Do you think the devs should find better ways to spend simoleons in game?

I would like a few ideas that would be good for Sims to Spend Cash on

Casinos

• Casinos Games - Roulette, C*R*A*P*S, Slot Machines, Let It Ride, Blackjack - NPC Dealers in Tuxedo Shirts
  
• Poker Table - Basic to Luxury - Set Level to Stakes
  https://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/Brunswick-Billiards-Centennial-Poker-Table.jpg
  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/26/54/d82654f647702ab95945cc9600d745c8.jpg
  
• Pool Table
  
  
  
  • Basic Style for bars & Pools Halls to High End Tables for Mansions
    
  • Games - Basic 8 Ball and 9 Ball
    
  • Playing For Cash
    
  • Tournament Play
    
  • Trick Shots
    
  
  
• Full Service Hotel The Hotel portion could be a Base Game addition so that hotels can be used in any destination desired
  
  
  
  • Basic Room to Suites (High Roller, Honeymoon, Presidential) - $,$$,$$$,$$$$ per night
    https://cdn.kiwicollection.com/media/property/PR005907/xl/005907-06-suite-bedroom.jpg
    
  • Concierge/Bell Hop
    
  • Fabulous Lobby
    https://evergreene.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Palazzo_Lobby.jpg
    
  • Maid Service
    
  • Pool Bar
    
  • Room Amenities - Gold Toilette, Hotel Phone, Mini Bar, Small TV over the Garden Tub
    
  • Room Service
    
  
  
• Casino Celebrity Chef Restaurant - New Recipes of Famous Dishes
  
  
  
  • Cacio e Pepe
    
  • Chateaubriand
    
  • Crab Bisque
    
  • Duck L'Orange
    
  • French Onion Soup
    
  • Lady Baltimore Cake (Baking Recipe)
    
  • Manhattan Clam Chowder
    
  • Oysters Rockefeller
    
  • Pots De Creme
    
  • Steak Au Poivre
    
  • Waffles
    
  • Waldorf Salad
    
  
  
• New Unlockable Spa Treatments (If you have Spa Day)
  
  
  
  • Facials
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDnvwsa-xI&t=594s
    
  • Foot Washing
    
  • Pet Grooming (If you have Spa Day and Dogs & Cats)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQlIZguhXE
    
  • Seaweed Wraps
    
  
  
• Vegas Style Entertainment
  
  
  
  • Box Office (Window or Booth with NPC Ticket Seller)
    
  • Sporting Events - Boxing Match
    
  • Theatre Entertainment - Bands, Circus Style Acrobatics, Magicians
    
  
  

Jewelry Store - New Retail Store Type, New Skill - Jewel-crafting, Gem Cutting Machine, Purchasable High End Jewelry (Necklaces, Earrings, Rings, Bracelets and Watches)
https://www.temporex.de/2000-Uhren/2030-YvesCamani/L-31051GP-E/bild2.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/6b/e5/1e6be59ae3db8ab7a7b99f5459caef21.jpg

New Vacation Destinations
Potential Destinations

• China - Jade Jewelry, Gorgeous Silk, Awesome tourist attractions, Exceptional Food
  
• Egypt - Egyptian Archaeology, Tombs
  
• France - Nectar Making, The Arts, French Pastry, French Food, Romance, Lavender Fields and perfume
  
• Germany
  
• Greece & The Greek Islands - Yachting is huge there, Deep Sea Fishing, Greek Archaeology, Scuba Diving and Underwater Archaeology, The Kraken, The Odyssey
  
• Morocco
  

Destination Activities

• Adventurous Excursions - Helicopter Ride (Maybe Even Lessons), Mountain Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning
  
• Nectar Making, Nectararies (Vineyards), Vintages including rare ones, Vats, Press, Nectar Blends, Design your own label, Sabering the bottle, Nectar Making Skill, Established varieties of grapes
  
• Learning a New Dance from an Instructor $$ - Waltz, Tango
  
• Skeet Shooting
  
• Museum Update
  
  
  
  • Donations - Cash, Items
    
  • Interactive Activities
    
  • New Types (Archeological, Art, Natural History, Science & Tech)
    
  • NPC Tour Guide/Curator
    
  • Security & Burglars
    
  
  

Graduate Degrees added to University - Masters & Doctorate - Make more expensive

Owning Horses

• Dressage & Dressage Competition
  
• Best In Show - Horse Show
  
• Equestrian Center & Stables - Center - Rabbit Hole. Dressage Course, Stables, Trophy Room and Winners Circle - Open
  
• Riding Lessons - Expensive
  
• Vet Bills
  

The Arts

• Auctions
  
• Sculpture Making
  
• The Opera
  
• Patron of The Arts - Donations
  

I actually don't have any ideas of what they could add as far as things to spend money on, but I do think that I have too much money in the game and there is barely anything to spend it on once you upgrade your furniture and some other build mode items. I have over a million dollars made mostly from gardening and I have basically nothing that challenges me financially. It doesn't ruin the game but would be nice to have more options.

