Del Sol Valley was small on purpose

You are not alone in your reaction to either the number of buildable lots, or to the explanation provided.

I wish that I have the exact answer for this.. I'm questioning this too.. why? how? : s

Oh ugh. This makes me sad. I was hoping for an expansion of Forgotten Hollow in another supernatural pack, but if world size is now being sacrificed for performance, I guess that won't happen. Off to find a map...

Edit: Whoa, wait, am I seeing this correctly? 3 neighborhoods, 2 with 3 plots and 1 with five? Ah well, I guess Windenberg is my new Forgotten Hollow. I think they gave it longer nights.

Also, shouldn't it be Valley Del Sol? Del Sol Valley is really awkward.

Oh, btw for people out of the loop:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1054443669669928962?s=19

You know, Sims 3's worlds generally had 60 - 120 lots. I get the feeling that the entirety of Sims 4 will have fewer lots than just one store world of Sims 3. Why is this an issue with a closed world? Or is it a size thing? I know console users are limited in size, and it's really difficult to delete/disable a pack once you buy it.

Whatever -- this is kind of ridiculous that the game can't even handle a ton of lots with a closed system.

I suppose that kills the last hope of CAW.

Clearly open world was the issue.

Except they keep forgetting that most people have i5 computer or higher, why is EA always think the Sims players are way behind the times than what they truly are? Really that was the time during TS3 main stream computers are now using i5 cell phones use i3m now. Yes, that is right main stream computers are now i5 while the smart phones are still a great market for the i3 chips. You can upgrade the game requirements now.

"Jordan061102;c-16792373" wrote:

"Felicity;c-16792367" wrote:
You know, Sims 3's worlds generally had 60 - 120 lots. I get the feeling that the entirety of Sims 4 will have fewer lots than just one store world of Sims 3. Why is this an issue with a closed world? Or is it a size thing? I know console users are limited in size, and it's really difficult to delete/disable a pack once you buy it.

Whatever -- this is kind of ridiculous that the game can't even handle a ton of lots with a closed system.

I suppose that kills the last hope of CAW.

The question is how will they continue to develop the game for 3 years if they can't even handle world with more than 11 lots. lol it's so ridiculous. ^^

Yeah, that's kind of crazy. Well, now we also know why there's no store I suppose. I wonder if they're waiting for the next generation of consoles before releasing Sims 5. But I think they'll be out in two years, so who knows. I am back to thinking this engine isn't nearly as robust as they were claiming it was ;)

@Sid1701D9: I assume they have hard data on what their customers' computers can do, unlike you or me.

I don't buy their excuse; I believe that $$$ is what is driving their decision. ('Want more lots? Buy more packs.')

But I'd be careful about talking about how most people have i5 computers or higher, because that's likely to be pretty irritating to all the simmers reading this who do not. Assumptions related to how much money people have (directly ties into what kind of computing power you have) are awkward at best. :)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sounds like an excuse to me.