How do you feel about The Sims coming to Alexa? Was this an exciting announcement for you?

"JACKIEJOY;c-16907462" wrote:
I also don't have an Alexa. I play offline most of the time and Cortana was the first thing I shut off. So this doesn't affect me at all. Did they include the music from S1? That would be kinda neat. But yeah don't really care.

Yes Sims 1 thru Sims 4 around 120 to 150 songs.

"Iyasenu;c-16907562" wrote:
I don't have Alexa.

I have Lin-Z though, and she plays Sims music, too.

Not the CAS or Buy Build Though.

I do not have Alexa nor do I want Alexa so I will not use this but . . .

I do think it is a fabulous thing when people who work on a game are so passionate about the game. I love that some play the game on their own time and come up with ideas to make the game more fun. I also really appreciate that the developers do not shut them down but listen and incorporate some of these ideas. What a great way to encourage creativity.

I was disappointed that a whole maxis monthly was spent talking about this. I think this was a great way to introduce the idea but I think it should have been included with some actual sim news or maybe a Q&A session.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16907657" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16907563" wrote:

"luthienrising;c-16906875" wrote:
Indifferent. I don't have an Alexa, but I'm sure some players will find it fun, and making it was probably a good creativity & technical boost for some people in-house, which will be to my benefit eventually.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16906878" wrote:
I don't have one and never plan to get one.

You don't need one the Alexa Phone App will let you use this feature.

I do not see a point in downloading bloatware to my phone. That is what I would consider that app to be.

It doesn't seem to slow down my phone or drain my battery but I have the echo devices so it's essential I have this app.

Too bad this thing Alexa has nothing to do with the game. But I guess everyone, even the Gurus are entitled to pursue their passion.

"simmer_jay;c-16907381" wrote:
Not to stray too far off topic or bring up negativity, but Kates tweets about the stream were intense. Were people truly that upset about a passion project? I caught a bit of the playback of the stream but not the whole thing, and didn’t watch the chat. Was the chat truly that awful? I just don’t get it.

It was that bad, yeah. I was there. There were death threats, people screaming that this was a waste of time and money, that they could be doing something more important, etc.

It was awful.

Well i'm personally psyched about it. My son bought me the new kindle fire 10 hd tablet for Christmas, so i'll be using the app to hear simlish songs and play trivia. Probably the most I do sim-wise these days with so much other stuff i'm into right now in my spare time. I say if they are doing this OUTSIDE of work for giggles and kicks, let them!! It's free and harmless. It's not like they are using company time. When a police officer takes off their badge they are not a police officer, when a guru clocks out it's pretty much a mod until they take it to their boss and get the okay to make it official. I'm definitely happy about it and hope the buttload of negative comments doesn't stop them from continuing to do stuff like this in their free time. We love our modders too but not everything they make gets us going, same with maxis. Some things are your cup of tea, some things aren't. Just don't use it if you don't like it. I'm sure when they clock in, it's back to official business.

"catloverplayer;c-16907669" wrote:

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16907657" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16907563" wrote:

"luthienrising;c-16906875" wrote:
Indifferent. I don't have an Alexa, but I'm sure some players will find it fun, and making it was probably a good creativity & technical boost for some people in-house, which will be to my benefit eventually.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16906878" wrote:
I don't have one and never plan to get one.

You don't need one the Alexa Phone App will let you use this feature.

I do not see a point in downloading bloatware to my phone. That is what I would consider that app to be.

It doesn't seem to slow down my phone or drain my battery but I have the echo devices so it's essential I have this app.

Bloatware doesn't necessarily slow down your phone. Especially if you have enough storage. It's also software you consider unnecessary. I have a 64GB Google Pixel 3 with 42GB free so even though I'm not particularly interested I'll definitely check it out.

"PlayerSinger2010;c-16907689" wrote:

"simmer_jay;c-16907381" wrote:
Not to stray too far off topic or bring up negativity, but Kates tweets about the stream were intense. Were people truly that upset about a passion project? I caught a bit of the playback of the stream but not the whole thing, and didn’t watch the chat. Was the chat truly that awful? I just don’t get it.

It was that bad, yeah. I was there. There were death threats, people screaming that this was a waste of time and money, that they could be doing something more important, etc.

It was awful.

Seriously death threats over a video game? Over not getting some feature you want in a video game? Over the devs showing off something in a stream that they enjoyed rather then giving details about features in video game?

This community is the most entitled, ridiculous group on the planet. I think if a video game can drive you into such a fit of rage that you’re threatening people over it it’s probably time to find a different game.

I have absolutely no interest in this feature. I won’t use it. But it existing doesn’t hurt me or the game.

"thecatsred;c-16907501" wrote:
> @JACKIEJOY said:
> Did they include the music from S1? That would be kinda neat.

I'd be more inclined to like it if S1 music was there - I love the build/buy mode tracks (and the entirely to Superstar).

It will have music from the sims 1.