I feel kinda bad posting this as it was Frankie’s discovery to begin with, but alias the word does need to get out and he’s been a bit busy with life to worry about the site (it’s all good).Ā Anyhow, I just facepalmed when I read his post over at the Mod The Sims forum of the discovery for the 6th Stuff Pack of The Sims 3.Ā Brace yourself for:Ā The Sims 3 Katy Perry Sweet Treats.Ā Sigh…I’m getting *this close* on making a nice little bonfire with my Sims 3 games.Ā SimCity can’t get here soon enough…
I had originally pre-ordered the disc version of Master Suite Stuff around January 5. I never received it after the package had been shipped/transferred throughout three different places due to an unsufficient address (which is impossible because I had pre-ordered and received the disc version of Pets with no issues, and on release day), so I requested that it be cancelled and was refunded. Anyhow, the agent gave me a complimentary digital copy of MSS for all the trouble I had experienced (I literally went through plenty of different agents about having not received my order, and I was not a happy camper). But the strange thing is (and apparently I am not the only one after having read the official forums about it) that rather than having given me MSS, the agent ended up giving me the sixth stuff pack that neither of us have yet to know what its theme is. Other people on the official forum have posted screen shots with proof that they, too, have received a digital version of SP6. And call me a “bad Samaritan” if you like, but I felt that EA was in a position to honor it, even though it was an error on their part. Thus, I now have two free SPs after the agent had fixed the issue of my complimentary MSS copy having not appeared in my account, and all due to errors that weren’t even my fault to begin with. And if I’m clearly not the only one who received SP6 via Origin, how many customers have received copies? I had even spoken with the last agent about this, and he/she had confirmed that the game would be honored, despite the error. On top of all this, the agent still granted me a coupon of 20% off the Origin Store for being a “valued customer” (plus two or three coupons of 15% each from the other agents). Has this happened to anyone here at MTS? If so, congratulations on a free SP that you haven’t the slightest clue on what it will offer.
I’m both excited about the games and bemused about EA. I haven’t liked EA very much for quite some time due to obvious reasons, but not enough to stop purchasing The Sims games. Now, they suddenly seem generous with this. I ended up giving the agent an excellent rating. Why shouldn’t I, you know?
EDIT: SP6 Title Revealed! http://www.modthesims.info/showthre…071#post3806071
Thanks to Pasimfic Wiki for the tip.
I hate Katy Perry. I not want itās stuff pack!
OMG, you have got to be kidding. SERIOUSLY. didn’t we get KP giant fruit with the KP edition. Now they are making a whole expansion pack of more of the same crap…Sims 3 is turning into a little girls game. No offense to little girls.
The Sims franchise is really turning bad ! Damn EA ! š
LOL this is f**ked up! xD
In the name of crap, it might… I’ll be there in the corner waiting for SimCity or The Sims 4 perhaps… call me when The Sims Studio is replaced by Maxis š
*Looks despairingly at TS2 Mansions and Gardens Stuff…* āIf only YOU were converted for The Sims 3!ā
Honestly, what the hell is EA thinking? Please let this be a nightmare. Today isnāt April 1st, right?
Judhudson,
Well I’m not buying it. I don’t think I can afford to buy all the expansion packs and all the stuff packs, and this doesn’t sound like one I want. I’ll pass. I’ll just have to remember not to update my game until the next expansion pack is released unless I can’t avoid it. Once you update your game now, Create A World usually won’t work until you install the latest stuff pack or expansion pack.
No, no, you understood it wrong. “Katy Perry Sweet Treats” was the rumoured 6th expansion pack, and as Showtime is already released, this is old news.
I don’t know if my previous comment was moderated or something like that, but it was me who understood wrong, sorry. Well… I don’t care about this KP thing at all. I just wish MAXIS would show up again… š
AM I the only on excited? Im a girl so… Yay! LOL
But yeah, I dont know who is in charge of choosing themes but they need to be fired. Sims 2 EP & SP >>>>> Sims 3 EP & SP.
