Economy in TS4 - please, fix it!

"Placebo7;c-17491787" wrote:
I totally agree and think these are great points. For people who just cheat their way to wherever they want to be in games (I think this number is increasing), I guess this doesn't matter. But for people who play this franchise for the SIMULATION aspect, this is a problem, and TS4 is the worst iteration of it.

I have been playing TS2, and in that game it is actually a struggle to get families to have enough money to move to a bigger house. They get fired, random expenses happen, and overall, everything just seems more...proportional. This is like REAL LIFE. That struggle SHOULD be part of any sims pack. Otherwise, I get very bored. Lots of money, great, so now...I guess my sims can just stare at each other and feel "happy" since there is also no emotional reality in this game.

I'm kind of sick of hearing from players who use cheats, want their sims to live forever, and always be rich. Maybe there should be a separate game for them called "The Fantasies." As long as this game is supposed to be a simulation, economic concerns should be a part of it.

Thanks for the answer! My Sims are forever young and I want them to be rich, but hey, it is too easy anyway. No challenge, nothing. OK, I can make them simple fishermen for example, but still this game has no real revards (very expensive, upscale lots, luxury items etc.).

All that I ask is to increase the prices and make some items more expensive anyway (bathtubes, big screens, computers and many others). I think, that if someone wants to make "rich, forever young Sims" can make it anyway and the "motherlode fans" will do that regardless.

"SimsLovinLycan;c-17491860" wrote:
True. The only real way to make the bills a real challenge is to put your sims on a 50x50 or larger lot with a giant house that has the max amount of floors, takes up most of the lot's space, and is full of expensive stuff and decorations. I have one build like that, and it costs something like 70k-75k for the bills every time.

Career progression is too quick and easy; work-at-home strategies like writing, woodworking, gardening, and painting are too OP. It's actually hard to get a sim to be broke in TS4 unless you don't let them do anything to earn money at all or put them on a lot where the bills cost a good chunk of what they make.

Im affraid, that nerfing works like painter or writer could be risky, because people may protest, but they can make at least more expensive lots.
Thank you for the answer. :)