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hello everyone just found some news about the first sims3 expansion pack.

"We have just received from our representatives in The Sims 3 Tour event in Sao Paulo
information about the first expansion of The Sims 3. Representatives Weslley, Eduardo and Victor spoke to the manager of marketing for EA Games, Ian Freitas, and revealed that the first expansion of The Sims 3 exists, and that probably has something do with occupations and work. Great news! Keep an eye on O SimBR.net for more news in real time about events in Brazil!"

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Pierre ;)

They haven't even released the base game, and they're talking expansions already. My, how greedy is EA? They can see a cash cow when they meet it.
They could have (but didn't think of it) put something like that in the original. But you know, the more EP's, the more money.
Sounds like they're gonna strangle the golden goose.

Oh they strangled the golden goose years ago; they're just picking it apart piece by piece now. It won't be too long though before they've stripped its carcass clean, though.

It's not surprising though that EA is already laying down the foundation for future expansion packs, even before the base game has been released. The Sims franchise is one of their main gold veins, and they can't let it idle. Even if production hasn't begun yet, they're marketing and PR department are going to launch a preemptive strike just to keep the consumers interested.

...but as the FOJ is keen on saying: it's all Lies and Propaganda for the time. :P

Mizz Jenna pretty much popped it over the skull. EA is banking HEAVILY on the success of to things in 2009, The Sims 3 and the EA Sports Line of games. They lost major money in 2008 with the duds of games they released (Such as Spore, Need For Speed: Undercover and so on) as well as the hefty court case they had, having to pay out wages to employees as well as letting tons of them go and closing down an entire development house. (EA Black Box, the development house responsible for said dud NFS:UC) So bet your ass they are going to try and cash in as much as they can on their 2 biggest franchises, The Sims and Madden NFL Football. Forget about dangling carrots or apples over everyone's heads, they're gonna be dangling T-Bone steaks and getting as many people to drool and want more as possible. 2009 is a make or break year for EA fiscally. If their releases don't at least crack 60-80 Million bucks by the 4th quarter of 2009, they'll be in danger of being knocked out of the "big name game companies" list for the 1st time ever. So yea, I don't at all blame them for pulling out hints on the 1st EP with the new game all but weeks away.

Ugh Occupations and Work? well thats just lame can't they be any more creative than that? 1gah

^ Yeah, I'm not sure I'd be too thrilled with another expansion about jobs. I have all of the expansions for 2 and I have to say that Open for Business is the one that I literally never use. Not even a little bit. I imagine this expansion for 3 would be different though as jobs work differently in this game, but I suppose we shall see ...  :rolleyes:

I think it will be difficult for EA to think of newer ideas for EP's since they have pretty much covered everything in TS2 but I have to admit I did like the idea of pets just not how slow it made my game and I love AL but I agree with you Magicflute I hardly use OFB either, matter a fact I uninstalled 3 of my EP's the other day since sadly once I get TS3 I will all but forget about the 2nd one until I get bored of seeing the same objects over and over which most likely will be sooner rather than later lol.

If I were going to make any suggestions as to where they can go with EPs for TS3, I would definitely say some form of adaptation of Apartment Life, Bon Voyage and Pets would be the best course of action. (And actually ALLOWING you to control the pets as well...that'd be a plus.) I bare use the elements of OFB myself, and the only EPs I don't have are Seasons (Because I don't want my PC to explode not knowing how it would handle the Snow effects and all) and Free Time (Because I'm just to damn lazy to buy it, lol.) TS3 seems to have integrated some of the "quirks" of TS2 EPs into the game as is (Such as Fishing from Free Time) but if EA were smart (EA? Smart? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw) they'd import elements from AL, BV and Pets into future EPs. Will it be enough for me to buy the game? Prooooooobably not. But it'd at least make me look at there strategy of promoting it a little more objectively. That's just my own 2 cents though.

Being as we've found out some information that was lacking before about the game in question, I have something to ask. Who in the hell gives a flying DAMN about the rotten piece of garbage? They lied to us about it from the beginning, so why in the hell should I give a s*** about what the morons want to sell to me? I hope they decompose like all good corpses do, with little time and little smell to offend me. Roast in hell, EA, roast in hell.

When and Admin tees off like that, you know what that means...OPEN SEASON!!! So I'll refrain from pulling my punches.  3yay

In the end it boils down to exactly what I myself have been saying since this section opened up. The only line important to EA is the bottom one. THEIR bottom one. That's all they're banking on with the release of TS3, banking on the game pulling numbers because of the title itself. The Sims has become much more then a game, it's a brand. And like most companies that have a brand, they milk it until the udders are raw. (Gross analogy, I know.) Such will be the case with the new game. I won't even go into all the flaws the game has, you can back track just about every post I've made in this section and see them there, as well as the facts Pescado put out here and over on MATY. Chronologically it "Takes Place" before The Sims 1, and from the aspects revealed, it takes a step back WAAAAAAAAAAAY more then just in storyline alone. Granted when the base game of TS2 came out, it was far from perfect. But wasn't half as FUBAR as TS3 is. It's going to take a few EPs to fix the mess the game is, and even that might not be enough. No matter how much you shine up, dress up and pretty up a turd, it's still a smoldering piece of crap in the end.