I think it’s a good idea for a stuff pack, maybe we will get some good cloths that Katy herself has worn in some of her music videos… I’m hoping for a futuristic out like from E.T…
I’m gonna get it. Its just a stuff pack, they don’t really add anything new so its not going to really affect those that don’t want to get it.
While I guess this isn’t so surprising, seeing as TS2 had all those sponsored stuff packs… this is just incredibly lame. I hope I’m genuinely surprised by some unique objects that are useful, but hey, why in name of crap should that actually happen?
One word… NOOO!!!
Jud, you are fine. It wasn’t a new thread. It was just an edited post to add that I discovered SP6. I had actually thought about posting it here, but I was afraid that EA would warn us to remove the post. Whereas in the thread I had already created in January, I had told the posters there that I would tell them about the new SP. That was why I posted about it. Thank you for posting this, though. I didn’t want you to think I didn’t have time for this site, since I really was nervous that I’d get in trouble with EA about this. It has yet to be announced. š
Leaks from them via Origin are okay. We can’t really get into any sort of trouble via that. š No harm no foul š
EA needs new/different staff…what marketting Genius thought this steamy pile of **** up? (had to be out of touch, seriously over reaching to teens they think…) I refused to buy the showtime/Katy Perry edtion, why the hell would I shell out 20$ for a crap-tastic stuff pack, I rarely bought SPs for TS2 and they were good then….wow, just wow…someone needs Gibbsed for this, maybe alot of someones…. (Gibbsed = Gibbs/Dope Slapped)
And NOW we know why it came out so soon after SHOW… and now wondering if they are ramping up their release schedule, and if so, that means TS4 can’t be quite as far off as previously believed. I Miss Maxis soooo badly right now. Lucy Bradshaw was a designer or jr producer on TS2, if memory of the preview disc serves & she’s still @ maxis….wonder who else from game 1-2 are still there?
I’m sorry this really still has my bell ringing…the logic or lack there of behind this….no one in their right mind would go for this…why would they? if they wanted the KP crap, they’d have just ordered the KPLE of SHOW….who are these …..bright intelligent people coming up with all these ideas? (sarcasim just does not have the same effect in txt) it still baffles me an hour later how anyone could have thought this was good market strategy….I’m starting to think EA is deliberately sabatoging itself….for fun or out of bordem…not sure which…
Aw man! First a magic themed EP7 and now this. Soooo disappointed…
And you know why they’re doing this SP right :D, when the live transmision will be happening they will say sh*t like ‘Because the community wanted this kind of SP, we always listen to them…’ Yeah right…
What the…? O_o
This is just stupid. I mean, it’s okay, if they make a celebrity edition of something with a few celebrity items in it; you can always choose another edition, if you don’t happen to like that specific celebrity. But a whole stuff pack? If they wanted to give us sweet stuff, why couldn’t it just be The Sims 3 Sweet stuff… I mean, even that could have a wide variety off different content compared to this.
The future of The Sims 3 doesen’t look good. š I’m right there at the bonfire with you.
Even the title of the SP is lame. “Sweet Stuff”? The only thing sweet about it is when LGR does his review. It’ll be great for a laugh.
Looks like I’ll be saving money by not buying this POS š
The sad thig is EA is not sabotaging itself (it cant get no worse, as Lennon and McCartney said), EA is sabotaging The Sims. Why EA? WHY?
What!??! I’m not buying this, even if I like some of the items as a guy there’s no way I’m going into a shop and buying this or asking anyone else to get it for me.
I happen to be female too, I still think it’s chronically retarded. it makes no sense what so ever and just looks like a money making ploy…aimed at the young and unaware who are easily swayed by celebrities. I got thinking about the releases….it would have been less idiotic for EA to release showtime after ambitions and then late night, fans would not have felt so fleeced as the pool table and whathaveyou would have been in the game to use in the bars from LN already, and the celebrity thing would have made more sense that way too. and frankly there isn’t a remake/new pattern, everything’s been a crappy-ish reinvisioning of previous games all along. so I am scared of what they’ll do the much anticipated MM remake…For the record I hated superstar, I actually got a kick out of showtime…strange how that works. WA=Vac/Bon, AMB=OfB (and we got it like that because of fans whinning they wanted to see their sims go to work all the damn time. becareful what you wish for)
Shouldn’t all the Katy Perry stuff have come in the Limited Edition of Showtime?!
