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29th Apr 2012, 08:15 PM	Why am i seeing/reading about the end of The Sims 3?? #1
symcrap Original Poster Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 129	A few weeks ago I read in a Spanish blog about the end of the sims 3, it said they make a specific number of expansions and stuff packs and then they no longer create more for the sims 3 I do not understand, how many expansions are created for the end of the sims 3? i'm scared :duck:
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29th Apr 2012, 08:25 PM	#2
maybesomethingdunno Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,979 Thanks: 4868 in 16 Posts 23 Achievements View My Journal	I don't know how many Expansion Packs are left for TS3. But EA will most likely eventually stop making them. They have done this for the original Sims and TS2. The retirement of a program is the final step in life cycle of a software program. Often a new version is released though. I know change can be scary, but try not to be afraid. How do you know you won't love TS4 better than TS3? Even if you don't love TS4 over TS3, you can continue to play TS3. Many people still prefer to play TS2 over TS3.
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29th Apr 2012, 09:49 PM	#3
cameranutz2 Scholar Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,397 Thanks: 10575 in 52 Posts 15 Achievements	I don't think anybody really knows how many EPs/SPs EA is planning for S3 except EA. So really, there is no way to know when "the end" is coming until they announce the release of S4.
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29th Apr 2012, 09:54 PM	#4
lazzybum Scholar Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 1180 in 10 Posts 10 Achievements	I wonder what character they're gonna use to bring S4 computers to your new house in TS3 this time.
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29th Apr 2012, 10:56 PM	#5
nikkiforest99 Lab Assistant Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 148	I doubt TS3 is gonna end for a LONG time. They don't seem to be slowing down any, and their money-making promotion with Katy Perry just started, so I expect they're going to try and suck more money out of that...

29th Apr 2012, 11:12 PM	#6
Alliteration Field Researcher Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 221 1 Achievements	Sims 1 had seven expansions, Sims 2 had eight. There's no definite number of packs that each title will have, and anyone who says they can predict when Sims 3 will "end" is just thinking wishfully. Going by history, there'll likely be one more Sims 3 expansion pack released after the announcement of TS4 and then Sims 3 will be "over" and Sims 4 will be released with X amount of Expansion packs released before Sims 5 is announced. When they decide to announce/release TS4 depends, the two largest factors being when TS4 is ready to go into whatever development phase the game is announced during, and how long they can milk money out of TS3. And then, in 20-whatever, when TS4 is released, we as a community will have to deal with "BAWW, BUT IT'S NOT SIMS(N-1) AND I CAN'T DEAL WITH CHANGE!" all over again.

30th Apr 2012, 12:30 AM	#7
jje1000 Forum Resident Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 670 Thanks: 824 in 3 Posts 6 Achievements	The only bad thing about TS4 is that the modding cycle will be reset. I personally hope that we get a few more expansions so we can see the modding scene mature first (new lighting systems and custom objects with animations, anyone?).

30th Apr 2012, 12:37 AM	#8
zigersimmer Inventor Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 962	I will not be an early adopter of TS4 (learned my lesson with TS3). I'll be playing TS3 for a while longer.
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30th Apr 2012, 01:19 AM	#9
sierrakusterbeck Field Researcher Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 321	Same, I think I'll wait a year after TS4 comes out so I can read reviews, and plus there should at least be some decent CC and mods out there after a year or so. But I just started playing TS3 and I don't really plan on stopping so soon.
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30th Apr 2012, 02:20 AM

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I will not be an early adopter of TS4 (learned my lesson with TS3). I'll be playing TS3 for a while longer.

Yep. Even though it was 3 years ago, or so, their buggy base game release of TS3 is still fresh in my mind. (Oh, and it also fried my fairly-newish computer I had at the time.) It will be a longgg while before I would even consider touching anything with a TS4 label.

30th Apr 2012, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by zigersimmer

I will not be an early adopter of TS4 (learned my lesson with TS3). I'll be playing TS3 for a while longer.

Same here... I remember getting the Sims 3 the day it came out... I didn't play it much until a couple of years later... so, I think I'll wait a year or two after Sims 4 comes out to get it... I learned my lesson with Sims 3.

30th Apr 2012, 04:28 AM	#12
High Plains Gamer Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 429	A number of us have learned our lesson with Sims 3. It is nearly three yeas since the Sims 3 was released, and we still do not have a lot of the functions of Sims 2. We are still missing things like swimming in the ocean, sun bathing, diving boards, university life, weather, many hobby items. I probably would not purchase the Sims 4 unless and until it has all the functionality of both the Sims 2 and the Sims 3. EA would really have to make the Sims 4 special to entice me. the Sims 3 is still a work in progress. I would be pissed if they moved on before finishing it. Unfortunately, I believe that future games will be limited by computer power. As it is, even a powerful computer with an I7 processor and lots of memory will still struggle with the Sims 3. I would expect more of this if they try to push things with the Sims 4.

