There is merit in that statement of content moving forward, but current times have nothing to do with Maxis breaking content purchased 7-8 years ago. For example, someone who bought Get To Work at launch shouldn’t have to deal with Maxis bricking Retail for several months when Businesses & Hobbies launched last year.

Those are about a decade apart. That’s unjustifiable.

On the other hand, if one pack breaks, why buy another one? Dine Out and Wedding Stories didn’t break yesterday (nor came out at that date), but people still bought Getaway and Royalty Stories, the Lovestruck and alike packs. Why?

A new dlc won’t fix it. Pets disappearing is a symptom of player autonomy and lack of critical thinking. The downfall of the sims is very much the fault of consumers (that don’t do what they preach), as much as of Maxis’/EA’s