Are Sims 4 Kits Really Worse Than The Sims 3 Store?
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- I Compared The Sims 3 Store Vs. The Sims 4 Kits To See Whcih Game has The Worst Microtransactions!
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The sims 3 store used to have a button that would give you 5 sim points after watching a short ad. I think this was removed in 2015-16. I would open 9 windows on my PC and just go through the ads for roughly an hour each day to rack up a ton of sim points. I ended up getting alot of the content for free, but my biggest takeaway was the world of Lucky Palms.
This was my technique too! 😝
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
i remember when i first joined the site i got 1000 simpoints free then the next day i got 1000 more
I got the entire store (except items [i.e. certain worlds]), entirely free by watching ads, and following the Daily Deal Rotational thread in the Sims forums. Even after Sims 4 began (after owning the entire Store), I still watched ads to gift Sims 3 Store items to others. With Complete-a-Set, you only buy a few of the discounted items (using the Daily Deal Rotation calendar for cheapest price), then buy the entire set at the cheapest sale price, for even less, or completely free. As a matter of fact, The Tip Top Toddler Collection has a glitched feature that you can buy either 1 or 2 smaller items, and get the entire set, plus its compilation for free (I think the glitch still works).
As for the machine that offers you lower prices, it rarely now offers lower prices than the DD sale prices (due to it not being updated, once they dropped all items in the Store's prices), however, once you own most of the Store, it does give you a few offers for free items (I saved one of the worlds, available for SimPoints to test whether it would be offered), and indeed it was. Some of the items, I would have never bought, had I needed to buy out of pocket, but if the price is free, nothing Sims 4 can offer can compete with that, unless Sims 4 brought back the ads.
Another tip, some of the EPs give SimPoints that can be used in the game, when you register your games. There are also hundreds of free items (even sets) at the store, and the Daily Deal Rotational thread also lists them. They also give tips how to buy anything and everything for the cheapest price. Even as vast as the Store is, with the discounted prices, using the DD Rotational method of purchasing and Complete-a-Set, you can definitely still own more items than what is offered in Sims 4 for far less a price.
Also, there are Venues, that also fo on sale ridiculously low, which almost always contain Premium Content (which offer gameplay elements), build items, buy items, and in some cases, clothing items. Venues are Community Lots that can be placed in any World. They can even be redesigned, as their build/buy pieces can be added/deleted/recolored/patterned. You can build your own Venues from scratch, combining elements of any that you own. Sims 4 is extremely limiting (as far as space and designing).
Worlds: Most Worlds also come with Premium Items, and Gold Worlds offer even more. Now if you do choose to buy any of the pay-out-of-pocket Worlds, I suggest you buy the Gold Versions, because they throw in extra content (usually Premium Items/Venues/Build/Buy, sometimes extra clothing too), and on top of that they give you additional SimPoints (normally enough to buy a Venue or large Set/Compilation). Also, don't forget to pick up Riverview, which is available for free for anyone who registers their base game. The one aspect of Sims 3 Store Worlds that obliterates Sims 4, is that most of the Gold Worlds offer more than Sims 4 EPs. Don't believe me, compare for yourself.
I know that I swore I would not contribute to EA with buying any items from the Sims 3 Store, but after discovering the DD threads, I went on to own it all (mostly for free). Sadly, Sims 4 was losing players, as they learned about how to own the entire Sims 3 Store (again, with exception to just a few out-of-pocket items, namely Worlds), that they stripped the watching ads for SimPoints aspects, to try and lure players back to the Sims 4 dlc simulator.
But if you thought that was all, the Sims 3 Community is alive, active and thriving. There are several gifting threads, contest threads, tips and tricks, modders and cc creators, to allow those who are fed up with Sims 4 price gauging, to experience all that Sims 3 has to offer. Also, Sims 3's exchange not only has renovated houses and Sims, but has a plethora of Worlds to explore. Oh yes, Sims 3 has a World building tool, that can be downloaded for Free. Also, Sims 2 Exchange has a World building tool, that is available, even if you only own the base game.
I actually tried to get into Sims 4, but with it still lacking gameplay content from its predecessors (including Sims 1), its limitations with redesigning and lack of a World building tool, its lack of personality and Lore, its repetitive gameplay elements (lack thereof), and overall boring gameplay, I still cannot find a redeeming quality that would give reason to further invest my money into the worst dlc simulator, EA has put out ever. I truly do not understand any veteran players of Sims games, liking what Sims 4 has to offer, when all of its predecessors offered far more detail, gameplay, personality, enjoyment, etc.
I just pirated, your way seems to just be to much work for me and my terrible wifi in my childhood home
The sims 3 store was cash grabby but it was so much better because you could pick and choose what you wanted. If you only wanted one hairstyle out of a whole set, you could get that one. On ts4 you have to buy a whole ass kit. Plus, the sims 3 store actually had really awesome stuff like amazing worlds, gameplay sets, etc. the sims 4 kits have….broken brooms?
