Anyone know when the broadcast will be up on youtube? I missed it when it was actually happening.
http://www.thesims.com/en_US/live 
I have an idea as to why the simbots and time machines were not just revamped like the Vampires were. The new EP is based off a new world, the Sim future, where simbots have evolved into Plumbots and where simple time machines have been made into time portals. I believe that this expansion is a kind of view into what the developers see as the sims future. I think that is also backed by how now you can see your descendants in the future and even how what you do in the present creates changes in the future in the new expansion.
Fair point.
We also need to remember that they are a business. EPs are made to not only bring more interesting and fun game play, but money so that they can continue making games.
I know, but logically, extending the time machine would just take the equivalent code from the Time Portal, and stick it in the Time Machine. Doing this saves money on Concept Design, Design, Programming, Implementation and Debugging (testing). For those without Ambitions, it's a simple matter of just recycling the same code.
Of course, talking about this makes me realize that doing this would effectively "cut off" the main content of the EP. You need Inventing Level 8 (I think) to make a Time Machine, so you'd need that to play this EP. By introducing a new object, they cut that requirement off. It's the equivalent of saying "Yeah, you can have three new Occults in Supernatural, but you've got to max xyz skill first in each game to unlock it".
Of course, since they're not using the Time Machine, I suppose this is a tad off-topic, and for that, I apologize.