And EA try to claim they don’t hold things back to make extra money!!
WOOT!
Sounds…kinda interesting.
{I’m a guy, BTW}
Honestly If the content is good I dont care who is it about. Both H&M and Ikia SP were good.
Why does it matter who is in the cover? People are whining without seeing whats in the SP solely base on the fact that Katy Perry is there.
The Black Scorpion predicted it:
http://www.simprograms.com/38510/new-sims-3-community-poll-and-results-of-the-alien-world-poll/
LOL
This is a joke, right? April fools?
And EP7 is going to be Katy Perry’s Sparkly Fairy House, right?
hahaha. You had me going there, for a minute.
I would love for more than anything for this to be wrong….so much.
*facepalm after reading last post* Gender isn’t the issue, it’s being screwed over for profit with bad marketing strategy. which EA will keep doing with ppl like this out there willing to buy it, no offense dude. it is just the thing alot of people rant about…but I guess I’m glad somone is excited about this obvious rip-off.
I imagine cupcake bras.
I don’t hate Katy Perry but this is an atrocity to the Sims. But I guess it’ll be okay if the stuff is actually worth looking into, which I doubt. What’s the point of stuff packs anyways? You know, besides milking out more profits. We get as much content in the store monthly.
I thought I read an article about showtime saying EA partnered up with KP. So if you think this is bad, wait until we see KP themed store sets. I’m already peeved that I paied $10 bucks extra and really all I got was a creasy, folded poster of the game’s box. I happen to like her, but I think that a company basing their video game soley on one celebrity is a bit tacky. Like do they have no creativity whatsoever? Generations answers that, but if we continue to see Katy Perry this, and Katy Perry I for one will get bored.
Please, for all that is holy, DO NOT BUY this expansion pack.
You are feeding the troll, and EA is being a massive, massive troll when it comes to how they are treating the fan-base. I’ve had enough of them making the Sims with only money on their minds, rather than the actual enjoyment of the players. Cheap skates! Urgh!
Seriously, Katy Perry, go back to singing and leave us gamers alone.
I am only getting it for collecting reasons, otherwise I am uninterested and indifferent to KP-styled EPs. And SPs.
Stuff Pack, not Expansion Pack. (I shudder to think what a Katy Perry EP would be like…
Ugh. Why. Why? WHY? If they have to partner with KP they should make it a store pack, not an actual stuff pack. After this, what’s next? KP themed EP’s?
When EA released the Katy Perry version of The Sims 3 Showtime, they did say they would collaborate with Katy Perry more in their future games, so really.. this is no surprise.. at all. I mean look, this Stuff Pack might have some really unique clothing and Furniture, who knows?
meh…
YAY!! i love katy perry >w< im so happy she also likes the sims
UR ALL DRAMA QUEENS u all know more than half of you will buy it anyway -.-
you know what i find funny aint nobody putting a gun to Ur telling u to buy the stuff pack so stop complaining. EA is clearly trying to catch the attention of a lot of their sim social players before facebook gets capsized by twitter
Honestly, I don’t care for Katy Perry’s music and I’m not even super girly or anything, but I do like her style, so it would be cool to see my sims in some funky clothes. When it comes to content, all we have is boring, normal clothes. I’m pretty excited for this SP, just because its Katy Perry, you’re complaining. If it were just titled “Sweet Stuff” none of you would be complaining. A majority of you will end up buying the game anyways, because I didn’t even plan on getting the KP Edition of Showtime, but I did and the 2 outfits I did get were GREAT and I use them all the time.
lol. You say that as if only little girls listen to Katy Perry! xD I doubt it… lol
Great article. I will be dealing with some of these issues as well.
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