Official Survey: They're going to sell individual downloads!?WTF?!

[Theria]

I don't think the ducks look good on the table.  One of them hangs off the back.  Kind of an obvious error.  What is wrong with these people.  The free community has done so much better and takes more effort.

That could be the fault of the ducks, however. Knowing me and my luck, I managed to pick out two items of equal borkage and put them together to create a new, super-powered borkage. Maybe something that sits in the centre of the table, much like a potted plant, wouldn't have the same edge-tottering effect. It's just...they were ducks! And they were cute!

The curtain and the window are also borked but I am pretty sure that someone posted fixed versions in the thread at MATY.  They dont have diagonal meshes and one of them (cant remember which) isnt properly on its tile.  Also in the thread on the BBS (only went there cause it was liked from here and I am a curious pirate) the sheeple were complaining that the objects form the EP's contain the original dialog scripts but not the animations that go with them.

I think it's great that there are people out there that are willing to take the crap EA puts out and fixes it. It makes the world a better, happier, shinier place. The problem, for me at least, the community shouldn't have to fix something like that. It should be the company's responsibility. Then again, it IS EA that I'm talking about. I shouldn't expect anything from them but broken and fucked up shit that the community fixes. (Fixes that I'm extremely thankful for.)

I think it's the Virgo in me, demanding perfection, though I know damned well I'm never gonna get it.

[glasscigarette]

It just fits that way because the table is smaller than the tile it sits in, while the object isn't. I have a CC bathroom set in my game (I think it's the Seychelles set from Holy Simoly) that looks really nice, but if I try to put any sort of clutter on the counter, it hangs off the front edge. Just one of those things you have to deal with if you want surfaces that are a different size/shape than the tiles, but objects that are designed to fit neatly within said tiles.

Messed up object footprints, though? Fuck you, EAxis.

[Simsbaby]

I really can't believe that they expected people to pay for shit like that. I shouldn't be one to talk though, I'm the one who bought it.   I totally have to agree with Theria, and everyone else who said it. I am glad though that everyone is fixing the stuff, but it shouldn't have to be fixed in the first place. [sarcasm]This is totally making paying for peggy and TSR a steal [/sarcasm]

[Anouk]

Nope. Call me a cynic, but this is just a prelude to them legalizing paysites. Soon you will be able to download TSR and Peggy creations through the EA store. They will invite the top paysite creators to join the store. The paysite owners will be able to sell their pixels, EA will take a cut of the profits and everyone will be happy, except for the people who will have to pay for the stuff. 

This, and they'll only allow the sale or even distribution of custom content through their store. So bye bye custom content fansites all together, at least for sims 3.

[Captain Berg]

I really can't believe that they expected people to pay for shit like that. I shouldn't be one to talk though, I'm the one who bought it.

Oh, but I (and many with me) are very grateful that you did  And you did it fast! You rock!

I don't even want those bodyhop items and objects; as many have stated, there are better looking (and better working!) things available all over the free CC community. For free! 

 Nevertheless: I'll download everything I can get my chubby little hands on, and keep it, just to say: "Fuck you EA! Fuckyouintheazz!!!111"

[Paden]

Do they really think we're gonna line up to buy their shit and get a free SecuROM injection, too? Fuck them, fuck them right where Satan wouldn't have it on a good day!

[Astonished lemons]

Love the analogy.

But plenty of people have actually gotten the stuff.

Its funny, because when you think of Eaxis's customer base, you instantly think of kids, but most kids dont have paypal accounts/checks/credit cards. They go beg their parents and the parents will look at it and say no. Its all the adult/young adult simmers that are buying the store stuff.

[alia]

Hmmm. Well, I guess I'm an optimist, because I'm foreseeing a flurry of "cease and desist" letters.

Unlikely. There is no profit in doing that. However, assimilating all paysites to the EAxis store is a profitable option, therefore we'll probably see that with Sims3.

The paysite owners will be able to sell their pixels, EA will take a cut of the profits and everyone will be happy, except for the people who will have to pay for the stuff. 

This, and they'll only allow the sale or even distribution of custom content through their store. So bye bye custom content fansites all together, at least for sims 3.

And if they are indeed foolish enough to do that, they can also kiss the success story of the Sims goodbye. Free CC is what keeps the game fresh and interesting, and if you have to pay for everything, people aren't just as interested in paying for it. I'm actually kinda hoping that would happen, I would love to see the sales plummet. 

[Renegade]

Damn, I didn't think it would happen this soon.  As of about 1.5 weeks ago it was just people disgusted in the survey, but within that time it's become reality?  And I always miss this shit lol

It's funny how TSR-buttlickers are basically like "Wtf, 'exclusive content'? Fuck, I'm not paying for that, I'll stick to TSR!"   ...where they also have to pay for stuff...

$1 per item is expensive - even paysites are cheaper, so I'm surprised people are buying this junk.  And most of it is stuff you'd already have in-game if you'd purchased the EPs or SPs they're in.  Based on what it would cost to buy everything, somewhere in the $1300 range I think, I am kind of stunned that the person on the Exchanged had 90% of it.

To the person(s) who got the crap from the store to share it with everyone, thanks for your generosity.  Hopefully if people really want that stuff, most get it through you rather than EA.

With any luck, EA store will fail miserably.

[JFederated]

Those surveys are usually BS, after the fact, let's throw this at the wall and see what sticks since we're gonna do it anyway type things.

I read through the 400 reply thread started by SMLisa about the store and found it amusing how many BBSers were horrified that EA opened a paysite, VIOLATING THEIR OWN EULA!    Which is silly, of course, but the anti-paysite sentiment was evident in many posts.

EA:  taking inverse response experiments to new highs!

- Securom CP:  breeding more and more pirates with every release.
- EAStore:  making even the most rip-offing paysites look good.
- EA customer service:  my sofa has better response times.
- EA products:  throwing money out the window of a speeding car is more satisfying.

[Relle]

Oh heavens. There are already rebins on MTS2. I guess the store isn't a paysite to them?

I'm glad the items are so fugly; they're easier to hate that way. I can't believe I really thought EA wouldn't have a pay site.

/Yes, I know, lurk moar.

[keirra]

I don't think that the EA Store is what you would call a "paysite".  It's EA selling the shit that they have a right to sell online. It's pretty funny how lame the products they are selling are, though.

[Theria]

I don't think that the EA Store is what you would call a "paysite".  It's EA selling the shit that they have a right to sell online. It's pretty funny how lame the products they are selling are, though.

Bolding mine.

Shouldn't that be "It isn't surprising"...? I certainly didn't expect anything more than what they did release. Fucking ugly shit that tickles the funny bone and offends the eye.

Pardon my language. I was raised by loggers.

[keirra]

I'm laughing harder at their inability to sell products that actually work correctly in the game. It's like the creators threw the shit together and didn't test it at all.

[CaptainChris]

It's like the creators threw the shit together and didn't test it at all.

I thought that was a condition at EA?