350 Swatches Are Doors ONLY!

I really have some things that I would LOVE to say about this. That I can't. Because I really think this is one of the lowest of all the lows. And @SimGuruLyndsay should NOT have hyped the fanbase up to think this was something other than what it was. She said 350 swatches, because she knows it sounds like a lot. But it will do NOTHING for any of the furniture or build/buy mode items other than doors. :| Not happy. And now I see what people mean when they say this is all a big embarrassment.

I guess this is why they tell us to not get hyped, but how can people not speculate wildly and get hyped when they remain vague all the time? The unknown is exciting to people.

How hard was it for them to specify that the 350 swatches would be for doors? What person would see that number and assume that the swatches would solely be for doors? No one. Because there are tons of objects that need more swatches that aren't doors and 350 is a BIG number to dedicate to one object. They couldn't even add windows in there?

They also say they don't tease but this all started because they threw the numbers 2/18/350 out there (from my understanding) instead of just telling us exactly what they meant up front. If that isn't a tease/hint I don't know what is. I'm disappointed, this entire time I was hoping they'd give us more swatches for base game clothes and furniture like coffee tables etc. Especially for legacy players.

While I do think they really should have been upfront about the swatches being doors I think it's better that they unified a whole section instead of doing a little here, a little there, ect leaving gaps everywhere. Hopefully they will unify other sections as well.

should have been furniture

I feel this would have been received better if they had just gone like "hey we're updating a bunch of doors for you all" I'm still happy they did this but the way they communicated this got expectations too high. It's better to under promise and over deliver. I really was hoping on some new counter swatches. Still happy I'm going to be able to use a lot of doors in new ways, but yeah expectations could have been managed better.

Disappointed but not surprised.

Disappointing. Once again.

Wow, that's hilarious. I can't believe they did that. My first reactions were anger and disappointment, but now I am just awestruck by the perfidia of such a PR stunt.

Am I the only one that’s actually fine with this...?

"drake_mccarty;c-17106763" wrote:

"logion;c-17106679" wrote:
Wait What!? Oh this is just....seriously are they just trying to satisfy the EA Game changers who are complaining about the doors and are not listening to the community at all?

EA/Maxis does not care about the “community” because there is no “community” like there was in the past. They shattered that themselves through their own divisive actions, statements, and PR games.

They keep this game alive on marketing which they toss tons of money at every single year. If they had a community to get excited they wouldn’t have to play nonsense games over measly additions no one really cares about. They also wouldn’t have to constantly, and desperately, try to get ‘new’ players into the mix through whatever means necessary. I get Sims 4 is a live service game, but some people here say that as if it makes what Sims 4 does normal. They are desperate with this game, and they don’t have to be, but they sure aren’t trying to fix anything so they have no other choice.

Couldn’t agree more.

"wormstache999;c-17106770" wrote:

"logion;c-17106679" wrote:
Wait What!? Oh this is just....seriously are they just trying to satisfy the EA Game changers who are complaining about the doors and are not listening to the community at all?

It does feel really weird that a certain popular Game Changer said she wanted more door colors and now it's added. I can only hope she already knew it was in progress and added her color wishes on top. But without any actual info it feels like they once again ignore the "normal community".

I agree with that too. Coincidence ? I think not.