And the Sims 3 stuff were really unique. I still watch Midnight Hollow Let‘s Plays to this date, since it‘s such a unique world setting.
I just feel like the quality of a lot of the sims 3 store content is what validated that business model. The things in the sims 4 kits is just... not up to the same standard though. I know it's an example that's been made a million times already, but the bust the dust kit and how broken it was? Totally unacceptable. In the sims 3 store, you could basically buy whole EPs or SPs worth of content without having to leave your home. In the days of the DVD model, this was a big thing. The huge worlds available on the store--fully populated worlds, i might add--always seemed awesome to me. Overpriced? One MILLION percent. But enjoyable? To the absolute MAX. I stopped buying sims 4 kits a while ago because i just feel like... idk, they're so hollow and they add nothing to the game. Just my two cents though. Thanks for the video as always satch ❤
That's a good point about being able to buy without leaving the house, if you're playing at 1am or can't find the EP you need you could immediately add some content.
See, I remember so many of the items being so broken, glitched and laggy in the Sims 3 store. I don't remember what I bought, but if I look back on my old live journal(lmao anyone remember livejournal. I used it as a actual private diary that nobody could see but me 😂) I have a rant about how frustrated I was with the Sims 3 store items. I felt ripped off more with the Sims 3 store than I feel with the Sims 4, which is interesting 😂
Yeah I bought at least a couple of worlds from the Sims 3 Store (Monte Vista is one of my absolute favourite worlds), as well as the Stone's Throw Greenhouse which was an incredibly useful set for gardeners. I'm pretty sure I had some other things that added functionality as well, I really need to go through my history and see what was in there. Sims 4 I don't think I ever bought any of the kits.
@@Juwlz only buggy one i can think of is the bakery thing, which pales in comparison to dine out's bugs.
There were ways to save tons of points. I got the whole store for about 1/3 of the price. Took months though. They still have daily deals
To me the biggest difference is that TS3 and its expansions felt much more complete. The stuff in the store really did feel optional. But since TS4 always leaves us hungry for content, the kits feel like they're taking something that should've been included in a pack and throwing an extra price tag on it
Yeah I think this is why people tolerated TS3’s greediness more back then. I didn’t care about the pointless extra content because I was having fun with the game as it was
@@Wild_flower_415 It truly was an optional thing. The game was so good that I ignored the sims 3 store forever. The only reason I did end up going there was to get the chicken coop and the canning station and then I fell down a rabbit hole lmao
I don't really agree, the sims store couldve easily have put their stuff into packs also
@@howard4558 they did. but you always had the option of only buying the items you wanted from the packs
I like how you say 'kids' when its really middle aged woman who play sims 4 and want to buy every pack, kids normally don't they have to ask parents and have that block their while the middle aged woman just whip their cards out and pay for it.
I think people don’t realise you can turn off the sims 3 store in game so the suggestions don’t show up. That’s what I did and never had an issue with it since. With S4 there is no escape from EA trying to get you to buy more stuff lol
I highly recommend turning that off even if you don't hate the store stuff because it really speeds up the game lol All those instances where the game connects itself to the internet while you're playing just slows everything down.
The only time the game tries to suggest to you to buy a kit is on the ‘Packs’ menu that tells you what packs you have installed. Once you leave the Home Screen and go in game, the game never tells you about packs or content you don’t have installed except for worlds. Which is exactly what Sims 3 did.
The Sims 3 has the Sims Store content advertised by default, as well as loading screens that are ads as well. You can turn both off, but that’s way more intrusive than The Sims 4 has ever been.
@@jackofallgamesYTwe all know that’s not true, the home page is very agressive and they keep the worlds grey so it bothers you
@@l-pv5793 The home page is gone the moment you select from the menu (no different from the Sims 3 launcher).
There’s a huge difference between having worlds greyed out and the game spamming you with notifications and having microtransactions in buy mode lol.
You couldn’t switch it off originally until they added the ability due to complaints.
ok, so I did deep dive into sims 3, been playing it instead of sims 4 for a while now. When you get a World from the Sims 3 Store, you don't just get the world itself, you get the items, you get the lots that were built specific to the world, you get a whole new environment. For example, Barnacle Bay, I believe it is the most haunted world there is in Sims 3. You would think it would be Moonlight Falls, but no, they have graves hidden on residential lots, in secret underground areas, there are graves all over. There are new restaurants, there are new venues, new festival lots, there is a LOT to a Sims 3 world. Realize a Sims 3 World easily has a minimum of 40 lots. MINIMUM. And yes there are modders who can and do MAKE whole new worlds including all the restaurants and such, but not everyone is knowledgable enough to do that, and the Store worlds are GOOD. Or I think they are. I'm not saying anyone should buy them, but I am saying that when you are just doing a shallow dive you don't REALLY see everything when it comes to a world in Sims 3.
