EA, why don't you like Europe so much?

"Hoverael;c-17828967" wrote:

"SimsLady2000;c-17828933" wrote:
Not to be insensitive to your plight, but it is an American game that is literally sold and played all over the world.

Being an American game published by American developers, doesn't mean it has to be focused around America all the time and neither does the rest of the users around the world have to keep accepting that as is or even the American developers themselves. We get so much exposure of America all the time, why not try the other way once in a while and have American users get a dose of European, or Australia or African values and culture.

The fact of the matter is that America is a much greater melting pot of many different cultures and there is no one culture that is greater than the other, America has no culture of its own since it's a mix of every other person (and what they bring) from every other country who have settled into the USA, ever since the 1600's before there was this idea of America and it was a bunch of colonies controlled by a number of European powers. These people accepted to the way the country is run and the laws that are set down, but that doesn't mean they gave up their right to their own cultures or having that part seen from time to time, which it turn creates its own problems on occasion.

American developers should look outward once in a while, there is a whole world out there that they are apart of as much as anyone else from any other country and that is often forgotten when working within a bubble and their lives are within bubbles. It might be refreshing and invigorating just stepping outside America for one or two months and exploring another culture in depth, and the developer has this whole customer base they can work with to expose new cultures and different ideas to. Would it be so bad to give it an actual try once in a while to put America aside in one or two instances? it's not like anyone is asking the developers to stop the majority of their American focused consumerism in the process.

You seem angry. First of all, if you are going to quote someone and comment on it like this, include the entire quote. You responded to one tiny part of my post and neglected to include the statement where I said most of the items in the Sims 4 seem to be generic, among other things.

Secondly, your second paragraph contradicts the first to some degree. First, you are saying: "Being an American game published by American developers, doesn't mean it has to be focused around America all the time..." Then you say "...why not try the other way once in a while and have American users get a dose of European, or Australian or African values and culture." I am not sure what you mean by "values" but, in paragraph 2, you say we are a melting pot and don't have a culture of our own." which is it? If we don't have our own culture, how can we not be reflecting the cultures we are comprised of? Thus you really don't have a complaint here. And American developers don't have to look outward because they are being inspired by the melting pot that represents all cultures right here in the United States, right?

People came to the landmass upon which the United States is currently situated to expand their horizons and get away from the tyranny that threatened their existence in some cases. They brought their values and cultures with them and, as with all things, they changed over time, wanting to not repeat the tyranny that existed in their homeland. Here's a surprise for you, that probably can describe all countries in the world to some degree. Australia began its current existence as a penal colony for Britain. As a matter of fact, many countries have Britain's footprint embedded in their culture because of colonization. Just a little history lesson there.

Believe it or not, American developers do look outwards in my opinion, but to try to develop, expand and market a game using all the cultures of the world, or even just a few, would be an entirely undoable undertaking. There would be too much conflict. Let us not forget that they tried to use Japan as a basis for their Snowy Escape pack and immediately caught backlash from Korean players who were insulted by some aspects of the pack. Do you know enough about all cultures in the world to create something that wouldn't offend people? I don't.

In my opinion, the sims world should be a world onto itself. The items, sims, locales should all be as generic as possible and not reflect any one culture anywhere. As for the price point, I suspect that the exchange rates from country to country cause the change in price, not the company that makes the game.

I'm sorry my post made you so irate.