"luthienrising;c-17649252" wrote:
Yeah, I don't think a million vlogs would persuade some people that real deadlines and various kinds of budgets -- person hours, technical, financial, talent -- are a reality in product creation, ones you can't just wish away with "but the company is rich" or "we pay so much money." Having worked with similar budgets on products that people thought were expensive for companies people assumed could just throw more money at everything and that would make everything happen, I can attest to that reality. But it's not a reality you can see in action, and accepting it requires some faith in the people who are explaining how things work on the inside in creative-industry companies. (I'm sure some here think I'm now "making excuses for EA" when I state that this is a reality in all kinds of creative industries, including mine.)
Some years ago now, there used to be a thread in the Forums where they'd explain technical/design issues in detail. It didn't solve anything.
I'd love to see in-house production process video, though!
@luthienrising Probs cause simmers used to get more for their money, or at least more polished stuff. It's not like we haven't gotten attractions systems, free babies, complex relationships in the past now is it? If it was possible in 2004, how is it not possible in 2020? They can talk all they want about how spiral staircases are sooooooooo difficult to animate yet they were a thing a decade ago...
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