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Not necessarily a minus but may be the realism the characters display if a mod breaks through that display risqué behaviors that supposed to be hidden, risqué behavior in Sims 4 would be child play compared to InZoi game play. Sims game is parodic by nature and InZoi can be too and it can be serious but what I am seeing InZoi is the possibilities that can be made in the game more than Sims if the InZoi devs stay focused. Mods that causes risqué behavior in InZoi would be banned anyway.

Of course, you will not see that in Sims 4 as Sims 4 has no cars anyway and Sims fight in this game as well so that is being a little hypercritical to say the least and there is no open world anyway. I been a Sims player from the beginning in the early 2000's and it was a fun one up until the Sims 4 which for was a disappointment. InZoi was not created to kill the Sims series only to give choice as both can co-exist. Now the only thing I see what InZoi is doing that EA/Maxis had not done was offer features not offered in the base game in the Sims series and not sold in later packs. Both programs have different goals and there were other programs that were created and did not make it, but many knew this was coming and wanted to happen to have a choice as many did not like road EA/Maxis has chosen and this is part of evolution.

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I have to say I do agree with you regarding the "mentality" of improvment, making life better for everyone.  Not sure I can fathom a capitalist organization feeling the same way about the products they are selling for profit! 

For those opposed to making packs free bc you/other players already paid or them, I think that is a bad outlook, not just for the Sims, but for life generally. We shouldn't live by an "I had to suffer so everyone else should too" mentality. I paid full price for MANY sims packs and I know that those prices are not attainable for most players. I would love for the Sims to make many of the older packs (Get to Work, Seasons, Cats & Dogs, etc.) free because I want other/new players to have a BETTER experience than I did. If we experience something that we think is unfair, we should advocate to change it for a better future for others, even if it's "too late" for us. 

Yeah, and a ton of us had to buy those packs at full price or if lucky for a more decent price due to a sale. As I see things, if I had to buy it, then newcomers should have to buy it just as well. The fact that there have been some really good sales on older packs recently should be good enough. Expansion packs are 60% off right now.  That is less than the regular price of a Game Pack and slightly more than a Stuff Pack! Newcomers are freaking lucky to have those prices. In turn, this just makes me more set on my opinion.

You wanna play? Then you should pay. I'm totally cool with new players getting DLC for over half the price off despite I might have paid full price as long as they pay for it.

This is the Sims 4. It is not inzoi or paralives. Those two games look to have truly dedicated creators that see their projects as their babies and thus are putting a lot of care into them, much like how The Sims and Sims 2 once had. It is horribly unfortunate the Sims 4 doesn't have that that time and dedication put into it anymore. Nevertheless, though all three games are listed as life simulators, they are not the same game. People need to stop trying to make them be.

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Thank you for your feedback!  Didn't actually think about certain logic becoming skewed.  ROFLOL  That would be like a desensitization process?  Some people, not everyone thank goodness, identify with and use it as a release allowing them to avoid the real world in those manners they have become desensitized too?  That would be wild!!!  I freely admit, without shame, that I just am not capable of playing "make believe" in any manner, I see it as lying to myself.  My character flaw.  🤦‍♀️😂

The Inzoi thing with the car, I can understand. While in the Sims franchise you can kill Sims, it often is not a common way to die, not possible in real life and/or made sort of goofy. The Grim Reaper even appears and you can plead with him. Then of course, you can revive their ghost. It is hard to take seriously and often just a fun way to blow off steam.
The behavior with Inzoi... this is already a problem with games that you can really immerse yourself in. Some people who get so used to playing and "living through" games can forget themselves and the physical limits of the real world. The more realistic the graphics, the more realistic the NPCs, VRs and the like... In some ways, even though the players know the differences exist, their minds and bodies have become so used to being able to do things in virtual reality, certain logic can actually become skewed. 

I think that the older packs should be free and come with the main game and the new packs, kits etc be bought at a cheaper price than 40 dollars example the Expansion packs. 

Wonderful ideas you have here!  I personally don't see that happening, tho they have given some packs away for free in the past but all those they gave away for free, I already paid real money for. 

I don't do Occults, so a free pack with that, I would not want forced upon me to accept.  There are also many players who have every single pack, ep, gp, sp, kits and the free xmas items they gave out nearly 10 years ago.   

It has only been since 2023 that I stopped getting packs when they were 1st released.  Now, I am 5 EP's behind!!!   2 of them I would really like but not with the issues that the release of those caused in my game. Not having those packs but having the issues tells me they are base game changes that went awry.  I invested in Maxis/Electronic Arts now, 25 years ago, literally and even with the new Inzoi out, which is so buggy that I couldn't find many positive reviews about it after the day of release.   The system requirements alone, with the economy the way it is today and so much uncertainty about the future, I will remain happy with Sims 4! 

Besides, when I saw inzoi reviews from some players being delighted by the fact that they ran someone over in their car -  in the inzoi game - and literally did the "ROFLOL" and they didn't know who she was and still thought it was hiliarious, starting a fight with someone they don't even know just for fun???  really??? ..... no thank you, not playing Inzoi!  There is enough violence in the world today, don't want to play a game where players are violent for fun , in an open world like we really live in.  I truly believe that if one can behave that way in a open world game then it's likely one would behave that way in the real open world.  Scary!   

We already have 90 packs and its coming more and more they can free some packs inzoi and paralives have so many dlcs in their basegame.