And I'm done. [/rant]

Don't give up Kaoz66 you're on a roll and a refreshing change from the usual humdrum.
I too want to see this s--t end up in the garbage. Seamless neighbourhoods, big deal, as for the traits and personalities that's nothing that couldn't have been written into a future sims 2 EP.
It's now starting to ram home to some people that the whole thing is nothing but a means to tap into the CC. market. This thing is in reality a pisspoor, shoddy,bug ridden, drm infested, expensive load of crap.In short it's a vastly inferior upgrade.They had something that worked and worked reasonably well, it made them a fortune.
They weren't content with continuing on that line. They got greedy and wanted everything, that's why they wrote this garbage. Well from where I stand they can take their sims 3, their store, their VIP section, their ugly characters and stick the lot where the sun don't shine.I'll stick with my sims 2 thank you. 

I think they should make a expansion of animals defianlty but not just cats and dogs but farm animals and horses. Use elements from freetime and apartment life.

It could be they are going to open up the rabbit holes (City Hall, hospital, Army Base, etc). Looking forward to it.

Oh yah, they're going to open up the rabbit holes with a flood of water from a fire hose. I hope the sucker tanks and no EPs ever see the light of day.

Fat chance for that. Chances are, they already have their first expansion to launch it for Christmans sales. Probably they're doing a Molyneux on their customers by including some of the paid stuff from their online store in order to make them pay twice.

Already? Man alive!

I'm still waiting for EA to release an adult version of the Sims.  :D ;D
Sadly that looks as if it will never happen, though.

Been waiting on that since Sims 2 release. Sims 1 was more mature, except for procreation. Sims drinking juice from bars in Sims 2 was silly, I loved my drunk sims in the original. 

When TS2 first came out there was an interview with one of the developers in a german gamers mag. He said, that they could have done a more mature version for the European market, but refrained from trying, since the blur was´one of the funniest features they had.

It was a lame excuse then and it only shows how full their pants already were at that time. The gaming industry is scared rigid of religious and parental lobbies in the USA. That's why I still maintain, that the modding ban is rather a panic button. The making additional money option is probably nothing but a pleasant side effect. Some legal suit probably told them to play it save by banning modding entirely.

It would be interesting if same sex marriages are even possible with TS3. In fact I was highly surprised they were possible with vanilla TS2.

Yeah and I want other adult stuff in the game as well though. Down to the modders to work on Sims 3 to give us some of the animation you get in games like AG3. EA won't do it because they think little kids play the Sims. I tend to see Sims as an adult toy. ;)

My then 11 year old daughter would have begged to differ with you on that last remark.

Look, look, and look again.
The wink is indicative of a tongue in cheek remark.
OKAY!
Jesus, people are starting to really pi$$ me off. What is this, have go week?

I'll put it like this. You generally have 2 predominant "users" of The Sims. You have the casual user and the extreme user. The casual users are the people who don't use many, if at all any CC. They're the ones who play "nice" with the game. Nice hoods. Nice families. Nice everything. Leave It To Beaver stuff. Then you have the extreme users. The people who load up on CC like it's going out of style. The people who use mods, hacks and all other means to make the game go beyond what EAxis intended. So it becomes less Leave It To Beaver and more Married With Children. (;) Al Bundy = God.) For TS3, it's the casual gamer they're marketing to, and banking on getting sales from. With all the stuff the game has, it's still painfully and woefully limited in a modding capacity, which as an "Extreme" user is a major turn off. Here you have something that was promised to us to look like a sleek model in Victoria's Secret lingerie, but what we get is an average lady in granny panties. (Me and my analogies...priceless.) For the person who doesn't use or even thinks about advanced CC, mods, hacks and so on, it's a good buy. But for the rest of us that do, it's a wasted effort at best. Because we can still do more with TS2 then we'll ever be able to do with TS3.

Dizzy, don't get me wrong.  I wasn't attacking your opinion.  I was just making the point that EA/Maxis wasn't ENTIRELY wrong if they were thinking young folks play the game.  On the other hand, if they think ONLY young people play the game, well then they're back to being entirely wrong again (in my opinion).

What they are actually thinking is, adults should play their child's game. I don't blame them entirely for that decision. There were a lot of pressure groups attacking the game industry and the industry is scared.

Love/marriage/intercourse/whatever, has nothing to do with sexes but with one's heart. Whether you fall for someone of the same sex or not makes no difference at all. Surely many Americans consider it being a taboo subject and have their prejudices; then again, the same happens, on a smaller or larger scale, all over the world.  I just hate it! Leave them alone [I don't mean you, abaris].

After having let some steam off...  I think the reason EAxis didn't exclude same sex marriages was the thought of having homosexuals' unions attacking them and dragging them to courts. 
 