30th Apr 2012, 01:26 PM	#13
DreadWizardDM Lab Assistant Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 102	I am guessing there will be a solid 10 EP's for TS3, possibly more.
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30th Apr 2012, 04:27 PM	#14
gege_sml Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 202	It's kinda of sad that when we finally get most things we wanted for Sims 3 it will be eventually time to move on back to a base game that will probably lack tons of stuff again.. IDK, I thought they were trying to rush Sims 3 end, but seeing the latest surveys makes me think that they'll actually try to make out for people that are not pleased with Sims 3 so far before moving on.. Besides, if they were ready to release Sims 4 already , they would be announcing it everywhere, like they're doing with Sim City 1 year before its release.. I'd count with at least 1 more, maybe 2 years of Sims 3

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1st May 2012, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jje1000

The only bad thing about TS4 is that the modding cycle will be reset. I personally hope that we get a few more expansions so we can see the modding scene mature first (new lighting systems and custom objects with animations, anyone?).

i can't agree with this enough. i still sort of feel like TS3 modding hasn't caught up to what TS2 was at this point in TS2 series. i feel like i see so many cooler items for TS2 STILL than i do for TS3. don't get me wrong, TS3 modding has come a LOOOOONG way from when the base game was released, but i still always see things on this site for TS2 and think "man, why can't we do that for TS3!" i guess that's mostly because EA attempted to make it impossible for modders to create for the game..
i hope TS4 isn't coming out any time soon..

1st May 2012, 10:30 PM	#16
Riptide651 Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,739 Thanks: 470 in 5 Posts 7 Achievements View My Journal	Well, see all games run their course, and just a approximation, but if Sims 3 runs its course of about 4.5 years, like the sims 2, we can still expect a year or so, considering they have not yet released all of the expansions. But who knows, maybe they will chose to go long with the sims 3 and run it for quite a while, because even with all of the kinks and glitches it is still a pretty state-of-the-art game which rivals many simulations.
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1st May 2012, 10:48 PM	#17
Ive Scholar Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,390 Thanks: 607 in 3 Posts 5 Achievements	I guess I'm one of the few who will get TS4 at launch regardless. I don't think they are at the end yet, but are planning on how they are going to get there, maybe late next year? Hard to say as they have never had a set "always release in Q2" and so on... But I feel there are a lot more they can introduce. Can't imagine them wanting to miss out on that money! Especially as they probably already have most of it in progress.
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2nd May 2012, 12:19 AM

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I guess I'm one of the few who will get TS4 at launch regardless.

I'll be there along with you. I mean, someone has to report back to all the doubtfuls, right?

2nd May 2012, 12:36 AM

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I'll be there along with you. I mean, someone has to report back to all the doubtfuls, right?

Ha!!

I will never read the Sims 4 Discussion forums! I will avoid them like a plague as long as Sims 3 runs on my computer and I enjoy it. Even then, the thought of starting with so little and having wait years to have a complete game will probably keep me from buying it. I will buy it when it is 4 years old...maybe I will be retired by then.

2nd May 2012, 12:42 AM	#20
Alliteration Field Researcher Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 221 1 Achievements	Maybe it's the fact that I've followed the series since before the first TS1 expansion, but I really don't care about the featureless first installments. I had fun with Sims 2 for a while, despite lacking everything the fully expanded Sims had, and I had fun with Sims 3, and still do when I can get it to work properly. Mostly I'd like to see if they fix a lot of the problems that both the Sims 2 and Sims 3 bases had.

2nd May 2012, 04:38 AM

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Maybe it's the fact that I've followed the series since before the first TS1 expansion, but I really don't care about the featureless first installments. I had fun with Sims 2 for a while, despite lacking everything the fully expanded Sims had, and I had fun with Sims 3, and still do when I can get it to work properly.
Mostly I'd like to see if they fix a lot of the problems that both the Sims 2 and Sims 3 bases had.

I used to be fine with this, but each game has smaller changes in each iteration. TS1 and TS2 are practically different games, whereas base TS3 is, in a lot of ways, TS2 with spruced-up graphics and an open world. I imagine the new features TS4 brings to the table will be not-quite-revolutionary, which means the lack of content will stand out.

I can't see myself buying TS4 anytime soon unless they make an effort to include EP elements to a greater degree and bring some big changes to the series.

3rd May 2012, 10:10 PM	#22
candesco Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 197	It would be nice if EA stops to make a ridiculous amount of expansions and stuffpacks. I can't think of any other game who has that. Heck, some games don't have any expansions at all, like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl or Risen or The Witcher or Planescape: Torment. I find also that the stuffpacks aren't worth their money, as they add not much to the game. And some expansions are quite a joke, like Showtime. Quality instead of quantity, that is what the sims needs. If there comes a TS4 i will first see if it is worth it's money.

4th May 2012, 05:06 AM

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I'll be there along with you. I mean, someone has to report back to all the doubtfuls, right?

I'm counting on you guys. Otherwise, how would I know when it is time to make the move?

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4th May 2012, 01:55 PM

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It would be nice if EA stops to make a ridiculous amount of expansions and stuffpacks. I can't think of any other game who has that. Heck, some games don't have any expansions at all, like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl or Risen or The Witcher or Planescape: Torment. I find also that the stuffpacks aren't worth their money, as they add not much to the game. And some expansions are quite a joke, like Showtime. Quality instead of quantity, that is what the sims needs.
If there comes a TS4 i will first see if it is worth it's money.

The Witcher had an expansion if you define "expansion" as "improvements and more content". So did The Witcher 2.

4th May 2012, 05:21 PM	#25
GnatGoSplat Forum Resident Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 868 Thanks: 11760 in 67 Posts 15 Achievements	I would be happy to give up TS3 for TS4 if it will be a lot faster, more efficient, more stable, and much less bloatier. It's the only modern game I have where load and save times are measured in minutes instead of seconds. Although somehow, I doubt TS4 will be faster, more efficient, more stable, or less bloaty.
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