idk, EA could make a private gallery and put a limit like Google do in Drive, Photos, etc
i don't want/need some massive gallery, i just want a gallery that let me save at least 1 family, my principal creation, that would be enough fr
like i just want to create my avatar/family avatar, because in my case i only take the same sims that i create in the first time and just change de hair/clothes
and as ridiculous as that sounds, creating a private gallery, even a really small one, linked to my EA account would be just perfect
I know someone who worked on iPhoto. They were a full time Apple employee for YEARS doing that. $$$$$ (I didn’t even mention above that probably one of those seven people on the proposed private gallery team would be a team lead and make more money.)
The issue is less that 100 MB is overly generous—it’s ridiculously small—and more that when you have 33 million players/users, it’s going to be huge whether you want it to be or not. Seriously. Scaling for that many users is inherently huge and expensive whether you set a quota or not. (Which they absolutely would.)
Google:
How much a company is worth is typically represented by its market capitalization, or the current stock price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. Electronic Arts net worth as of June 30, 2022 is $34.34B.
i really believe that i'm not asking THAT much, EA also earns a LOT of money with the really expensive DLCs for "The Sims 4", not counting what they receive from their other games like "Simpsons Tapped Out" which guess what? EA saves/upload the cities of ALL users. EA it's a big company with more than 40 games, they receive more than enough money in a ton of ways.
not even talking about "Fifa", that the games are basically identical every year
Have you ever worked for a publicly held company before? Generally speaking, they don’t make financial decisions based on “we’re rich and money is no object!” If you can provide a profit motive for doing this (monthly storage subscription fees?) then maybe, but no, they’re not going to do it out of the kindness of their hearts. That’s just not how publicly held corporations work. People would get fired.
P.S. There’s no call to be rude to people.
Perhaps, since this feature isn't available you could just save a more basic version of your builds to share with specific people and you/they can add any more personal touches after they have downloaded it from the public gallery. Yes others will be able to download it but it won't be as personal a design. I can't think of another way around it for now, but I'm on console.
I often send instructional screenshots and step by step tutorials by email to friends as well so that's a more time consuming option. When someone buys the Sims they get my Sim guides with houses I've shown them that they've liked and instructions on how to recreate them.
We're waiting for massive bug fixes and we're not getting them so I'm not sure I can see this feature being added. The focus seems to lie elsewhere with revenue generating additions.
Some people use gallery builds while they are learning the ropes with the game. It can be frustrating to start out if you're not a builder and don't know how to build a dream home for your Sim or it can teach you how to build. I am a builder, for 20 years plus but have friends who are just starting out and need that help otherwise they just want to give up. Years ago I was stuck with building on hills in Sims 4, which I did a lot in Sims 3 and I downloaded the LA Home to see how that was done. It looks nothing like the original now but I learned from the template. So looking at it another way, your builds may be out in the world but they will probably be helping another player and most likely they will have made their own extensive renovations. I personally suffer with vertigo and RSI and so sometimes used the shell of a build from the gallery even though I could do it myself, it's sometimes been helpful for me to do that. So your builds may have helped other players in ways you haven't realised. I'd take something from that if it were me.
Spare a thought for a fellow player who accidentally uploaded themselves as a Sim without realising other players could upload them! Now that really would leave me shook!
