"Twinkles21;c-18357171" wrote:
We know HOW to buy packs. EA needs to make us WANT to buy them now.
Please remove the shopping cart.
When I think of all of the things that simmers have asked and hoped for over these years, I've never once read anything about not being able to wait for that "in-game shopping cart!" There have been so many debates and defenses given for the state of the game through the years -- from everything as to why "animations are recycled" ("to save money") to why the base game itself was so lacking compared to even
older sims' games ("TS4 was intended to be an online game, so it wasn't a good foundation to build on"). And yet, here we are. How many years later? Is there no way to keep up with the game and simmers' wants/needs without tacking on some excuse?
I really,
really want to understand how someone who has
some power to make
some change in the game
chooses to prioritize sales of the game by incorporating a cart button over
investing in and
creating a better game. There is flawed logic in thinking that in-game shopping carts breed loyalty to a brand. For one thing, there has to be perceived value. It really is short-sighted to throw that cart at simmers when packs have been releasing in the state they have been released.
And before anyone can jump in to state that "there are different departments and sales is not game development so it doesn't take away anything from game development to throw that cart button in there," I simply ask, "why not just focus on building a better game?" Problem solved for simmers (who get the game they love to play) and for the money-makers (who get the bucks from having produced a product that gamers love).
Bottom line for me is if EA isn't investing in us simmers, why should I invest in it?