All of this but also, every world comes with numerous households of pre-made sims that you can choose to play or just interact with. And I’m pretty sure every store world comes with its own CAS items. Even if it’s literally a pair of overalls for both genders for the free world Riverview lol. I also love the store worlds and honestly play in them more than the expansion worlds. I’m a huge fan of Hidden Springs and Aurora Skies.
@@oliviawhite2267 Monte Vista is one of my favourite worlds out of all the games. I just love the aesthetic of it as well as the bread oven that comes with it.
Meanwhile Sims 4's Magnolia Promenade has a whopping total of... 4 lots.
@@littlebear274 how could I forget Monte Vista?? I love it too! Also love how all the worlds are different regions or time periods(Roaring Heights) and the houses reflect that! Midnight Hollow has the Victorian houses, Monte Vista with its Italian style, Aurora Skies is reflective of an Icelandic costal town, dragon valley is medieval times, sunlit tides is island themed, lucky palms is a play on Vegas with its desert theme and modern builds, hidden springs is a mountain world, barnacle bay is a temperate island with a pirate theme, riverview is a quaint country town with rolling plains, roaring heights is built after the style of the 1920-1940 age, and lunar lakes is futuristic and a sort of alien world. I just love the variety because everyone likes to play different styles, sometimes I like to play a medieval style, sometimes futuristic or just modern day or Im in the mood to build a certain style of houses. It’s just so expansive and caters to most anyones needs. And that’s just content you can get from the game, not including all the CC. The fact that it’s fleshed out that much before mods and CC is so cool.
often the Sims 3 Expansions came with a bunch of Simpoints, which made you able to buy some of the stuff you liked in the sims 3 store, which I really didn't know until I had bought a bunch of packs, and when I registered them in the sims 3 store account, I suddenly had so many simpoints that I was able to buy a lot of things there.
The sims 3 store had really cool objects, The Roller Coaster, Carousel, Spellbook, Cauldron, etc. the kits just don’t offer that kind of fun replay-ability.
However with a game that old the prices really need to be adjusted
The Sims 3 store has a spreadsheet that some user set up ages ago that tracks when all the items go on the Daily Deal and when their best price is. The store also had the "complete your set" feature, and that alone makes it way better than kits for me. Kits hardly ever go on sale, and I got more stuff in a sims 3 store set than in a kit.
I've gotten at least two venues that were almost free, the rest more than half price off, using all the features. That Roaring Heights world you looked at is 969 Sim Points when its at its lowest on the Daily Deal.
I got entire sets within compilations for free just because the "complete your set" thing is so broken. Its astounding how much you can get for cheap if you strategize using it. If you had two or three items in a compilation set that you snapped up on Daily Deal, you could get the rest of the sets in the compilation for absolutely free. I got the "Level Up Collection" that you were disappointed in for free that way.
Personally I think all the people who whine about pricing on the Sims 3 store just didn't know how to utilize it properly to get the best deals. And that's really a "them" problem. Cause there is absolutely zero ways to use the Sims 3 store to justify Kits unless you're dumb enough to pay full price for everything. Absolutely zero. Not even a gold medalist in mental gymnastics could convince me.
*THIS.* I don't think I've bought a single venue or set for full price off the sims 3 store. If players were educated on how the website functions, and the daily deal rotation schedule, they would save hundreds of dollars. Because like you said, when stuff goes on sale, it's rarely below 50% off. Usually it's 60-85% off at the highest rotation, which is an insanely great deal.
All of this!!!
Yeah I was surpried non of the store sales came up in the video
Making sure someone mentioned the daily deals was why I came to comments - agree that as long as you’re patient and paying attention you pretty much never have to pay full price. And I’ve also gotten several sets completely free when they came up as a compilation that I already owned part of!
Yes, this! I got so much stuff for free and I don't think I ever paid full price for anything in the Store. And there were always kind simmers who already owned the entire store but still watched ads to collect simpoints so they could send gifts to others.
The thing is that you didn't need the Sims 3 store to have fun with the game
You don't need the Sims 4 kits either lmao the only one I own is the one they're giving out for free. If you think Sims 4 is boring without the kits, the kits won't magically make the game fun (as they're mostly build/buy or CAS), and if you think Sims 4 is entertaining, the kits won't really increase your enjoyment unless you REALLY love to vacuum.
@@pandakatiefominz Exactly. I buy kits for enhancing my Sims. Like all the clothes kits. How else will I give them.more clothes? I play on console, so no cc for me. Clothes kits are cute too. And the new luxe kit furnished my fave Sims living room quite nice!
@@pandakatiefominz you may not need kits but you need some sort of extra dlc to even have fun which is pretty upsetting. Base game Sims 4 is just your Sims sitting on their phones or computers. Maybe send em to work and skip time or make sure they go to the bathroom. Absolutely enthralling gameplay.
