It's no surprise really, the Sims has long had a model of the base game just being a "base" that you buy additional content for, so it makes sense to make it free so then more people will start playing the game and thus buy DLC for it.
On another note I wonder if this means something more for the future of the game - making a game indefinitely free is generally more of an end of life cycle sort of thing, not something that happens for games with "years and years left"...
That is interesting and leaves a lot of room for speculation for what could be the future of The Sims 4... New users always had to buy the base game in order to play any of their packs.
My guess is that they want the option for The Sims 4 to go more towards a free to play model, free to play games are often updated regularly and they don't tend to have larger expansions and packs but more like seasons and smaller content like microtransactions.
We have kinda seen this already with their kits. I'm not sure if this means the end of the sims4, they have said that they have many more years left, but maybe they would like the option to scale down things and have a free to play model instead.
I have mixed feelings and different speculation regarding this announcement.
One side of me is thinking, TS4 is winding down in the next year, the free TS4 base game is to get new players interested who will jump on the band wagon of TS5 when it comes out.
Then another side of me is thinking, nawwww that's not it, they have stated over and over and over again that TS4 has many, many more years of content planned. And I know they've recently listed job postings that are specific to TS4, so they are definitely planning on more content for it.
All of these job postings were from last week and mention TS4 specifically.
I wonder how this will effect the release of eps,gps,kits and sps.
Considering there were no SP since Kits were announced, I don't think those will be affected in any way
BTW, does anyone else has all the kits marked as purchased in Origin even though they don't own them? Not counting the new free kit, I only bought Bust the Dust, Modern Menswear, Little Campers and First Fits kits. But now, I have all of them marked as purchased, which also means I can't buy them, if I wanted to (which I don't, but whatever). I even have option do download them, but that does nothing. Inside the game, however, they are all still marked as not owned and I have button to buy them from there, but when I click that, it'll tell me I already own that, which I obviously don't. Or do I? I am quite confused here.
Anyway, redeeming the new kit went without problem, except Origin still wanted payment method confirmation. Don't get why Origin want that for free content, but whatever.
I wonder how this will effect the release of eps,gps,kits and sps.
Considering there were no SP since Kits were announced, I don't think those will be affected in any way
BTW, does anyone else has all the kits marked as purchased in Origin even though they don't own them? Not counting the new free kit, I only bought Bust the Dust, Modern Menswear, Little Campers and First Fits kits. But now, I have all of them marked as purchased, which also means I can't buy them, if I wanted to (which I don't, but whatever). I even have option do download them, but that does nothing. Inside the game, however, they are all still marked as not owned and I have button to buy them from there, but when I click that, it'll tell me I already own that, which I obviously don't. Or do I? I am quite confused here.
Anyway, redeeming the new kit went without problem, except Origin still wanted payment method confirmation. Don't get why Origin want that for free content, but whatever.
Yeah right like there will be more kits and kits and kits, period! But guess what?! 2022 is the worst year in my life with no stuff pack being release during in-development of The Sims 4
Also, I don't wanna see kits being revealed for next month, as soon as I can't see a stuff pack and an expansion pack on the list where the next and last roadmap of The Sims 4, this'll be a serious problem
I think the reason why you guys are getting errors when downloading is due to too much traffic from other users downloading it, eventually that will settle down, give it time.
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Mine went error too, however it did clear up.
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On another note I wonder if this means something more for the future of the game - making a game indefinitely free is generally more of an end of life cycle sort of thing, not something that happens for games with "years and years left"...
but I am more curious what that poster means with laundry day and country kitchen
is it just one of those shady "would you like to also get this" things origin shoots at ya or are they gonna be free too *adjust monocle*
wouldn't mind since I don't have those but it is kinda odd pairing
🏡 Gallery 📖 Stories 🌍 World Project 🥔 MOD/CC Free
man I hope so bad its not that
cause I'm not gonna even care for ts5 if they pull that nonsense again
🏡 Gallery 📖 Stories 🌍 World Project 🥔 MOD/CC Free
My guess is that they want the option for The Sims 4 to go more towards a free to play model, free to play games are often updated regularly and they don't tend to have larger expansions and packs but more like seasons and smaller content like microtransactions.
We have kinda seen this already with their kits. I'm not sure if this means the end of the sims4, they have said that they have many more years left, but maybe they would like the option to scale down things and have a free to play model instead.
confusion intensifies
🏡 Gallery 📖 Stories 🌍 World Project 🥔 MOD/CC Free
Appears to be. At a guess a "thank you for buying Sims 4 base game" for all of us who did.
Personally, I wasn't at all interested in it but I won't say no to free stuff.
Edit: Of course, when I tried to download it from Origin I got an error message but that could be my wonky computer.
Hotels
Pool Slides
Pool Waterfalls
Romantic and family gameplay. I don't count My Wedding Stories as a romance pack.
One side of me is thinking, TS4 is winding down in the next year, the free TS4 base game is to get new players interested who will jump on the band wagon of TS5 when it comes out.
Then another side of me is thinking, nawwww that's not it, they have stated over and over and over again that TS4 has many, many more years of content planned. And I know they've recently listed job postings that are specific to TS4, so they are definitely planning on more content for it.
All of these job postings were from last week and mention TS4 specifically.
(Dated 09-08-22)
https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/175635/gameplay-software-engineer-the-sims?locale=en
(Dated 09-09-22)
https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/175540/game-designer-ii-the-sims?locale=en
(Dated 09-09-22)
https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/175545/3d-artist-ii-the-sims?locale=en
BTW, does anyone else has all the kits marked as purchased in Origin even though they don't own them? Not counting the new free kit, I only bought Bust the Dust, Modern Menswear, Little Campers and First Fits kits. But now, I have all of them marked as purchased, which also means I can't buy them, if I wanted to (which I don't, but whatever). I even have option do download them, but that does nothing. Inside the game, however, they are all still marked as not owned and I have button to buy them from there, but when I click that, it'll tell me I already own that, which I obviously don't. Or do I? I am quite confused here.
Anyway, redeeming the new kit went without problem, except Origin still wanted payment method confirmation. Don't get why Origin want that for free content, but whatever.
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