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Do the early buyers rewards influence if or when you buy a pack?
Atreya33
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Ever since cottage living EA gives a reward for anyone who buys the pack early on (within a month or so). The upcoming horse ranch EP is the fourth pack to follow this strategy. 
I sometimes find the idea that something is only available for a limited time very annoying. I can get of FOMO because once the time is over, there is no way to ever get these items. The early buyers rewards (mainly the bike) were part of the reason why I got cottage living at full price. So how do you guys feel about it.
I sometimes find the idea that something is only available for a limited time very annoying. I can get of FOMO because once the time is over, there is no way to ever get these items. The early buyers rewards (mainly the bike) were part of the reason why I got cottage living at full price. So how do you guys feel about it.
Do the early buyers rewards influence if or when you buy a pack? 160 votes
Yes, I make sure to get the reward because I don't want to miss out on this one time offer
5%
8 votes
No, I don't feel the need to buy the EP sooner for the reward. I can wait
32%
52 votes
It doesn't apply because I get EP right at or right after release anyway, with or without early buyers incentive
32%
52 votes
Depends on the reward objects/EP
20%
32 votes
I don't know
0%
1 vote
Other
9%
15 votes
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High school years: I skipped the pack entirely and am not interested in getting it
Growing together: This was the kind of pack I was willing to get right away. The additional baby carrier is a nice bonus but not the reason why I got it.
Horse Ranch: I plan to wait for a sale because I am mainly interested in the world, build buy and nectar making.
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I’m not a Sims 4 completist, however, when I see items and gameplay from an actual pack that I just know I will use, I’m not willing to wait for a sale, since I have an EA PLAY membership and will get 10% discount on all content regardless.
That said, I do like the early buyer bonus items of most packs, but I’m also aware that these items don’t add additional gameplay. They’re “just” re-skins of already functional objects. They’re a nice bonus.
Just like Grim’s heavy metal guitar is not an electric, I’m almost certain that the resonator guitar won’t be an “actual” resonator guitar. Now, If it was advertised like that, it would have given me enough reason to buy the pack early, JUST for that.
I already pre-ordered Horse Ranch as it won’t make a difference to me whether I buy it today or in 2 months. I’m on my holidays and my mind’s made up. I want horses A S A P.🐎
I don't want to buy into the concept of limited time items
I almost feel like doing the opposite and not buying any packs with limited items at release
just to show them they should stop this nonsense about right now if they want the money
truth is though that I very often love the pack itself too much to wait a sale
or they put in something that I really don't want to miss like that stupid guitar *hissing*
I have bought many packs at release even before the limited items
and many packs at discount too when I couldn't afford to get something at release
and packs after release full price when I could afford it couple months later
but I just really don't want this limited item thing to continue
why should we be punished for not having the means to buy packs immediately as they release?
why should these items never be available again if you didn't get the pack at release?
or say you had other life things to do when pack released
why should you forever lose these items if you were not around at release?
*Rampage*
If you add items anyway
why not add them available for everyone seriously
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As for the other packs, I don't even remember what the items were. Growing Together I wanted on release anyway.
I'm still making my mind up on Horse Ranch. I probably won't decide until after the Livestream and early access videos.
I feel that I kinda need to explain my reasoning though, especially considering how vocal I have been about EA's business practices in the past. I have changed a bit when it comes to how I feel about the sims4, the thing is that I have for years kinda felt that I should show when I am displeased with EA's business practices and not buy packs early or don't buy them at all and I have been very vocal about bugs and other things that have been less great with the sims4. When kits were introduced I was very "anti-kit" and refused to buy them.
But I noticed that this affected me mentally, I was less and less happy with the game and less happy with a lot of things overall, so when this hit "rock bottom" with High School Years I decided to stop being invested in it so much.
I often say this to myself these days: This is not my fight. I started playing the sims4 less, bought whatever I felt like, for example kits and didn't care too much about the business practice of them anymore.
So while I am not a fan of them having items that are only available during a limited time... my mental health goes first so I'm going to probably buy the pack within that time limit because I still enjoy playing the sims4 from time to time, it's nice to get three additional items and I can afford buying packs for full price.
The only bonus items I have are those from Cottage Living, which I bought shortly after its release. Not because of the items, but because I really wanted the pack, and I don't regret buying it at full price. I can hardly think of any type of bonus content I'd want so bad that I would buy a pack early when I wasn't planning to do that anyway.
Edit: I forgot to say, Horse Ranch is another one of those packs that I really want, so I'm probably going to buy it early and get the bonus content. But again, the bonus content itself is not the reason.
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I don't use MCCC.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
But then, I haven't had a reasont to skip an EP yet. I can always find something worth gettting (though there are a few game packs I wish I'd waited on...)
Reminds me when I use to go to game stop and if you preordered there was a little freebie to get with said game release. This practice is just nothing new. You either want it or you don't. Just some items we already have in game in a different style.
Or a limited time offer during whatever X event online for a game.
Think people get this 'woe as me' or 'what about me' mentality because whatever reason they weren't able to get said item. Yep can suck if you miss it, but life goes on.
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haha got me! I even bought Growing together in time because i thought i would need that baby carrier one day (and I was right lol). I'm lying to myself by pretending it would depend on the objects but I play without mods and cc so I do need anything 😳 ...
I hate myself for being so stupid. The Sims and I have a very unhealthy relationship 🤕
And I still curse myself for not looking closely at that ad for cottage living so I missed the objects!
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I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.But I can see why some people like to collect special items and I can also see why other people hate the practice of it. Both have equally good reasoning, so I don't really have a strong stance on it myself.
On a couple of occasions, I regretted buying a pack at full price, because I ended up not using its features that much (I'm looking at you, High School Years and Werewolves), but usually CAS or B/B items had made it up at least in part.
To be honest, so far none of the early buyer bonuses had ever gotten my attention. I could easily go without even if I play on console, and we don't have the lucky chance to get them as CCs at some point.
[Edit] I even noticed that the Cottage Living ones had disappeared from my game. Not sure if it was a bug with the PS Store when the pack launched, or if they weren't downloaded again when I upgraded from PS4 to PS5 and re-installed the game and all of the packs.
I only remember the bike and baby carrier, both items I have, but never used so far. No even tiniest idea what were the other items.
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Most of the time, that's true. I usually wait a long time for stuff packs, and a long time for kits if I get them at all. But most EPs and GPs I buy right away. By "right away" I generally mean within a week of the release, once I have a chance to hear what the worst of the bugs are. Also, I have a fulltime job, and packs release during the week, so I'm generally not going to play until weekend, at the earliest, no matter how excited I am for the pack.
That being said, there have been a very few EPs that I was worried about, so I didn't buy right away, and so far, they either haven't had bonus content or it's bonus content I don't care about at all. High School Years is the only one that immediately comes to mind: I was interested, but annoyed by some of the aspects of it (like not being able to use clubs on school grounds), so I waited a while; however, I was deeply uninterested in the extra content, so I didn't mind missing that at all.
So, as of now, the extra content has worked out well for me. I've done what I was going to do anyway, and got some extra content out of it, so it's a win-win. I think as long as the bonus content aligns pretty closely with the theme of the pack, that should continue to be the case.
Now, if they come out with, like, a superhero EP (which I don't care about at all), and the bonus content includes something unrelated that I really want, like a sculpting or glassblowing station, I would be livid. But I don't see that happening.
I waited about two months before buying MWS (just for the world) and three months before buying Eco Lifestyle (now I see this as an essential pack), but other than that I buy things within a few weeks of release, once I have "clearance"