If this has been tested in the wild I've seen no real differences shopping, I'm usually at every event the first couple days. Very modern system so none of this "well you must be on a potato" excuse. Not worth the price tag when 30k sims exist and you're saying 20% more performance for 300% the price, yea no thanks.
Also events are usually burnt out the first week and you can get in normally after that and the event is a ghost town (not all) but there's no reason to mill through people faster for 300% the price either.