@@nutella1757 the way the sims 4 has less detail than sims 1, i swear. The sims 1 you had cars and school buses coming to pick you up, the sims 4 they just vanish right out the door. Empty, empty game. Forever salty i was denied my refund in 2015.
Exactly the game was fun without extra content. The best version of the sims ever made was Sims3
the sims 3 dlc content can also have limitless color swatches so theres that too.
i swear i will see a promo with let's say a couch i love but i wished i was pink i could do that in sims 3 but sims 4 no
I hated the sims 3 store at the time and I do feel like a lot of it was overpriced but I love how there were some absolute gems you could buy on their own including WORLDS. I think I only bought like 2 things when I played though lol
The worlds in TS3 are *huge* compared to TS4, too. And the NPCs actually had their own stories and felt like different people from each other.
I think The Sims 3 store also had more niche content, so you don't feel compelled to buy everything. Maybe you really want a door that allows you to resurrect sims and have babies with anyone in the neighborhood (even sims you don't know lol), but it's not for everyone hahaha. The Kits are more generic, but easier to use in everyday gameplay (and better looking too).
Anyway, I prefer The Sims 3 Store because it adds some random and weird stuff that has always been a highlight of The Sims 😅
I personally like the Sims 3 Store because I can choose specific items that I want vs spending $10 for a couple of items that I like with the Kits. Also, The Sims 3 Store items were often gameplay items, which I feel are worth more than CAS or build items. Kits, so far, has been mainly clothes and build items 🤷🏽♀️
No one ever talks about how with the Sims 3 store, you could get free points every day for watching ads. I very rarely paid any real money for anything I got from the store. IIRC, you could watch 5 ads a day and I would just let them run in another window behind whatever I was doing. Then I could get just a hair, or just some cabinets, or just a decorative item I wanted, instead of being forced to pay for a full pack when I only wanted a couple pieces.
Also, with that Roaring Heights thing, the difference is you could buy and use that roller coaster stuff without needing to buy that full pack. It was still content that could be used on its own, so I don't think it's really fair to compare it to the stuff pack for a stuff pack. It's just stuff that will go well with that other pack, but can still be used fine on it's own.
You can also get the entire Boardwalk set for like 969 sim points when its at its lowest price on the Daily Deal.
Same! I never bought sim points. I just did the daily ads and would save up for the individual items I wanted. Mostly just decorative items but a few premium items. I know I got the chicken coop and was so excited lol.
The sims 3 store was actually good despite being overpriced unlike The sims 4
On paper, both kits and the Sims 3 store are absurdly expensive. I have indulged in neither yet. However, after getting a (pretty crap) panini and a coffee that somehow racked up to £5 today, if someone offered to swap that for that plant-themed kit I happily would have done so.
The only reason why I even got that was because I woke up too late before my seminar so I didn't have time for breakfast, so getting something to eat before the next one seemed like a good idea but alas it was not at all
For me what justifies the sims 3 store is the fact that the actual base game had so much and was so fun I didn’t even feel the need to purchase extra things so when I actually did get something it was used and loved. With the sims 4, I buy a new pack/kit, play for a few days and get bored. It doesn’t justify the amount of money you have to spend to add just a little spice to a very basic vanilla game.
You can get everything on sims3 store for free if you're patient. There's even made spreadsheets on when what items are up for free. You don't need to spend any money on the sims3 store.
am i the only one using the inspect element to get the download link for sims 3 items to get it free💀
please teach us your magic 👀
A few of the worlds went free on the TS3 store, but I'm not sure if they're still available free of charge, or if it was part of some event? According to my purchase history from TS3, I got Riverview, Dragon Valley, Monte Vista, Barnacle Bay and Hidden Springs for FREE. I got MV, BB, + HS during 2019, and I got RV, and DV around 2015.
The Sims 3 Store was considered pretty controversial back in the day, and was definitely considered to be overpriced, even by many fans of the store. But as others have pointed out, the Sims 3 and its packs feel more complete, so the store felt more optional.
Personally I just refuse to buy any kits. Was very tempted by bust the dust but they screwed that up so dodged that bullet lol 😂
Same haha. And I am tempted by the blooming rooms kit for the ONE hanging plant. I don’t know that I can justify spending that money for one build item 😅
Oh my gosh, for a split second I heard "CAS kits" as "caskets" and got real scared ⚰️⚰️
At least the sims 3 store had gameplay items versus kits with only 1 gameplay KIT. The store has the CUTEST gameplay items for toddlers!
