I think representation needs to continue to be a much more obvious priority. Occasionally showcasing one marginalized group or another just doesn’t cut it, and CC creators should not have to do more work making the game inclusive than developers. Pronouns should be a priority. Even if there was a dialogue to manually type in pronouns for the sims so the game dialogues will refer to them properly (given the wide variety of pronouns out there) would be better than a game that still represents a gender binary even having trans sims. It’s not realistic, and it’s not fair to call the Sims an inclusive game when sims still can’t even go by they at the very least.
I also think that more needs to be done to stop romanticizing other cultures. Whenever we get a new “diverse” pack, it’s almost always based around making non-American, BIPOC or AAPI cultures vacation destinations instead of normal places with a lot to offer. The vacations are wonderful and exciting, but it’s problematic to act as though diverse people only exist when you go on vacation.
These and various disabilities need to be represented. Is it really a life simulation game when the life your simulating is very white, very binary, and completely able? I think we all need to know what The Sims team’s priorities are on things like this because it just causes pain when again and again representation is done poorly or otherwise doesn’t exist.
EA Staff (Retired)