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Seasoned Ace

1 year ago

Why having Sims 4 continue indefinitely is a bad move.

Why I understand not ending a game and have more broad games is not bad.Still continue four to be the main sims game is a bad move.This is not me attacking the developers.This is me writing my concerns

Sims 4 is over ten years old.The game while good is dated.Players want something new and part of the reason of playing because they were waiting for Sims 5 or a new game.Sooner or later players will get sick of the sims 4.We have already fans getting tired and want something new.

This game is limitited.They said they can give us a Sims 5 without replacing and having updates?All I can think of is how?Are the new updates going to switch engines? Are the new game updates are going to get us open world?Dual lots ? No loading screen? Create a style? Create a world?How are the updates going to modernized and keep it not being dated? I remember playing Inzoi demo.How awe I was because of its features and being new?How are you going to top that?What new inventive features are you going bring to the base game?

Sooner or latter this game will eventually need to be replace.The Sims 4 does have the foundation to be a forever game.

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33 Replies

Prov31Simmer
Rising Ace
8 days ago
Nikkision, those are the only problems YOU have had with Sims 4. Personally, I have had save corruption in an UNmodded save that was started in 2016 that had over 30 generations. I enjoy playing in one ONE forever save file, but because of many bugs over the last 5 years, the game has become more frustrating and less fun. The only reason I wasn't bored with it was because I made self-imposed challenges for each generation. I only own the DLC that fits my playstyle, so not everything. Having a new iteration of the franchise would be refreshing.
DigiDollhouse
Rising Novice
8 days ago
I disagree with the idea that holding onto Sims 4 is due to "sunk cost fallacy", at this point it is more of a sunk cost reality as general cost of living rises. What this means for a lot of long time players like who grew up with Sims from teen to bill paying adult and never got into streaming is that if support of Sims 4 ends players like me won't move onto a whole new separate Sims 5 just to spend the same amount of money to get all the same DLC equivalent all over again. I have other commitments and hobbies so I will just not be a EA customer anymore. Given the potential size of this demographic I suspect EA and Sims devs decided trying to go for a more gentle slow replacement with updates and bug fixes so as not to burn down years (maybe even decades) of existing player base goodwill is the smarter marketing. And because base game is free to play financially it makes sense when their sustained revenue is from long term players who are most likely to buy more DLC steadily over time to keep it fresher. I'm not saying you haven't got a point with the bugs and the lag, but they're a business so I'm fairly confident they've mulled over the alternatives and possibilities many times over long before they decided to announce their decision. And I'm pretty certain my guess as to the reason why is no small part of it.
EowynCarter
Seasoned Ace
8 days ago
Right now, I woudn’t buy sims 5 if it where to come out.
First, they need to fix TS4, stop mocking us with in games ads, FOMO events…
I’ve just lot thrust in them.