EA Says 2021 will be another big year for The Sims 4

"Babykittyjade;c-17740540" wrote:

"sunman502;c-17731817" wrote:

"ZenSimbuilds;c-17731796" wrote:
> @Babykittyjade said:
> I'm hype for 2021. Zombies here we come!! Dungeons and dragons, wearwolves and highschool!! Generations, babies and cars! Happy haunts, fear emotion, apocalyptic world. Underwater mermaid lots, a true alien space pack, a hobbies/ sports pack with tons of interactions between sims. Romance with bed cuddling.Hey a girl can dream ????




^^^ I too, am very enthusiastic. Especially as much as I like Snowy Escape.

Speaking of zombies and high school. You just reminded me of video game that came out years ago. The game featured a high school cheerleader in her little cheerleader outfit. She loved lollipops, and she would go around in her home town taking out zombies with a chainsaw. Saved one zombie, her football playing boyfriend. The video game was called Lollipop Chainsaw. :)

???????? hahahaha sounds funny I'm going to go look that up.

Oh it was fun to play. It's an old game now, but I'm sure you can still get a copy or 2.

"SimmerGeorge;c-17740705" wrote:

"stilljustme2;c-17740683" wrote:


I guess I'm in the minority in that I actually enjoy MFPS -- I think if it had strictly focused on the small animals and didn't throw in the extra cat/dog content (which was useless if you didn't have C&D installed) it would have been even better. Maybe added a second small pet, like a bird that you could teach to talk and gain Charisma (plus fulfill Social need just by talking to the bird), but that might have been too expensive for an SP budget.

@stilljustme2 I mean these are still things that so far have always been in the Pets expansion pack so I still think it's incredibly greedy to ask for more money even when the Cats and Dogs pack it self was pretty empty.
But Stuff packs, especially some of the earlier ones have always had content we normally get in the base game or other expansion pack. From butlers, hot tubs, ice cream, movies, slip and slide etc.

So I'm not hoping for more SPs this year. We have a ridiculous amount of objects and clothes already and tons of new stuff comes in other packs so I absolutely see no use in SPs. They are just a marketing thing.

You could probably blame Sims 3 for that trend; hot tubs were in Late Night (and they were in-ground, making it awkward to add inside a house especially on an upper floor). And ice cream was in the Store.

No one's forcing you to buy an SP or indeed any pack. But for those who want the content (especially people who don't use CC) EA should keep giving us options.

Not a rumour but probable fact as seen on jobs available at the moment at EA.

The Maxis Studio of Electronic Arts is looking for a Voice Editor to join the Audio team and help us ship an upcoming expansion pack for The Sims 4.

Requisition Number:163285
Date Opened:2020-12-04
Voice Editor - Contract

Contract term: 3 months

Location: Redwood Shore, CA

"stilljustme2;c-17741397" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17740705" wrote:

"stilljustme2;c-17740683" wrote:


I guess I'm in the minority in that I actually enjoy MFPS -- I think if it had strictly focused on the small animals and didn't throw in the extra cat/dog content (which was useless if you didn't have C&D installed) it would have been even better. Maybe added a second small pet, like a bird that you could teach to talk and gain Charisma (plus fulfill Social need just by talking to the bird), but that might have been too expensive for an SP budget.

@stilljustme2 I mean these are still things that so far have always been in the Pets expansion pack so I still think it's incredibly greedy to ask for more money even when the Cats and Dogs pack it self was pretty empty.
But Stuff packs, especially some of the earlier ones have always had content we normally get in the base game or other expansion pack. From butlers, hot tubs, ice cream, movies, slip and slide etc.

So I'm not hoping for more SPs this year. We have a ridiculous amount of objects and clothes already and tons of new stuff comes in other packs so I absolutely see no use in SPs. They are just a marketing thing.

You could probably blame Sims 3 for that trend; hot tubs were in Late Night (and they were in-ground, making it awkward to add inside a house especially on an upper floor). And ice cream was in the Store.

No one's forcing you to buy an SP or indeed any pack. But for those who want the content (especially people who don't use CC) EA should keep giving us options.

@stilljustme2 The ice cream truck actually came with Pets.

Of course nobody forces me but again like I said my Sims can't watch a movie unless I buy a 10$ pack? That's not so great. This is why originally the stuff packs were exlusively stuff and the expansions packs involved gameplay. It made it much less customer-friendly.

