Comments on: The Sims 4: Paid Content to Continue Being Released via Free Game Updates https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/ Sims 4 News and Game Guides Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Destiny https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774203 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:56:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774203 Conflicted about this. On one hand, base game representation was atrocious. I’m not here to begrudge anyone who felt there were not diverse options to represent themselves or the type of sims they enjoy making.

Also some of this is old anyway, I’d be more upset at items that have special key expansion features being given away for free. A lot of games do this sort of thing where say a hat or a sword suddenly becomes available for free at holidays or anniversaries or something, so its not an uncommon practice in gaming.

However being that it is EA we are talking about and they like to take quick cuts and funny angles approach to some things, it does bother me that they are taking items I had to pay for and giving them away for free instead of just making more additional free hairs. It feels like the burden is put on the players for the things they DIDN’T do that they should have been doing.

I don’t like the “I had to pay why does this person get it for free” line of thinking though.

So in closing I guess…yeah no I don’t really care, its some hair.

]]> By: Rizky Muzakir https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774145 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:38:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774145 sorry, I don’t find any connection between representation and freely released paid content

]]> By: DJ Capper https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774122 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:40:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774122 If i put a pair of greedy EA glasses on, what i read is: We are going to transfer paid hair from expansions etc to the base game. You still have to pay for them before you can use them in the game, but now you can buy them separately. Thats what i read and i am sure they are just releasing the locked behind a paywall hairstyles alongside the free updates.

]]> By: willow https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774118 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:56:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774118 These are really not the same. You can’t take copyrighted assets and distribute them, it’s illegal. On the other, EA owns all the assets and they can pull stuff from packs and put them in the base game. Don’t get me wrong – what EA’s doing is really slimy and I hate it, but technically they can do it.

]]> By: Reclusive Eagle https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774084 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:49:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774084 So when the community started ripping cas assets from packs and started re-distributing them on Patreon on mod pages for free Maxis issued so many take down notices they physically forced the entire communities hand behind their back.

But now they do it themselves. Not because they want to be nice but because the concurrent player numbers are below thresholds they are happy with resulting in lower profitibility.

]]> By: Reclusive Eagle https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774083 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:47:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774083 The reason they do this is so people who only have base feel like they are getting something so it incentivizes them to purchase more recent (and more expensive content)

]]> By: cheese louise https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774058 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:41:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774058 What a bunch of bollocks

]]> By: TazRock https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774056 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:25:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774056 Or they could um, you know. Made one new hairstyle, which takes a modder a day to do… **Edit for free…

]]> By: SagementSourit https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774047 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 02:42:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774047 Adding representation from the base game by reducing the item from the paid game is still the net result of the SAME. + Base Game – Paid Pack = SAME RESULT. EA no longer has the “representation” then in the paid pack. This is lazy and not “adding” “representation.”

]]> By: Jamie https://simsvip.com/2021/10/26/the-sims-4-paid-content-to-continue-being-released-via-free-game-updates/#comment-774043 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 02:07:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=132981#comment-774043 lmao you right, but if for example a hair from cats and dogs was made base game I wouldn’t care. if they made pets base game items I’d be pretty mad though.

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