We have to remember that games, since the 80s, have not changed much in price for a new one. The 40 dollar price tag has been the same pretty much since Sims 2 came out if I remember correctly. They started selling this base game at $60 so yes, since they set the base game to a lower price of $40 they must have forgotten they should lower the EP price to $30 since it shouldn't cost as much as the base. Is it just me?Ĭost of Living? Employees demanding bigger salaries than ten years ago? CEOs or Managers and producers demanding wage increases in the last ten years? Payroll more expensive than it used to be? You know normal stuff like having to pay out more for workers, their perks and benefits and the cost of living to meet those everyday necessities more than they can with ten year old salary caps. With this in mind, £35 for one expansion just seems unreasonable. I'm a hairdresser and I spend around £30 on hair products for the salon every week.

Another is £50 for the whole game and it updates weekly. One has a free base game and expansions are £25. It just seems way too much for an expansion, especially when I look at other games that I've played. £35 for one expansion on top of the base game and whatever ones you already have. I'm just wondering why the hell the expansions cost so much.

Right, here's something that may cause some screaming. The packs' price is twice what they are worth, but since there is an Origin sale every two weeks, it boosts sales by making customers think it is a good deal, when actually they pay the price the game actually is worth. I think the reason why the price is so high is to play with the attraction of sales. Even game packs added more gameplay than that. The mechanics and the gameplay added are not even that developped usually, I mean, one expansion added the ability to do tasks for a job, the other the ability to create a group. TS4 prices are really surprising, especially considering most of the new gameplay added in the packs for TS4 doesn't even require new animations or anything, they just use another label for the same animation in a different context (except for Cats and dogs obviously, which required a lot of new animations). I agree with those who said that usually even more impressive and detailed games, such as The Witcher, didn't have such high prices, especially for their expansion packs. Yeah I definitely think the expansion packs are way too expensive for the content you get.

Why are sims 4 expansions so expensive