"Dark_Bokensha;c-18202326" wrote:
maybe they could implement a feature that requires your Sim to go grocery shopping in order to cook pretty much anything: like buying spaghetti sticks and other needed ingredients to make spaghetti, lettuce and tomatoes to make a salad, ext. but I can see why wouldn't it work. it's way too easy to earn money in the game, but it is a simulator game after all. Any other thing that comes to mind is making non-décor nor rent things pricier (just like real life lol)?

The Cottage Living EP adding something sort of similar in the form of a "Lot Challenge". While you don't physically need to go grocery shopping to buy the ingredients (you can order them to be delivered) but you DO need to have all recipe ingredients on hand in order to make that recipe.

You can read more information about here: (in case you don't have that pack)
https://simscommunity.info/2021/07/14/the-sims-4-cottage-living-all-about-lot-challenges/

"LeGardePourpre;c-18203032" wrote:
New Fear : Fear of losing all the money

That would need to come with ways to lose it. Bring back casinos, even the online ones would be nice, or at least a spending addiction where sims would get this craving to visit a shop and buy some things.

"redrogue60;c-18170792" wrote:
I would like a few ideas that would be good for Sims to Spend Cash on

Casinos

• Casinos Games - Roulette, C*R*A*P*S, Slot Machines, Let It Ride, Blackjack - NPC Dealers in Tuxedo Shirts
  
• Poker Table - Basic to Luxury - Set Level to Stakes
  https://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/Brunswick-Billiards-Centennial-Poker-Table.jpg
  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/26/54/d82654f647702ab95945cc9600d745c8.jpg
  
• Pool Table
  
  
  
  • Basic Style for bars & Pools Halls to High End Tables for Mansions
    
  • Games - Basic 8 Ball and 9 Ball
    
  • Playing For Cash
    
  • Tournament Play
    
  • Trick Shots
    
  
  
• Full Service Hotel The Hotel portion could be a Base Game addition so that hotels can be used in any destination desired
  
  
  
  • Basic Room to Suites (High Roller, Honeymoon, Presidential) - $,$$,$$$,$$$$ per night
    https://cdn.kiwicollection.com/media/property/PR005907/xl/005907-06-suite-bedroom.jpg
    
  • Concierge/Bell Hop
    
  • Fabulous Lobby
    https://evergreene.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Palazzo_Lobby.jpg
    
  • Maid Service
    
  • Pool Bar
    
  • Room Amenities - Gold Toilette, Hotel Phone, Mini Bar, Small TV over the Garden Tub
    
  • Room Service
    
  
  
• Casino Celebrity Chef Restaurant - New Recipes of Famous Dishes
  
  
  
  • Cacio e Pepe
    
  • Chateaubriand
    
  • Crab Bisque
    
  • Duck L'Orange
    
  • French Onion Soup
    
  • Lady Baltimore Cake (Baking Recipe)
    
  • Manhattan Clam Chowder
    
  • Oysters Rockefeller
    
  • Pots De Creme
    
  • Steak Au Poivre
    
  • Waffles
    
  • Waldorf Salad
    
  
  
• New Unlockable Spa Treatments (If you have Spa Day)
  
  
  
  • Facials
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDnvwsa-xI&t=594s
    
  • Foot Washing
    
  • Pet Grooming (If you have Spa Day and Dogs & Cats)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQlIZguhXE
    
  • Seaweed Wraps
    
  
  
• Vegas Style Entertainment
  
  
  
  • Box Office (Window or Booth with NPC Ticket Seller)
    
  • Sporting Events - Boxing Match
    
  • Theatre Entertainment - Bands, Circus Style Acrobatics, Magicians
    
  
  

Jewelry Store - New Retail Store Type, New Skill - Jewel-crafting, Gem Cutting Machine, Purchasable High End Jewelry (Necklaces, Earrings, Rings, Bracelets and Watches)
https://www.temporex.de/2000-Uhren/2030-YvesCamani/L-31051GP-E/bild2.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/6b/e5/1e6be59ae3db8ab7a7b99f5459caef21.jpg

New Vacation Destinations
Potential Destinations

• China - Jade Jewelry, Gorgeous Silk, Awesome tourist attractions, Exceptional Food
  
• Egypt - Egyptian Archaeology, Tombs
  
• France - Nectar Making, The Arts, French Pastry, French Food, Romance, Lavender Fields and perfume
  
• Germany
  
• Greece & The Greek Islands - Yachting is huge there, Deep Sea Fishing, Greek Archaeology, Scuba Diving and Underwater Archaeology, The Kraken, The Odyssey
  
• Morocco
  

Destination Activities

• Adventurous Excursions - Helicopter Ride (Maybe Even Lessons), Mountain Climbing, Hot Air Ballooning
  
• Nectar Making, Nectararies (Vineyards), Vintages including rare ones, Vats, Press, Nectar Blends, Design your own label, Sabering the bottle, Nectar Making Skill, Established varieties of grapes
  
• Learning a New Dance from an Instructor $$ - Waltz, Tango
  
• Skeet Shooting
  
• Museum Update
  
  
  