I dunno about that. I think it makes a large difference if you expect to get anywhere. Tab A is designed to go in Slot B. Anything else is Doing It Wrong. On the other hand, I don't care if you want to marry a houseplant, that's not my problem. :P

Pescado, you have all the charm and sensitivity of a grizzly bear with rabies and a raging case of diarrhea with nothing but coarse grit sand paper to wipe with. The only purpose of closed minded attitudes like that is to make sure that humankind remains miserable and divided.

To "get anywhere" simply means to have your own kids -- I don't see any other purporse for tabs and slots. However, not everyone is up to the task (Lots of my married friends prefer to stay luvey dovey without kids). As for "Doing It Wrong" I bet no one would say that if our societies weren't structured the way they are. It's all a matter of habit.
Love you too.

It's all about whose lobby has the bigger ..... insert dirty word of your chosing. They want to satisfy lobby A which pisses off lobby B and vice versa. That seems to be the new American step dance, at least when the entertainment industry is concerned.

To make things clear, I was pleasantly surprised they included gay marriage although I'm not gay. I just wanted to know if the were that bold with TS3 or if their pantload grew too heavy to bear.

hmm .. this thread started off as information about the 1st possible EP for Sims 3 being about occupations. Suddenly I'm reading about gay marriage, intercourse, houseplant marriages (!) and not very veiled references to how said intercourse works

Back on topic people please or this will be yet another thread to disappear into the great beyond

IF the whole SECTION doesn't just get put behind wraps until the 2nd or 3rd if the brush fires and general absurdity don't die out.

You have to have an expansion with the Sims 3, it isn't even half a game.  The objects, clothing styles, and hairstyles are severely limited.  The only way currently to expand on Sims 3 is to download from the Sims 3 store where they want $20 for a set of 45 objects.  $20!  You could buy an entire expansion pack for the Sims 2 with that much.  I don't go to paysites because as I'm on a limited budget, I can't afford paysites, and because of the paysites, now EA has become the biggest and most expensive of all of them.

I hope they do something quickly about the Sims 3, it's really rather boring.

Umm the whole 20$ for an a set of 45 objects is a load... i used my nerdy skills *cough... torrenting* and found the set for free n_n


and im going to trade over the sims and sims 2 games i have and get the sims 3. i wouldn't mind an expansion pack thrown in as well, that would be cool but i think it would have to be something big like apartment life or pets not something meaningless like mansion and garden stuff *makes bleughy noises*

If I were you I would think not twice, but thrice whether that would be a good move.
 

I'd think thrice a few times before doing that. And also about admitting to torrenting a damn thing on a site where they don't allow mention of that kind of thing, m'kay?

im not buying anymore. I decided i would make a noise like you do when you're above something... Then asked mummy to get me it for my birthday.

Admin note: Consider this your first warning for acting like a tool towards staff when you've been advised against mentioning illegal activities.

Excuse me, idiot, I don't want the stupid thing even though today IS my birthday and next time you get snippy at me, expect a warning. I'm a woman grown with kids of my own and my mother, unlike yours, has long been dead. So, you need to keep your fingers off of the keyboard and act with some intelligence and read the damn rules before posting stuff that is going to get you called onto the carpet. You dig?

Actually, let's go ahead and count this as a warning since you're obviously too thick to read anything that doesn't pertain to you getting what you want. And yes, you have been quoted so that you can't edit it out and claim you did nothing wrong, I've seen your sort before.

I am responding to the poster on the 2nd page about same-sex couples allowed in TS3. You must make a gay couple and place in the hood, before the game allows it in story progression. I guess it's like a safety switch.

I will be interested in knowing what the EP will be. I haven't seen anything specific yet.

i thought this thread was about the sims 3 first expansion pack not burning each other.

-now knocking back on topic-

i was reading on this website i think its a expansion somewhat like the sims 2 bon voyage exepct this one is called The sims 3 destation adventure.
heres the
website:http://www.sims3website.com/sims-3-news/the-sims-3-destination-adventure-expansion/ :cool:

The info from that link is purely speculation and not definite until EA confirms the info is real or rumor. I wouldn't consider that as the new EP until EA actually announces the new EP for Sims 3.

yes chaavik, i know it may be a rumor until ea offically announces the first offical expansion pack for the sims 3. :cool:

Really? They're statrting with a "Bon Voyage" ish type expansion? I woulda much rather them do something like Seasons(which could actually be merged wit ha vacation expansion pack) Open for Business, or Pets. Seeing as Nightlife is already kinda on here(even though I've rarely seen sims on the sims 3 out at night, and they even have curfews now :confused:  :mad: ) and I never made my sims go through college that much(mostly because I don't stay on one family long enough to have them go from teen to adult or Young Adult) so I could do without University, and the only reason I got Apartment life was because of the witches

just got news from another thread (http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,104840.105.html) about the sims 3 first expansion pack. the title is changed to "World Adventures" instead detestation adventure. go and check it out. i will update as i continue to get information. :cool: