"Deshong04;12991067" wrote:
@GoldenBuffy The thing, I think, with Indie games is that they focus on customer satisfaction/feedback and take it to heart and listen and follow through if possible. The reason why well established game developers get away with not satisfying customers but still make money is because too many people don't care enough to help correct that behavior in order to get the best they can from the company. It is a business exchange after all right? You give me a well made product I want and I give you money. However if you want to start being cheap and cutting corners and lacking quality, then no money from me. But so many don't care so the cycle repeats yet they complain when they are all a part of the problem. So there's no point in complaining just keep buying and playing and support them then.
If an Indie developer were to cut out customer satisfaction they simply wouldn't survive, most likely. I don't care if EA/Maxis/The Sims Studio is the only developer that has so far the best life simulation game. If they no longer care about the consumers/fanbase then I don't care to support them. Simple as that. It's just a game but there are so many better games out there and developers that actually listen and care and APPLY feedback where appropriate. Not all this talk and nothing happens. All that is is just pretending to care but don't give a care. "We'll pretend to listen just to get you off our backs but the reality is we don't give a care. You still buy and provide us with a paycheck, so be quiet and keep buying because you're not going to do anything drastic like stop supporting us. So it is what it is." That's how I feel they think. But of course they will make some things happen to give the illusion they are doing something. Besides if enough people had enough, then EA would have no choice but to focus more on customer satisfaction before calling it quits.
Anyway Indie games are pretty amazing. A lot of talent and creativity out there. I'd definitely like to buy more Indie games after I finish The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
I agree with you. Also, with Indie games the developers actually play the game, therefore they are invested in it, wanting to make it better, and wanting the players to like it and enjoy it as well. I honestly believe that the devs. who have worked on Sims 3 and those who are working on Sims 4 have never actually played the original game or even Sims 2. if they have then they would understand the average Sim player. What they want to see in a continuation of the game. What needs to be improved upon that is so great and what makes the Sims, Sims!
They've missed the mark, and they don't care. Or if they do care it could have fooled me. I think someone has said that one of the Gurus said that they don't understand simmers because they have never played the game. Well, how I look at it, if you don't understand something then you go out and educate yourself about it, so you can learn and understand it. Then you can go from there. So, for me, actions speak louder than words. If they truly knew what we as simmers wanted in a Sims game then it would reflect in their work. But it hasn't, and they aren't taking the feedback either. They are doing what they want to do, slap the name Sims on it, and call it a day. They are saying "You take it and you like it."
For those simmers who are enjoying this game, I'm happy for them. But I just don't understand if you've been a fan for the Sims since the beginning how you can be satisfied with a game that has jumped the shark so to speak. (Can games jump the shark?) LOL
I'm an optimist at times. And I'm holding out at least for the first EP to see where EA is taking the Sims 4, but I am sorely disappointed in the base game.