  • Donations - Cash, Items
    
  • Interactive Activities
    
  • New Types (Archeological, Art, Natural History, Science & Tech)
    
  • NPC Tour Guide/Curator
    
  • Security & Burglars
    
  
  

Graduate Degrees added to University - Masters & Doctorate - Make more expensive

Owning Horses

• Dressage & Dressage Competition
  
• Best In Show - Horse Show
  
• Equestrian Center & Stables - Center - Rabbit Hole. Dressage Course, Stables, Trophy Room and Winners Circle - Open
  
• Riding Lessons - Expensive
  
• Vet Bills
  

The Arts

• Auctions
  
• Sculpture Making
  
• The Opera
  
• Patron of The Arts - Donations
  

I really love these ideas and actually would see potential for an expansion pack in them - something like "Sims get rich" pack- perhaps a Vegas world location, mostly a destination location but not a destination only world, because it want to be able to visit any time and also own lots. Hotels, Casino, Show-lounge, DECENT cross pack integration with downloadable high end spa with extra unlockable high cost VIP treatments that make the venues in the world exclusive dependent on your fame or personal worth and/or both, the celeb chef restaurant again another cross pack integration with dine out- have a downloadable lot and new recipes that only 4 star celebrity chefs can cook that cost the earth. Release some kits that are destination worlds for people to holiday with their sims & enable the ability for sims with over 1 million Simoleans to buy themselves a vacation property, rather than just rentals. Introduce nectar making as the new skill but make it really expensive to invest in as a business venture- needing a large amount of grape plants/space to harvest and really expensive machinery to process and age your wines, really expensive upgrades... a rich man's hobby. upgrade museums, introduce donations and more philanthropic options for generous sims to help our less well off members of the community, but also bring in burglars who will break in to properties over a certain worth/museums/jewellery shops.

"Sarah26Cat;c-18206509" wrote:
Someone in a different thread suggested adding pool filters so your pools would get dirty over time and need to be cleaned manually. I suggested to that the idea of adding a pool cleaner hirable service. The sort of thing story players will adore, only some of the stories that result may be slightly too T-rated for EA. But then they did give us a bush to woohoo in...

Surely the pool guy couldn't be any more scandalous than Grimmy or Vlad?

"Gamer_34567544;c-18168544" wrote:
Now I agree that outfits should cost stuff. It would offer a great opportunity to do quite a bit! You could donate clothing you don't want, play a phoney rich person or poor person, vampires could have ancient hand-me-downs... but what if the spellcasters could enchant their heirlooms with special powers for the next generation?

Also, the jewelry! If it cost something, we may just have thieves trying to break in to snatch the expensive pieces.

Introducing a "crafting" aspect for occults and regular sims would be dope. It would be a huge extension on the existing gameplay. Again, find more useful ways to make simoleons compelling for more than buying knick knacks, appliances and the most expensive mansion on the gallery.

I feel like after you make 1 million and achieve both fortune aspirations, the simoleon income is through the roof to the point that you can't spend it fast enough.

I even donate my excess to a community bank (the vault from GF) and placed it on a gallery lot for all of my broke sims to "withdraw" from to get a good start.

We shouldn't have to create ways to make the in game money useful. I'm sure the devs are more intelligent and skilled to know that simoleons are a cheat code away from being worthless in a matter of seconds. Even without cheats, after a day of gameplay, you can pretty much break the income feature through aspirations and the lottery alone.

With all of that, they should do the following:

Increase the money cap past 9.999 mil
Give earners more ways to utilize and diversify funds (not just donating funds down a rabbit hole via the computer) i.e. donations should result in environmental improvements or maybe make a broke NPC rich and see the changes in game

Just my thought. I keep hearing the Sims 3 was way more fun than 4, to the point that I'm pissed I can't play it on ps4.

It shouldn't be this way.

Please devs, read and consider some of our suggestions.

"MoonCrossWarrior22;c-18167252" wrote:
A Casino would be nice, blow all your money gambling and loose it all. :D

I would love...absolutely love a casino with in game visual versions of card games...Blackjack especially. We should also have the casino atmosphere with a hotel connected to it. It would be a cool way to introduce the hotel system.

A fun getaway to blow money and win more money would be nice and welcomed, but that would still neglect any real useful way to make those new earnings work for you or enhance your gameplay. That's whats missing and they should implement both.

It should be a base game implementation, with casinos and resorts being an EP. Everyone should be able to have access to making simoleons work for you.

What if simoleons made you more alluring to your gender of choice (I'm str8 as an arrow fyi but just sayin)? We could have gold diggers with sentiments, traits..even aspirations to work towards.

I'd make a sim whose main goal was to accumulate and exploit sugar mamas far and wide from young adult to rocking chair bound. Now there's a free scenario idea devs ;).

Please devs read this.

What I was thinking is having Sims have separate simoleon accounts it will be up to the player to open one. So let's say a teen has a job opens an account and instead of it going to the household funds it goes into their own account and they can spend from either funds.