A "strong year" is from a financial point of view and is determined by the sales of anything in the Sims 4, rather than the content released. I would have contributed to this "strong year" cause I purchased 5 packs this year even though only 1 of them was actually released this year.

"DevSims91;c-17716484" wrote:
They say that every year but do they deliver, sometimes I get a pack I enjoy... But the last thing that really changed game play for me was get together... I thought Eco Lifestyle would add a lot but I turned off the feature that made the game have green or industrial lot’s because getting the lots to be green and keeping them there was beginning to stress me out... I stress out over this game enough so I turned it off but bills are still weird and NAPs are still stressful.

EA briefly had a bug on Origin where it said you couldn’t play other packs unless you have the Star Wars one... As someone who wants the new Expansion pack I just gave in and bought the pack... It was on sale and I had ten bucks on a gift card but a few days later we found out that we didn’t need the Star Wars pack to play other games... I was mad at myself and I’m still mad at EA for that. I believe they did that on purpose.

So right now I expect we might get a few packs (hopefully one we like) but still have no bugs fixes. (Or shorter teens)

Are you able to get a refund for the Star Wars pack since you were tricked into buying it? Where I live that stunt they pulled is misrepresentation which is a breach of our consumer laws. I don't know what can be done about it where you live.

"LeGardePourpre;c-17743555" wrote:

Who will be the new Senior Producer ? SimGuruGraham or SimGuruNinja ? Or will SimGuruGrant be back ?

Grant and Ninja are pretty controversial figures in the franchise so I guess maybe Graham?

"DanmanNefarius;c-17743641" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17741425" wrote:
It made it much more customer-friendly.

yeah but this way EA can make more money by paywalling features which should have been in the base game to begin with into otherwise worthless Stuff packs that hardly anyone would bother with. sims 3 stuff packs were somewhat ok but ts 4 SP's are just a robbery -.- 10 $/eur for a few tops and some chairs?? seriously??. EA doesn't know the meaning of customer friendly since it doesn't satisfy their insatiable greed.

@DanmanNefarius OH MY GOD LESS! I MEANT LESS! :lol: haha oops

"DanmanNefarius;c-17743660" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17743650" wrote:

"DanmanNefarius;c-17743641" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17741425" wrote:
It made it much more customer-friendly.

yeah but this way EA can make more money by paywalling features which should have been in the base game to begin with into otherwise worthless Stuff packs that hardly anyone would bother with. sims 3 stuff packs were somewhat ok but ts 4 SP's are just a robbery -.- 10 $/eur for a few tops and some chairs?? seriously??. EA doesn't know the meaning of customer friendly since it doesn't satisfy their insatiable greed.

@DanmanNefarius OH MY GOD LESS! I MEANT LESS! :lol: haha oops

ahh ok ^_^ that would make way more sense hahaha and well... it is their general way of working the last few years i'm afraid. they got their notoriety as one of the most greedy and customer-UNfriendly game publishers for a reason after all. and TS 4 is just one of the many bad apples in EA's basket: lootboxes galore, half finished bug-ridden products and too much focus on microtransactions instead of actual quality of their games. it just keeps getting worse with them...and many others but EA is deffo on the forefront when it comes to shamelessly trying to exploit their customers

@DanmanNefarius Oh yeah absolutely. From Star Wars to FIFA to Dragon Age and SimCity, EA has turned tons of games to money cows and left long-time fans dissapointed. The Sims isn't the only franchise this affects, the past ten years they have only been involved in controversies and critically panned games.
They always find ways to be the least customer-friendly and most greedy gaming company to exist. I feel like one day in few decades gamers will look back at this era and not believe the things EA got away with.

"LeGardePourpre;c-17743555" wrote:
2021 will be without SimGuruDuke and SimGuruSarah.

Who will be the new Senior Producer ? SimGuruGraham or SimGuruNinja ? Or will SimGuruGrant be back ?

SimGuruGraham is still a Associate Producer last I checked. He's not getting promoted straight to a Senior Producer.

Assistant Producer
Associate Producer
Producer
Senior Producer
Executive Producer

Then you also have "Lead Producer" which I believe is specific to a product (for example SimGuruGraham was the Lead Producer of Snowy Escape while he was still a Associate Producer himself).