Carl's take of ways for improvement.

"DaWaterRat;c-17270847" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-17270811" wrote:

"Sigzy05;c-17270593" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-17270581" wrote:
The answer doesn’t lie in what can be done to this game, it lies in what can and will be done in the next. Sims 4 = Sims 4 and Sims 4 will always be Sims 4. People seeing it the way described in the video indirectly are just saying this: stop developing for Sims 4 and start developing Sims 5, using our suggestions. And please don’t just listen to gamechangers suggestions, also listen to paying customers that, in spite of not having a huge YouTube following, most definitely are committed to the franchise.

I understand what you are saying....but I do believe this game can still be updated to be much better and fully enjoyable, the devs just have to want it. A game is a game, it's code, they can add an entirely new wants system to this, they can at least make it work better and change what makes whims pop up, they can make relationships deeper, they can improve the AI, etc.

I’m just really having a hard time to believe that but who knows I’m wrong and it is actually the devs being unwilling to make those adjustments necessary. Because wouldn’t it come down to that? They know how it works, a lot of them worked on the earlier games. They know how it has to be done, they know the issues simmers are having with this version, so, why don’t they? I fear because they can’t, because the game is what it is and they have to work with that (like Sims 3 had its clear limits and even though they tried to cater fans requesting things, they just couldn’t in the same way players were used to in Sims 2). I don’t believe they are unwilling, I fear they are incapable.

I don't think it's so much a matter of can't or don't want to as lower priorities. The amount of changes needed is -in total- probably at least a game pack, if not a full expansion pack, worth of programing and interface adjustment. All done for free, because they'd have to be released as patches. That's time and resources that they can, and presumably have been, spending on new game packs or expansion packs, and making money for EA/Maxis... who pays their salary. Like with most things, it really comes down to money.

Let's face it, most of these issues aren't actually bugs. Despite some people's experience to the contrary, they are features that would be nice, but aren't strictly needed for many - I might even dare to say most - people to enjoy the game as is. (I'm sure the number of people who want, or would at least appreciate these changes is actually pretty high. Those people just either aren't active on forums/twitter or else don't see it as something important enough to be worth speaking up about. As with anything, the vocal minority is often a fairly tiny fraction of the actual market.) The team at Maxis needs to produce stuff that will sell more than they need to add free features and enhancements that may - no, will introduce new bugs that they'll then have to spend more time fixing that could be spent perhaps testing the next paid expansion.

Everything you said is true, and that's the issue. It should be done in patches and for free.

They advertised a game (at the beginning) that was about the sims themselves and how "cool" and "different" and "wacky" they were. They were supposed to be intuitive too. It was their excuse too when they were asked where the toddlers, basements, pools and ghosts were at launch... they were all backburner because they were focusing on making these sims unlike any of the others and bigger and better personalities. They are actually none of those things, and the least personal of any of the sims installments. (Which is why likely they've changed their song and dance to "creative space" and "safe space"). A lot of this stuff could be addressed and fixed, they just won't/don't either because of money (like you said) or they put it lower priority because there are mods out there that do fix most of these issues too. (Why fix something people paid you for when someone else fixed it for you for free?)

And no, like you said, a lot of what we're asking for here isn't needed, but it sure would be nice since that was what was advertised on the box. :/