Does Will Wright still have any input on The Sims?

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17626655" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17626562" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17626560" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17626431" wrote:

"Simburian;c-17626424" wrote:
He's like most inventors, on to the next thing and leave the past ones for others to work on. He's more interested in the ideas.

I still think it's kind of ???? that they didn't give him a special thanks in the credits of the game, or mention him at all...

He has no input in the game. Why would they give him credit? ??

@PlayerSinger2010 'Cause he invented the Sims? And the game is called Sims?

But he hasn't had any input in the game since the original.

It's like fanfiction: You don't have to credit the author if you're writing a Game of Thrones or Harry Potter fic. Everyone knows who created it.

@PlayerSinger2010 You don't have to but it's a good nod to the person who helped generate billions of dollars to your company and without whom you wouldn't have the job you have.
Also with fan fiction nobody earns money, it's clear that it's made by a fan. With the Sims 4 it's a different story, they don't have to mention him but it would be real nice if they actually did.

He's done other things. Just go to YouTube and search Will Wright. I just found stuff from 3 months ago. Have not watched them yet. I don't think he has any input anymore. He left EA in 2009.

Resounding NO. Mr Wright washed his hands of this game years ago and honestly could not care less what EA does with it. When EA botched SimCity they got Mr Wright to share how wonderful he thought it was. He peaked in the 90’s and frankly hasn’t done anything noteworthy since. These days I question his judgement. He probably finds Sims 4 wonderful just like the failed SimCity he claimed was so great.

Eeh? How did he peak in the 90's when The Sims came out in 2000?

But IIRC he was a consultant on The Sims 2 and that was the last game he had anything to do with.

"WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17627452" wrote:
Eeh? How did he peak in the 90's when The Sims came out in 2000?

But IIRC he was a consultant on The Sims 2 and that was the last game he had anything to do with.

@WaytoomanyUIDs He peaked in the 90's because he is also the creator of SimCity and SimCity came before the Sims and made him a loooot of money
I think he did peak later though because the Sims 1 is probably his best work.

I'm sure he likes SimCity and the Sims 4 because he has said several times he is a person that gets bored easily and moves to new projects very fast so he admires the fact that the Sims team has developed his original idea so much. Though I'm sure he doesn't approve of the marketing and the DLC.

"SimmerGeorge;c-17626562" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17626560" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17626431" wrote:

"Simburian;c-17626424" wrote:
He's like most inventors, on to the next thing and leave the past ones for others to work on. He's more interested in the ideas.

I still think it's kind of ???? that they didn't give him a special thanks in the credits of the game, or mention him at all...

He has no input in the game. Why would they give him credit? ??

@PlayerSinger2010 'Cause he invented the Sims? And the game is called Sims?

That doesn't mean anything since he sold The Sims to EA.

"@WaytoomanyUIDs;c-17627452" wrote:
Eeh? How did he peak in the 90's when The Sims came out in 2000?

But IIRC he was a consultant on The Sims 2 and that was the last game he had anything to do with.

The entire concept of The Sims was created and pitched to Maxis in the 90’s. The final product releasing in Feb 2000 is irrelevant. That’s the last game he worked on, a consultant is for professional guidance. He didn’t make any decisions pertaining to development of Sims 2, that would be on the producers.

No but he did do an interview when the Sims turned 20:
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-making-of-the-sims/

I don't think he peaked in the 90s. He is just working on Proxi now which deals more with human psychology than the Sims 4 does these days and continues his Sims Online type dream:
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/357666/Will_Wright_returns_to_GDC_this_year_with_a_talk_you_wont_want_to_miss.php

He also called the SimCity 2013 launch EA's botched game and he predicted the reaction:
https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/8/4311780/original-simcity-creator-will-wright-calls-ea-botched-launch-inexcusable

So no input but he doesn't shy away from calling EA out either.

This was interesting too and in a way Sims 4 is starting to break the society mold once again too at least with talk. We will see with time how these inclusive patches pan out more this year:
https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-sims/the-sims-gender-sexuality

I think Sims 4 does play it safe in keeping the game in a 1950s housewife girl mold. They need to branch out with gameplay with that because it conflicts with the original Sims.

"Simburian;c-17626388" wrote:
This is the last interview I saw with him. I can't remember what he said about imput. I think he leaves it alone now! He's developing Proxi and that's not out yet.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Proxi+will+wright+interview&&view=detail&mid=BBAB84721DD14D7EDDC5BBAB84721DD14D7EDDC5&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DProxi%2Bwill%2Bwright%2Binterview%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

Thanks for sharing. I watched this interview and I was just thinking...... imagine if the computer could put in every memory that each of your sims have as they live their sim life and memories would change and influence their wants, and their personality changed along with it. Or if you could input memories into an adult sim you created and those memories influence and create new memories, and your sims had Real AI!!

Will Wright is a genius. I can understand why he moves from one thing to the next. I have that kind of personality too, I get board too easily. I find it hard to follow one action to it’s conclusion, it I find something more interesting I will change courses, I can’t remember what it’s called, but I’m not a linear thinker/doer..... I dart all over. There is a name for it, I can’t remember what it was though. I just wish I had the genius and creativity of his mind!

"SheriSim57;c-17627644" wrote:

"Simburian;c-17626388" wrote:
This is the last interview I saw with him. I can't remember what he said about imput. I think he leaves it alone now! He's developing Proxi and that's not out yet.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Proxi+will+wright+interview&&view=detail&mid=BBAB84721DD14D7EDDC5BBAB84721DD14D7EDDC5&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DProxi%2Bwill%2Bwright%2Binterview%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

Thanks for sharing. I watched this interview and I was just thinking...... imagine if the computer could put in every memory that each of your sims have as they live their sim life and memories would change and influence their wants, and their personality changed along with it. Or if you could input memories into an adult sim you created and those memories influence and create new memories, and your sims had Real AI!!

Will Wright is a genius. I can understand why he moves from one thing to the next. I have that kind of personality too, I get board too easily. I find it hard to follow one action to it’s conclusion, it I find something more interesting I will change courses, I can’t remember what it’s called, but I’m not a linear thinker/doer..... I dart all over. There is a name for it, I can’t remember what it was though. I just wish I had the genius and creativity of his mind!

Grasshopper mind?
One unable to concentrate on any single subject for long.

I prefer the term Lateral Thinking though!
Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. It involves ideas that may not be obtainable using only traditional step-by-step logic. De Bono

I should think the latter would get tired soon of a game that plods along a bit that Sims 4 does some times. <3