"PlayerSinger2010;13052940" wrote:
Holy mother of everything good in the world.
NO!
I'm not playing this game to recreate every inch of reality - I'm playing the game to escape it! Bank accounts for each family member maybe, but I do not want a stock market! I get confused with economics in real life - I don't want to stress out about it in a game!
Actually we have had a stock market before. I don't remember exactly how it worked, but sims could play the market and either gain or lose simoleons as a result.
After reading through posts in this thread, I do see where a complete banking/financial system could be complicated -- and boring, for some players. I think there are some good ideas, though. I think we should have more control over a household's funds when moving, merging, or splitting up, and a do think a bank offering loans could be helpful --if implemented in a simple, uncomplicated way. I don't see that insurance would be too complicated, either, but with Sims 4, I don't see any reason to include it, either. We don't have cars, so no need for car insurance. We don't have burglars, so no need for homeowner's insurance. Well...we do have fires, and sims do receive insurance payements to replace items, so that's probably all we really need for insurance.
Overall, I still think there are possibilities there, but I can see where it could get tedious and tiresome. Too much reality isn't the best thing. It's been interesting to read all the comments. It's allowed me to see the idea from many different perspectives.
