Conversations look meaningless!

Guess one thing that really bother me is when emotions are all over the place, one sec sims very happy, next second confident then a few seconds later very flirty it's ridiculously feels like person is a complete emotion wreck with a borderline personality.

"SoullessDolls;c-16008900" wrote:
@Erpe I don't have the brain cells for debate or anything like that. Nor do I particularly have a need for anyone to agree with me. I do have a link to one of the many articles I based my averages on for gamers. This is a 2016 article quote. I can't seem to post the link. (I'm super new to this place. lol)

" 155 million Americans play games regularly (This means 3 or more hours per weeks). 4 out of 5 households own a video game console. The average age of gamers is 35. The average number of years gamers have been playing games is 13."

I don't really have the time to fact check your post about the target audience but I appreciate the feedback. I only post the additional info so that others may decide for themselves. ;)

Thanks! -SD

That is very okay with me :)

But the problem still is that average numbers for all games don't tell the truth about the Sims games at all. Alas it is impossible to get access to detailed data about the average age of simmers and about how many percent of them who are males/females.

The average age of all gamers are 35 yrs to 38 yrs depending on which research about it you trust. But there are huge differences between the different types of games.

If we consider a console game which mainly is meant to be played by two players who use each their controller to play at the same console at the same time and fight or compete against each other then the average age is much lower and likely even below 25 yrs.

If we instead consider casual puzzle games and similar games that mainly require a lot of patience and have no exciting action at all then I wouldn't be surprised if the gamers who prefer such games are even more than 50 yrs old in average because I am sure that they are played by many seniors who have retired from their jobs.

The average age of a sports gamer is also difficult to judge. But my guess would still be that it is below 30 yrs old.

So what about the average age of people who play Sims games? I still think that most of the people who play such games are young teens who buy the games for their pocket money or pursuade their parents to buy the games for them. This would also explain why EA now prefer to make cheaper expansions than earlier where it was easier for young teens just to wish the latest EP for their birthdays and for Christmas. But what does the average age of some young teens and a 85 yrs old simmer tell us? So little that I wouldn't care about it at all anyway :)

"friendlysimmers;c-15989782" wrote:
i fully disagree i went the sims4 to remain drama free i went all my sims to be friends with other sims no fighting no drama

Whenever I see comments like this from you, I suspect that you live a sheltered life.

A game without any conflict is extremely boring.

I know you're all talking about the emotion system being at fault here. But I noticed something this week. One time my sim started talking like a normal person would! None of that slow talking goo goo gaga funny light-hearted talk. It was like a different game. I think it was one of those new voice bits they sometimes add in expansions. It really gave my sim a lot of personality, a depth of character. Her conversation even sounded interesting to me. So yeah, it's not always the emotion system's fault. Sometimes a voice actor can make a difference in that regard.