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@Erpe I think most simmers here know your opinions, I don’t think you’re being ignored? I see people reacting to what you say all the time. But when your response to any form of counterposing and disagreeing is 'you live in a dreamworld', people stop reacting I can imagine, because that's not very constructive and leads nowhere. You'll have to accept you don't have the monopoly on the truth, nobody does.
It’s not true I’m not interested in how the game industry works, I in fact very much am (which is why I know for example the amount of money EA makes with DLC for Sims games is very unique in this industry). I also know giant EA’s SimCity was wiped out by a small company that created a similar game built on a more idealistic foundation ("let's put in there what we'd want in there ourselves when we'd play this"). Gamers turned away from the 'big business' approach and embraced the small-scaled approach. Because it was more fun and they felt listened to and taken seriously for a change. Who knows that got big companies thinking. I hope so.
I'm not hoping that EA will release expansions for Sims 4 for years to come because I play Sims 3? If that were an ingredient I couldn't care less (like I don't care other companies are busy making other games I'm not interested in). The reason I hope Sims 4 won't last years and years to come in fact is because it's keeping them from creating a next game. I in fact agree with you that for EA it's big business, it's just our conclusions that differ. It's exactly why I think they're gonna milk this cow till it's dry. Because it's much more lucrative and effective than jumping into an entirely new project. Especially when simmers are buying everything they deliver (like you confirmed yourself earlier), calling the game cheap even. When you can make money doing this:
https://www.cynthiaqueen.com/A_PHOTOGRAPH/AnimatedHorses/2014JanAnimations/enclipart/fish/animated_gif_animals_0543.gif
... why bother. I think our reasoning isn't that far apart, only the conclusions we attach to it are.
It’s not true I’m not interested in how the game industry works, I in fact very much am (which is why I know for example the amount of money EA makes with DLC for Sims games is very unique in this industry). I also know giant EA’s SimCity was wiped out by a small company that created a similar game built on a more idealistic foundation ("let's put in there what we'd want in there ourselves when we'd play this"). Gamers turned away from the 'big business' approach and embraced the small-scaled approach. Because it was more fun and they felt listened to and taken seriously for a change. Who knows that got big companies thinking. I hope so.
I'm not hoping that EA will release expansions for Sims 4 for years to come because I play Sims 3? If that were an ingredient I couldn't care less (like I don't care other companies are busy making other games I'm not interested in). The reason I hope Sims 4 won't last years and years to come in fact is because it's keeping them from creating a next game. I in fact agree with you that for EA it's big business, it's just our conclusions that differ. It's exactly why I think they're gonna milk this cow till it's dry. Because it's much more lucrative and effective than jumping into an entirely new project. Especially when simmers are buying everything they deliver (like you confirmed yourself earlier), calling the game cheap even. When you can make money doing this:
https://www.cynthiaqueen.com/A_PHOTOGRAPH/AnimatedHorses/2014JanAnimations/enclipart/fish/animated_gif_animals_0543.gif
... why bother. I think our reasoning isn't that far apart, only the conclusions we attach to it are.
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