Comments on: Business as Usual Bistro Now Available

By: cheryl

cheryl — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:48:13 +0000

Yea I think it’s kind of messed up…restaurants should have been in LN or AMB, not an overpriced store item. But I guess as long as they have people like Arletta defending their every move regardless of how messed up it is they can take things that should be in expansion packs and sell them seperately for more profit smh. I was a sims fan for a long time, but i’m hesitant to get the Sims 4. They’ll probably add toddlers in an expansion pack or as a store item and expect us to be grateful to give them extra money for a feature that should have been in the bas game!

By: Madsprk

Madsprk — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 03:21:49 +0000

I have Island adventures, and on one of the larger islands is a very festive cafe… Which I tried to turn into a resteraunt. I placed an oven, upgraded the fridge, added a food processor for convenience, my sim hired a chef (set hours, price, menu, etc) – No table menu!!! I cannot figure out how to get table menus. The islands are cramped for lots, and I love the festive island theme the building already had. It hardly needed any improvements (okay, there were a few changes) but unlike placing the standard downloaded resteraunt, alas… Without menus, my chef chops endlessly and nobody receives service. Help? My sim went home quite hungry. 🙁

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:30:49 +0000

Im wondering the same thing. I thought the money was being put into my sims account but then I realized it wasn’t. Id like some answers with that as well.

By: Jalee

Jalee — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:02:14 +0000

What do I select for the Community Lot to be able to place my in game bistro? I tried “Visitors Allowed” and “Hangout” but neither worked.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:14:10 +0000

How come in the description it says “Do you want to make gobs of simoleans,” when in actuality, there’s no way to make money off the Business as Usual Bistro? It also says, when you put it down, that it’s worth like $118k or something, but you can’t purchase the lot from your household. I’ve been playing for about 7 Sim days, but there hasn’t been an option to collect any money. Sad days.

By: Arletta

Arletta — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:55:13 +0000

Opinion only, they should’ve had a tick box method, like that of setting resort hours. Like CLP, I would’ve liked varying hours, not just one set time.

By: Arletta

Arletta — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:53:00 +0000

Stuff packs don’t add new interactions. You can’t always get something for nothing. I doubt that the store team set the pricing. That would likely be marketing.

When TS3 is over they may continue to release store content. I’d assume whilst it’s profitable to do so. They’re not going to change their strategy and release more packs, no matter how much you think the store is overpriced.

I’m now bored of having this conversation so I think I’ll move on.

By: sim26

sim26 — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:37:36 +0000

I think this venue is great. I got it yesterday. If u have monta vista u can place the pc stove on the public pizza, community lot, and set the menu for.pizza, spaghetti and lasagne only. I just did that, and its pretty freaking awesome. I will recomand it.

By: bluerocket94

bluerocket94 — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:01:46 +0000

I get what you’re all saying, but really I agree with CodyIsInLove in that some things, like buying a new venue for almost $20 does not make sense. I get EA in that they are a company and what to make money, but spending almost $20 on one venue in the store to get an new interact does not make sense to me. If you are going to do that why not make it into a stuff pack. And really the stuff being added to expansion is no doubt in my mind amazing and pushing the limits of what any other game is doing right now, but having said that there are things that can be improved or added to the game that can make it a great and allow a good send off to move to a new sims series, the Sims 4.
Although I sound negative here, I really enjoy the Sims 3 and enjoy playing it because of its creativity that it offers, and I also feel that it is a great game for what it is offering its players. However, I just feel that expressing my opinion here in an open chat allows players to say what they think about such things like this. All I am really saying is that Sims 3 is a great game and we should not let the fact that because Sims 4 is coming out that we should lower our expectations of great things to come out from the Sims 3. But I don’t think that will be a problem, seeing how the future expansion screen shoots look amazing. I just really feel that we should give Sims 3 a proper send off, in that everyone can enjoy the many interactions that can be added to the game. That store items in the game, that give new activities (like basketball or rock climbing) should be available for everyone to have, not just those who want to spend more money in the store.

By: Pipi Simmer

Pipi Simmer — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:27:23 +0000

Oh, I see it, here ^_^
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp223/cogaivohinh/q_zpsaa040be8.png?t=1374233195