OMG that walker and playpen are ideal for the daycare career or even your own toddlers if your sim has any. They teach themselves to walk and talk just using those items.
idk if anyone else has experienced this but when i switched back to the sims 3 almost a year ago, i went to the sims store and i got loads of free simpoints which was very exciting because i didn’t have a lot of packs yet. i got up to 12,000 simpoints. after a while they stopped offering them tho lol
A video from You always cheers me up!💕😁
I don't know if everybody remembers it but you were actually getting sim points with some DLC. Also you get free items with DLC in sims store. So at the end sims store was a good place to get some small gameplay objects but it was not necessary to have a good gameplay
The reason why I buy some kits is because CC items are sometimes looking absolutely horrible and make my game more laggy than it already is. Also, I like Maxis Match CC and not Alpha CC. I use my kits everytime and it looks amazing. What I also liked about the Campers kit was the fact that some items were functional, like you could actually use them. But maybe it will destroy the idea of the stuff packs … I feel like there should be a good combo of stuff packs and kits. That’ll probably never happen since EA is just about the money.
Same! I’ve stopped using so much CC cause it either doesn’t work right or it makes my game weird.
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I'm pretty selective with the CC I download, but creators like sixamcc, littledica and max20 do a phenomenal job. I've never had any problems with lag or bugs.
I love kits like blooming rooms, little campers, carnaval streetwear and incheon arrivals, but I also see CC as a way to complement that and add more diversity
Strange ive always used cc in sim 3 and 4 and i usually get laggy experiences when new packs come out. Like James hardly has cc/mods in his game but is constantly getting the dropped frame rate bug. Also dine out works for me and i have tons of cc/mods for sims 4.
addicted to ur vids lol
Loved that you dissed that ruzzia set, as it should
The Sims 3 Store IS a cash grab, no doubt, but we should keep in mind that registering EPs gives us free SimPoints and we have the Complete Your Set feature which adds discounts to sets that we own parts of. Not to mention Daily Deal which is VERY helpful for saving money, especially if you're familiar with the DD Spreadsheet which has all the best deals.
I own basically the entire Store, and I barely spent any money on it because I used every trick in the book to save money.
Back in my days lol I sound so old but anyways the sims 3 store had a way to earn points instead of paying for these items with cash. You watch video ads and you would get points, kinda like Swagbucks. My mom & I would get points like crazy and then share everything with eachother. Ofcourse this feature is gone now but it was pretty fun to do. Sims 3 was the best for me, the open world and the available to create your own world maps was also an awesome feature as well.
I prefer kits, honedtly, because they're not showing items ingame that I don't own. That annoyed me very much while building and showed me even while in game how much my game was lacking (I only ever could afford base game). The Sims 4 is cash grabby as well but at leats they leave me alone in the game itself while I am playing.
I think The Sims 3 chose better things to put on the store. Like felt like extras as opposed to necessities for gameplay. Things on the Sims 3 Store seem like they serve a functionality purpose, whereas Kits, like everything else in The Sims 4, just look very nice.
It might be a but pricey but in a long term, it's way better than kits. As you shown in the video, there are sets that contain cas item and build and buy object in one that is actually useful i.e you can use it multiple time without feeling meh.
Not only that but there are beautiful worlds such as Aurora Skies or Hidden springs or even Sunlit tides that is imo worth the price. There's also themed sets.
My favorite combination is Roaring Heights world and Fifth Avenue Fashion.
Isn't it important to take into consideration the inflation? I don't think they've ever changed prices for SimPoints so paying $5 for a kit now is different than paying $5 for a store set back in 2010. It's still pricey, it really is, but it's kinda hard to compare prices of an old game
I honestly just miss stuff packs.
One thing to keep in mind is to use some mods or saves you need the required dlc for it to work. granted i haven't seen kits required nearly as much as other dlc. But thats why some of us buy dlc that we don't really want or like.
0:09 "A lot of sims worry about" We are the sims now i guess... Sul Sul! Griba Giday! Dag Dag!
Here in Canada, the kits are way more expensive and because of that I feel it’s not worth it for me
Yuuup
It's all so overpriced. I only ever get the core expansion packs and only when they're 50% off. Even then I can barely justify the expense.
Why buy a 54 piece toolkit when all you want is a hammer?🤷♀️
If I want a world and 3 items, well that's all I want to pay for (which is what Sims3 LET ME decide).
Everything is decided for us like we're children in Sims4.
I bought one sims 4 kit and I was floored by how little content there was. I know how to model and know the work it takes to make these assests vs the work it takes to make a game of the same price from work experience. EA really has the audacity. The interests for the sims games would have died so quickly if not for the mod community making all these free downloads.
The quality of the Sims 3 store stuff was much better, you could pick and choose what you wanted and the more stuff you had from one pack, the cheaper it got. There were lots of ways to get stuff for a very small price or even for free, if you followed certain strategies. Not to mention that there was ALWAYS some kind of sale going on and you had the make-me-an-offer machine. Oh, and you could watch ads to get free simpoints. I managed to get most of my store stuff for free that way and I own the entire store.
