EA Is Planning A Subscription Service Called The Sims 4 Premium

<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">EA may have revealed more than they wanted to when they showed off 20 minutes of in-game footage from their upcoming<&sol;span> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-sims-4-announced-for-pc-and-mac-coming-in-2014&sol;">The Sims 4<&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> game&period; During the presentation&comma; sharp eyed fans spotted a banner advert for a service called The Sims 4 Premium&period; According to the advert&comma; this service gives you  &&num;8221&semi;early access to three new packs&comma; with exclusive items&period; Your Sims can throw a spooky costume party&comma; camp in the great outdoors&comma; and toast to the new year in style&period;&&num;8221&semi; You can see this for yourself at the 13&colon;26 mark on the video above&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">It wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be the first time that EA has offered a subscription service for additional content&period; Battlefield Premium offers early access to DLC packs as well as exclusive personalisation options&period;  It sounds like The Sims 4 Premium will be a similar service&period; EA has already been receiving harsh criticism from The Sims fans for<&sol;span> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cant-drown-creations-sims-4&sol;">omitting key features from this sequel&period;<&sol;a> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The news that some items will be for subscribers only is sure to add to their anger&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">We&&num;8217&semi;ll update this story when we hear official confirmation from EA&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2014-07-21-it-looks-like-ea-is-planning-a-sims-4-premium-subscription">Eurogamer<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;