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Feeling rather cheesed off....
grevilliablue
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I have to say I feel a bit cheated over the number of packs that EA has been giving away lately. With one or two exceptions (I'm looking at you Journey to Batuu) I've bought all of the packs when they've come out, so over the years have spent a lot of money on TS4. Yet I wonder now why I bothered since several of the games I've bought have since been available for download free of charge. I'm sure I'm not the only person in this position & I wonder what, if anything, EA will do to reward those of us who have been loyal to the game for years. It would be nice if we were offered something to reward our loyalty. Does anyone else feel the same way?
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I had my freebie time when I was poorer during TS3 and was lucky to have quite a few items for nothing so I don't begrudge someone else a turn. And most people know that's how the gaming world works anyway... I have chosen not to buy other games on release and ended up with some real dirt-cheap bargains and freebies for coming to a game at a much later stage. It's just the way it is.
I never feel cheated when more people can join me in what I love to do most. I want everyone to have everything. I am so glad that others support games at full price that I cannot purchase until they depreciate. I hope they are glad when I can finally join them. I hope they will welcome me and mentor me and include me.
Over the years, I have made many friends online that live in countries that cannot always convert their country's money to purchase American products. We can only share things that are free. I am SO happy about everything they can share with me!
I paid full price for most of Sims 4, and I have purchased most of it TWICE, once for console and once for PC. But I got most of the Sims 3 deeply discounted. The Sims 3 community has been so nice to me!!! Even gifting me store content! Sharing and community has always been my favorite part of playing the Sims since Sims 1 was first released.
Not because a lot of us had paid for the bathtub several years before that but because they did it for an anniversary. The impression you make on your customers and your community is done through your actions and giving away an old item (at least for me) gives me the impression that they care enough to celebrate the anniversary... but not enough to spend money on it.
EA giving away free packs as goodwill to the people who don't have them it's.... eh whatever. I paid for the packs when they were new I guess they can give it away several years later. But it... doesn't always gives the best impression towards the community in my opinion.
A lot of people have spent a lot of money into this game, I guess you could say that we have invested a lot of money and hours into it and we don't want to see them just... give it away. At least not too often.
I dance to the beat of my own drum, no matter how measured or far away.
I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.but also I like that others get the things for free and I like that I sometimes get things free
overall like that more people can have the cool stuff in the game without breaking the bank
sure could have not bought it if i knew it was gonna be free
but in all honesty would i have waited and not buy something I wanted if I knew its free like 5 years later? Doubt.
Also maybe it should be more like " free kit of choice" or " choose one of these 5 stuff packs for free"
At least better chance at it being something not in your library but yeah its what it is
I kind of don't like pack items thrown into base game though
but thats because it just reminds me that if they had made it base game from the start
the pack could have had more items like with the hot tub pack if hot tubs were base game from start we wouldn't have pack thats just couple hot tubs it could have had more furniture or different gameplay item we are missing
sure i don't have hot tub pack myself so having hot tubs in base is neat but still if one could time travel...
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Even permanently making a small feature of an old pack part of the base game doesn't bother me either because it at least opens up the possibility that we might see new versions of that type of item in future packs. And (say what you want about "reskinned" objects) I am all about having many, many different styles of things because I love building, love making characters, and love taking screenshots and I want lots of options. And in many cases the object or feature they eventually make base game is something I thought should have been base game to begin with. So it feels right to me, even if I already own it.
I'm old enough that more than half my life was spent in a totally pre-"home computer", pre-internet, non-digital world. So I'm used to the progression of things going from "hot and expensive" to "old news and cheap" to "relegated to the bargain bin" to "we give this away for free as a promotional stunt" and none of that seems wrong to me. It allows people access to things even when they are on very tight budgets. If I can't afford something when it is new, I wait until it is not. It would be very frustrating to live in this world if nothing ever decreased in value over time.
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This is NOT my favorite way of seeing free stuff given away! When the most loyal supporters receive nothing during a celebration, it is human to feel disrespected. There is a Bible parable about people that worked one hour receiving the same wages as the people that worked all day. Maybe I should be above feeling disrespected in situation like this, but EA is not God, and I am just human, and as much as I want everyone to have everything that I have, on a special day, I want something new and special, too. Yes, something that we can all have, but something that is new for ALL us, including me.
I think it’s interesting that EA gave us loads of advance notice that Blooming Rooms was going to be given away for free. I liked that — it meant that people thinking of buying it knew they had a choice to either buy it now or wait a few weeks and get it for free. I think that’s fair.
EA has given several items from packs for free as well. The first time I was upset but I have grown used to it I guess. It doesn't bother me as long as the pack has enough remaining value.
What bothers me more is what they did with the hot tub. That bothered me more because it permanently devaluates an existing pack. The kit that is given free now will keep it's value after the giveaway. Of course this might be more of an emotional reaction than a logical reaction. But I still feel cheated/tricked into buying perfect patio.
I am also grateful for the advance notice for blooming rooms. I was contemplating on buying it so I knew I just had to be patient. I think it must be frustrating if someone just bought it the other day.
It doesn't bother me.
When I discovered The Sims ( 3 ), I had very little to spend on entertainment. Treasure was hard to find and my fleet wasn't as big as it is now. All I really had was a rubber dinghy and an insufferable fat old macaw who's clingy claws gave me shoulder pain and a left ear-ache because she always complained about coconuts. I don't know why. Something coconut related must have happened to her when she was only a wee hatchling. R.I.P Chi Chi, I loved you no matter what. I still do. I miss you.
There were hardly any Sims 3 sales back in the day, the biggest being the Black Friday sale, with up to 70% off Expansion packs! That was the only time I could afford treating myself to a bunch of EPs and that's exactly what I did. I'd wait for an entire year to buy Sims content. But I had fun in the end so it was worth it.
I'm able to look after myself a bit better nowadays. When I like a pack I can get it right away if I want to. Oftentimes I do, because I see no reason to wait for that long unless a pack introduces a plethora of gamebreaking bugs at release, which - as we all know- has happened before. I will no longer pre-order or buy SP's GP' and EP's at release, but that's not the point. The fact that I CAN get them, to be able to jump into the game right away and explore the latest packs makes all the difference. If, after three years, one of those pack becomes free for all, I haven't lost anything. If I bought it and enjoyed it a week before they give it out for free, that would be a tad annoying, let's not pretend it wouldn't be - still, I wouldn't have lost anything. I paid for it and enjoyed it the moment I wanted it. Not a week later, NOW.
Saying "Why did I even bother spending all that money..." is like saying "Why did I even bother having a shower this morning and waste all that water since I'll be dirty in a few hours anyway. What's the point? Why live when you can be a cosy six feet under instead, since that's where we're all heading anyway." Except the immortals amongst us. You'll be fine. Lucky buggers.
I'm happy for the people who can get content for free. I'd say just enjoy the moment if you can, we will all get our discounts and free-bees when we need them at some point in our lives. 💚
I'm just so tired of trying to guide bees back to great outdoors all times of day after they find their way into my room
and I need to rant about it whenever I see word bee
how can I tell bee there no flower in my room? I wish they could read so I could just put up a sign
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