I haven't bought anything Sims 4 in forever. Are a lot of their CAS items the same but different colors? Wondering if the item count disparity isn't as great as it is first look.
I remember when I made my account on the sims 3 store and they gave me 1000 simpoints for free. But the button didn't dissapear, so I clicked it like 6 more times until it actually stopped working. To this day I'm still worried that they will find me.
You spelt which wrong in the description lol but I agree with what you've said
don't buy anything off the sims store, there are several tumblrs/google accounts with all sims 3 store things you could ever want. Premium content, whole towns, the venue & CAS sets. Literally anything you want from the Sims 3 store is available for free 💙.
also EA is shutting down the sims 3 store now that they are forcing everyone to jump from Origin to the EA app. if u play ts3 be aware that this includes us!! Origin will be shutting down at the end of this year/beginning of next.
I'll be honest, i've been a pirate for Sims 3 store content, but a few days ago I was going to be a good person and buy a set that I didn't have and really wanted... and I couldn't! It wouldn't let me. Being as I have store points that will be just gone when they close it down, I figured I already paid them and won't ever see that money again so, oh well. I downloaded it.
The sims 3 restaurant content where you have your own restaurant, etc was broken AF. Chefs not going to the venue. Sooooo many routing issues. It was a mess. You had to get some mods to fix it (sound familiar?). The Sims 3 was freaking amazing, and I love it... still go back to it often... but I feel sometimes we idealize it, when it had its own set of game breaking bugs and terrible issues. TS3 had a HUGE list of Mods I simply could NOT play the game without (not for convenience, but because it optimized the game and allowed me to actually play all that expensive content I spent hundreds of dollars on... just like TS4 has a few). I remember having one mod, in TS3, just to purge stuff that would flood the sims inventories and the world, causing massive amounts of lag and crashing. Like every time a sim went somewhere, they would buy a car and you would have just cars parked everywhere and sims with 50 cars in their inventories. Craziness. So while I love TS3, I'll never forget it too had some faults. To me they are different sides of the same coin. Lots of bugs that we mod our way out of.
I will say this: I had all the sims store stuff, or at least most of it. There's a lot of fun items I do miss. Most of the shop worlds were very good (the reason some are real money and not points is because they were sold as physical copies in stores... but they would add them to the store so you can buy them online as well, very similar to Game Packs in TS4). And they are usually the reason I load up TS3 here and there. It also had fun themes I miss. Like dragons, fairies (I played a lot with fairies), boat houses, horses (I miss horses so much), some interesting worlds, some of the celebrity stuff (like acrobat), going into the future... stuff like that was fun. But when it came to playing, it kind of felt bland after a little while. For me, at the end of the day, all I could REALLY do is have a family with a huge family tree, long generations. I think the TS4 succeeds a little better in providing specifics. Like if you want to have a farm and be fully self sufficient, you can do that. There's content for that with lot traits, challenges, etc. So there's a little more purpose that I wish was present in TS3.
I think UA-cam is eating my comments... First, there's a doc online that lists all the upcoming daily deals so you can get most things at half price or better (it has the whole three month rotation listed with times). As an example, I recently got the Boardwalk venue he showed for 969 points - so half price. Also, can we mention that it lets you build your own custom roller coasters? The Sims 4 could never.
Second, the prices are better in dollars: $10 for 1000 points, and $40 for 5000.
If you compare similar sets, like the Hipster Loft for $15 with the Loft Kit for $5, the store is a SUPER bad deal. Everything Kits do isn’t taking away from other packs. But the store would paywall venues that would normally come with other packs, as one large micro transaction. A venue type with 1 - 2 new gameplay items for $20 is so so wrong.
I’m glad we’ve moved past that and I hope Kits are as close to micro transactions as we get.
i wish the sims 4 would release only worlds with a few new objects like the sims 3 did, that changes everything especially in a game where you can't effing customise the world or add new lots to build -.- I've had to separate entire saves just to be able to fit builds due to a lack of large lots or adecuate surrounding for my theme; my biggest disappointment with sims 4 is not being able to just add in a new world, name it what i want and edit the town
Don't want to defend Sims 3 Store too much, it was where they perfected the overpriced bundle method that we now call game and stuff packs. But it's hard to describe how much less of a ripoff it was compared to Sims 4, and not just because you could order items individually. Like that rollercoaster set alone is more animation work than they've put into anything in The Sims 4.
Consider kits/Sims 3 store to be salt. Sims 3 is such a fun game on its own and the expansion packs add so much that ts3 doesn't really have major wounds, just cuts and scrapes. When you rub in the salt, it stings a bit maybe but it's negligible. But Sims 4? The base game is tragic and the packs are about as deep as the layers of snow you get with seasons. It has massive, gaping wounds everywhere that desperately need stitches - you rub salt into any of that and it's going to hurt like a bitch. Even if it's less salt than what you rubbed in for ts3, it's going to hurt more.
