Plumbella did an interesting Video, where she compared the Sims 3 Store with the Sims 4 Kits. Both of them give you more customization options for your playstyle. So what do you think? Who wins
Sims 4 Kits vs Sims 3 Store: Which one did it better and why? 67 votes
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Kits are much more smaller but at least they don't cost as much as the items did on the sims3 store.
In the end though, I am not a huge fan of either because they generally offer less content for more money, but it depends how much you play with them and like them.
Often Maxis would sell the one item someone wanted instead of the entire world or set or content which might be considered pricey but Kits don't offer that option. I know I got a few things (that one item) without having to spend the $20 Simoleans for an entire set etc.
Much more diverse worlds to offer, much more diverse attire of different peoples sold in sets, loved those, much more architecture to get, and much more furniture styles. And gifting, don't forget gifting. To and from others, sometimes total strangers gave me stuff (thank you) and sometimes I gifted other players just because it was on their wish lists. Easy way to gift others. Easy install of content, and just copy and keep forever in case we switched pcs and didn't want to download again, without having to use the internet again.
Yes, it was pricey but it expanded the base game most of the time and kits don't expand the base game. If they want to put worlds in kits for $5.00, ok that's a deal but they aren't going to do that. But I literally was against the store for several years until I needed and wanted new content and saw much of it was offered for free or on sale eventually. Just about any style of play and or period of time, and or ethnicity a player could imagine. That team worked their fingers to the bone to bring great stuff to the game. And don't forget much of the content offered gameplay not just decor etc. and CAS assets. I didn't see the gamechanger's video but I have to say TS3's Store.
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When kits first came out, I honestly thought they would be offering a new one every month, but that hasn't happened. I'm not too big into CAS and that seems to be the main focus of them. I'd much prefer gameplay kits.
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And I agree we definitely need way more gameplay kits.
On the other hand, as someone that still plays 3, the store is quite expensive at asking price and requires a premium currency (a mobile esque microtransaction requirement I despise) which requires you to put so much money in to even get started. Further, especially speaking about using the store now, not only is it not as easy to get the old discounts and free Simpoints (which was a decent task in of itself from what I understand to get a bunch of things at a nice price) but the infrastructure and customer support is currently lacking. Many people, including myself, have had issues with the site that Origin support or anyone else cannot seem to help with.
The only real benefit to the store was that it got regular content and often. Which is enticing, I cannot deny, but it is no where near enough to wish we had a Sims 4 store instead of kits. Especially since four kits were announced this month.
Edit: I've seen a few mentions of worlds for sale on the Sims 3 store, which I understand being seen as a pro for the store but I see it more as a pro for 3 in general. It technically isn't impossible that 4 would sell worlds piecemeal still, but I genuinely think they would have world kits if 4 could handle it. Why not charge for something people are begging for and cannot make since there is no CAW tool this round?
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If I get any of the Kits, it will be the ones that contain clothes. That way I spend more time in CAS than in the actual game, which I prefer anyway when it comes to Sims 4.
As for quantity, I'm personally glad there is less content coming out now. If we had as much to choose from as we used to, it would make downloading anything from the gallery much more challenging.
Sims 3 Store, on the other hand is pure evil, they released all rabbit holes in the game and put all interactive venues in the store. I am still waiting for the car you can tinker to sell independently of the world it comes with, same with the air balloons. Also, it is still very expensive.
The Sims 3 store had so much great stuff. I ended up owning everything from the store and got most of it for free from collecting points and following a thread in the sims 3 forum that explained the best order to get things so you could get more for less points. That in itself was kind of fun.
The only reason I'm not playing Sims 3 right now is because I have to download everything from the store to my new pc and that will take me some time.
I like the kits in sims 4 but I'm really tired of the secrecy with what is coming out and when and I'm extremely disappointed that it seems we are only getting kits this fall. We should be getting an occult gp this month - fairies or werewolves.
Though I will admit, the part I really loved most about TS3 store was that you 1. had points you could spend (as a 7th grader, having points was way easier than asking my mom every time I wanted a relatively inexpensive item haha), and 2. you could very easily gift to your friends. Entire sets or single items, and the whole wishlist and timeline and all that good stuff? That was my favorite part of The Sims at the time. I loved seeing how lively everything was all the time, not to mention the awesome build contests/giveaways and other neat stuff in the forums because the Store made it so simple to gift and pool points for winners.
I loved the social and giving
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Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
Don't tell me to use Answers as they don't understand either, even on Chats.
Around those early internet times, internet providers had simple email addresses etc. as well as EA I believe and several of them plus my provider got pwned. (qv) and they had to up their game with stronger ones and passwords. We must have been more trusting in those times!
all in all it was big annoyance to me during ts3
especially after they started cluttering the game with million ads for stuff I literally can't get
so in that sense I already prefer ts4 origin kits cause i can at least get them if i want to as long as origin giftcards are a thing
but even so I am not entirely convinced kits have to exist like there hasn't been a kit thats like
"Ah yes I totally see why this could not be put into any existing or upcoming pack and needs to be separate kit"
or
" omg i literally cannot have my sims live without this"
like idk i wouldn't say i dislike ts4 kits for now i am just mostly meh about them
especially after stuff packs just started to feel like actual addition to the game and it just feels like they went " ah can't keep doing that"
= for now its just
ts3 store =make me angry poop
ts4 kits = *bored moodlet*
take from that what you will i guess
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Neither should have ever existed because it doesn't cost that much to make such small amounts of content.
Imagine if you had to pay for every chair, hairstyle and lamp in a game like Skyrim.
Just ridiculous money-grubbing nonsense and stuff that should have been included in the base game and expansion packs.
Gamers should come before stockholders.
And this is coming from someone who owns the entire Sims 3 store.
My two cents.