Are Game Changers Still Relevant?
I recently unsubscribed from a popular Sims Game Changer on Youtuber because they hardly ever released new content. And it made me think- I feel like the "Game Changers" don't really add much to the S...
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"logion;c-17782294" wrote:
I would rather have them than nothing at all... the program is not perfect, but it is nice to be able to see someone play the pack and give their opinions about it. I do feel that some of them are overreacting a bit, calling packs "the best packs ever" and things like that. But that's about it.
Some of them that I am watching does seem to suffer from burnout. I watched James Turner a lot and he makes very few videos these days, from what I have read it's because he had it rough during lockdown. They have opened up a little bit more now, and he seems to be making some videos now.
I still think that gamechangers are relevant, but I hope that EA and Maxis understands that it is not easy to be a sims youtube channel. It's very difficult to be successful on youtube unless you make regular content and I don't think it's easy to get views for regular sims videos or make them interesting all the time.
Honestly, if you ask me, the problem is not that gamechangers are not relevant, the problem is that the sims is not relevant, compared to other games or media.
I agree. With everything 2020 brought to us, it is safe to say the lockdowns have affected the Game Changers, too. How inspired can one become when you are making serious life changing efforts to stay as safe as possible? And after having stopped playing games in October myself because of how I was feeling emotionally, I don't blame the Game Changers for not posting new content as often as they were before.
Sure, some of them have been a bit more vocal about Sims4 and how much they dislike the content released last year. But they're still the best way to have direct communication with the teams at EA. I like James's Rags to Riches series, and have watched quite a few of them from start to finish. Some of his complaints about Sims4 mirror my own feelings so I watch his videos more than anyone else's. But as far as watching Let's Plays, I do that once a new pack is released just to see if it might fit with my gaming preferences. That is about the only reason I watch any of the Game Changers. So to me, they are still relevant. But as Logion stated, the game itself is beginning to feel irrelevant simply because it has been around longer than the previous iterations.