TL;DR: Because Sims 3 was a better game, cash grabs were more tolerable
TS3 store was a good concept, but it's wiiiildly overpriced, that's the main problem with it x) we also had regular stuff+CAS kits, though
You know, I said that too, but looking at Sims 4 dlc the Sims 3 store seems reasonable. TS4 for 20 buck you get a gamepack but for TS3 store you get a whole world with premium content (special unique gameplay item) and like 20 cas items and 20 build buy, and like I said in my main post a world has like 40 lots including all kinds of lots. In comparison, the TS3 store was totally worth it in comparison.
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Yes, because I somehow constantly had free money in the Store XD (I don't know what happened, promotions? I never bought points, but all total probably ended up with like $100 worth of points).
the difference is that sims 3 money are worth it
Lmao I just pirated all the store content I needed
I hated the Sims 3 store cause it was sooo overpriced. At least as a teenager with no job it was overpriced. My allowance was only so much AND my parents didn’t trust any sites back then.
I remember Sims 3 store, it was definitely not worth it lol. Expansions were better tho because not splitted into 10 000 types of packs
i think anything in the sims 3 store is beter value for money than any pack for the sims 4, simply because sims 3 is not a broken game. the store items are sometimes overpriced but i love how there are TONS of different niche and quirky fun themes. meanwhile in the sims 4 everything is so basic.
Yes! In value comparison the Sims 3 store wins hands down. In going back to Sims 3, I'd much rather pay for any set there than any pack in Sims 4
Okay, but I just want to point out that EAs new launcher to replace Origin apparently fucks up/doesn't bother reading your Sims 3 Downloads folder which makes simpacks/store worlds unplayable and I am SCARED
The Sims 4 has been out for eight years and it feels like it's still trying to catch up to The Sims 3.
ONE THING you arent counting is that people got free sims points when they bought sims 3 expansions!! you could get some of that content for free depending on you getting expansions. so imo sims 3 store better.
And there's also the daily deal and the "complete your set" deal where you could get large sets for practically nothing if you snapped up other things while they were super cheap. I got sets from compilations for free that way. I got venues for free or almost free that way.
some of the content in the sims 3 store seems more functional and like it would impact the gameplay more than just decor and clothing like in kits, so I feel like the win still goes to Sims 3 in terms of value for money
I've been wanting to buy some S3 store worlds but I heard a rumor that you can't play them through the EA app 😬 So now I'm scared to spend my money on them even though they look very fun
Really ?
@@Camelia437 Again, just rumors only, but some people on the S3 reddit were having issues and shared their conversations with customer support who seemed to say the store world's were just not supported
The EA app is not ver S3 friendly so far. I had to switch to it to download a pack I purchased, but then couldn’t get anything to download from the S3 store (at least I could get the game to load fine - some players have had problems with that). I reinstalled Origin to use as long as possible, but now I’m scared they’re going to take down the S3 store, and I’m kinda going into panic purchase mode. 😓
i like the variety in ts3
with that said, i don't mind ts4 kits ( i only own the one free one ), cause i get it, they need to make extra money. but if the game in general doesn't work, then they should put their focus on that! i get that kits and such are different developers, but that does not excuse the quality of their game. i've spent so much money on the game that's hardly playable, and still they're consistently pushing out kits, stripping out content from expansions to create even more dlc. doesn't make me feel good about my purchase.
EA "Net revenue was $1.874 billion for the quarter and $7.426 billion for the fiscal year." According to their press release. I don't think youtube allows links in comments but googling: ea revenue and clicking the search result on the EA website takes you to the source. According to another website their Gross profit was $5.614 billion in 2022. They are just greedy.
I loved in the sims 3 being able to earn the sims points in game to spend on new content. I never bought any points.
The Sims 3 store was overpriced but people didn't really need to buy from Sims 3 store to enjoy the game because the Sims 3 DLC's had so much gameplay and build/buy items. My favorite items from the Sms 3 store were the casino items, the bakery set, the carnival set just to name a few. They usually would have alot of sales, so that was when I got them.
I wouldn't mind the kits if they were more gameplay related rather than just build/buy and cas items. It seems like all these kits afterwhile look like recolors or redesigns of things we already have in the game. Where is the bands/music kits where we have more instruments, a kit of items where we can have a functional amusement park or waterpark, a sports kits where we can play golf, tennis, volleyball, baseball, hockey, an arcade kit that also included laser tag or a casino kit where we have items to run a functional casino. These types of kits would add gameplay which is sorely lacking in the game.
Don't like a DLC store at all but the kits would only be worth it if they added an empty neighborhood or added gameplay
Once you introduce the ability to add CC, your CAS and Build buy kit/stuff pack items need to do double the work to make it worth it for me and hardly any do imo
Sims 3 Store packs gave us new worlds, new gameplay objects [pinball machines, popcorn machines, arcades to name a few], and new venues,. What have kits given us?
