"Jyotai;c-17909132" wrote:
My thought. At 5 years in, Sims 3 was no longer a game capable of stability on even that year's newest hardware if one ran the whole game. It was rapidly spinning out of control with excessive load on a machine's hardware. Yet Sims 4 is now 6 or 7 years old, and still rock stable on even less than current PCs.
@Jyotai The Sims 3 came out in 2009 so even the fact that it had an open-world was very ambitious but from 2009 to 2014 to 2021 technology has evolved sooooo much, there is not way EA can't make bigger worlds, while keeping the game stable. It's just the bad engine they use in my opinion.
Also the Sims 4 ain't so "rock stable". It causes problems with newer hardware cause it's so obsolete, not well-optimized and it suffering under a very big, yet still ignored, case of "spaghetti code". I mean the game is so full of bugs and oversights at this point that no matter how easy it is on the PC, it's still doesn't matter when you have simulation lag etc.
Finally, yes it's a good thing that players with older systems can play. But, even in 2014 when the game came out it could be played on a potato. Imo they kind of overdid it with the "holding back so it runs on older systems". I mean if your system is from 2010-2012 I'm sorry but I don't think any company should be obligated to make games for you. EA proudly says the Sims 4 is one of the only games that runs on older systems but that's a negative thing, the reason why the Sims 4 is the only one is cause all other gaming companies are willing to take a step further and make games for the future.
It's like telling a company that develops phone apps to make it so the app runs on a Nokia phone with buttons. That means the quality of the product will drop in order to increase the "audience".
The game will never evolve if they keep making it so it runs on decade old systems. But only the Sims 4 is willing to sacrifice evolution to have a broader audience. All other companies put the product in the forefront and find a good middle way to handle this.
