it hadn't. SPs generally don't interest me at £9.99, but £4.99 can sway it.
Stuff packs are so niche. I wish they could go on sale more often because I don’t care about most of them.
Most big brands work on that system because when people see "sale", they're more likely to buy an item, thus the frequent half-price sales. With physical goods you're running the risk of the item selling out before a sale because there are enough people with money to buy it at full price. With electronic goods, waiting for a sale is worth it because the stock isn't limited.