The sims 3 store was definitely overpriced, but I think you have to consider the fact that it was mostly extra content for a game that was already complete and enjoyable without them, plus they had a lot more niche content that seemed to be more geared towards specific types of players rather than make as much sales as possible. So it never felt like you had to buy everything on the store to get a full game experience. With the sims 4 it feels like you need to get extra content in order to get a full game experience, and even then, the extra content is massively stripped down compared to what we would get in the past.
I still don't understand the hate over kits. Sure, is trash to those on pc who don't have to pay a cent on cc. And brag about it.
But to those like myself who play on console, they are very much appreciated. And $5 does not break my personal bank.
if the sims 3 wasn’t so damn ugly I would consider it but jesus christ those uggo faces just will never be enough to make me feel like it’s worth more than ts4 for me - but i definitely value aesthetics
i’d love to have a world like that vintage/art deco style one with the fairground though (it feels like i’m describing copperdale but they definitely do not look alike)
Kits are definitely worse. Never bought anything from the Sims store. They had free content and you could earn Sim points to buy extra stuff which satisfied you.
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I like the Sims 3 store better because it was so easy to pirate-
I hate the sims 3 store so much when playing the sims 3. I actually don’t really like sims 3 which is a very unpopular opinion. I always felt sims 3 expansion packs are as hollow as sims 4 ones and most of the things are just rabbit holes. Sims 3 crashes so much too. I would prefer sims 4 if it’s not so glitchy.
I felt that way before sims 4 but two pc's later (I don't get new pc's that often) and sims 3 runs like a charm. Oh, that is after I dumped the vast majority of my cc and just pirated all the store stuff. So with just the game and the store stuff, it pulls up quickly and no lag, runs like a charm. Ok, I have a FEW cc, mostly hair.
i did notl ike the sims 3 store because alot of the items felt like mods, very bad made.
Kits are £4.99. But they were more at one point.
To be fair, the Sims 3 stuff came with a lot of very diverse content you could actually interact with. But yeah, it was still super overpriced 😅
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*One minute later* Satch browses a page with a Thanksgiving pack.
yes havent seen the video yet but yes the sims 3 store items are okay but kits are most the time ugly
who pirated sims3?? WHO?
I used to like a lot sims 3 store... but sims 4 is a joke
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I’m laughing at the sims 3 items 😂😭😂😭😭😂. I still love certain aspects of the sims 3 betterr than sims 4 but it’s so outdated I can’t bring myself to play it anyMore. I never bought anything in the sims 3 store but a few of those worlds thank god . I know a “friend” that pirated all the sims 3 items 😂😭 Allegedly
You did not just generalize Russian architecture to the war going on... Like what did the architecture do to you??
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the people in the comments still defending the sims 3 store are absolutely delirious 💀💀💀
just say that both kits and ts3s are capitalistic pieces of sht and move on. idk why you're trying to convince others that buying a hairstyle for 10 bucks is actually good
at least Satch is being unbiased lul
Probably because not everyone paid $10 for the hair. Those of us who actually know how to navigate the store knows that there is a spreadsheet that tracks daily deals, and utilize the "complete your set" deal, and you can get entire sets for practically nothing. Only morons pay full price for store stuff. I got venues for less than $5, I even got some venues for free.
So. If someone paid $10 for hair, thats a them problem not a me problem
@@lj2265 fair enough, but i saw someone say that they would rather get only one hairstyle than buying a cas kit lol i was just so baffled at that idea
but, as you implied, not everyone knows of this spreadsheet that you're talking about or maybe don't even have the time to look at it
just because you know how and when to buy stuff doesn't make it less capitalistic
@@spkoro I mean, duh. Its a corporation, the entire thing corporations do is capitalism. Its like criticizing a fish for swimming or a bird for flying. If people were really that mad about capitalism they'd sell their shit and move to a hippie commune lol I like to dis corps the same as anyone else, but people acting like the store was the worst thing ever is absurd. Just because people don't know how to use something properly and get the most out of it doesn't mean it was worse than Kits.
@@lj2265 Only morons pay any price for the stuff on that store. At this point just download the content elsewhere. It's only a matter of time before EA shuts down the store anyway.
@@lj2265 and like someone mentioned you could get simpoints for free. To talk about the store you really have to understand everything about it and it's little tricks lol
Dunno, Don't care - I don't buy shitty Kits nor play the shitty sims 3 !!.
You've spent your time well, then. Watching this video about something you don't care about and then commenting on it.
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Cry harder dude
Why I'm only seeing this now... lol The Sims 3 Store is worse than the Sims 4 Kits imo. TS3 Store literally offers more gameplay with the venue and the items cost the same price as an EP and then they are poorly done