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This could be cool; here's a tip guys if you want people to really like it? Don't charge for a million different DLC packs. I'm not sure who's worse, EA or Paradox, but JFC just trim it down at the very least.
You know, I actually appreciate Paradox. They make top notch games like Stellaris, that are absolutely playable and complete by themselves, then add optional DLC while continuing to support the original game with updates. Some of their DLC is purely cosmetic, but they also add a lot of cool shit like "what if we had giant star sized dragons?"
For a game that's 8 years old, I don't mind dropping a few bucks on interesting DLC every now and then. All in all, I'd say I've spent about $50 on Stellaris DLC and have more than enough content to keep me busy for a while.
The Sims, on the other hand, is just fucking out of control. They've got expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs, and kits. Buying everything for The Sims 4 would be close to $1,100 as of a year ago - probably quite a bit more by now.
People complain about the total cost too get everything in The Sims, but I don't remember anyone complaining about the total cost of every song in Rock Band.
My friends definitely did. Granted, we had varying taste in music so there was always a little bit of something for everyone. If we only played it single player we might only have bought a quarter or less of everything.
Sims on the other hand, a lot of expansion packs are features from prior games cut up into small chunks and given new animations then sold for ridiculous amounts of money. After sims 3 I promised myself to never buy another sims game knowing damn well it would just be a constant drain on my wallet if I ever wanted to stay current or enjoy anything close to a complete experience. You certainly can enjoy just the vanilla base game, but everyone who ever played this series before knows you most of the expansion packs if you want to play as intended and experience the good stuff.