OK, so here's the thing....If Maxis doesn't appreciate custom content, why did they invite all the creators out to their, er, ranch(?), compound, whatever; to play with the game and make cupcakes? I don't get it. I do know this much, if they think I'm paying 60 smackers for the game, then they are severely dillusional, that's for sure. I could see maybe 40 to start and then drop the price to about 30 or even 25 when the expansion packs start coming out. And if they're are going to require all this extra hardware on your part just to play the game, then they better make the graphics far more worth my while. There are free MMORPG's online with graphics that make The Sims3 look like 1980's Atari! BLUH!