https://i.imgur.com/QPunCz7.jpgNot just the create a world part, because it can mean: delete the lots on the pre-existing worlds to kind of make your own version of it. It's the paddock full of unicorns thing that's super inaccurate. EDIT!: Oh guys no, sorry I just realized they tried to evade the whole "false advertising" thing by removing the 4 from "The Sims" in the title. I just noticed! The logo, cover art etc. are all the same as the Sims 4 but since this can only be done in the Sims 3 they just didn't clarify which game they are talking about. You have to be really really careful when seeing this advertisement because though it is in itself supposed to advertise the Sims series as a whole, it focuses on using the Sims 4 as the cover while naming features from previous games.

It's called 'creative license' . All advertisers use it in one way or another.

I would say yes it is. I mean for somebody that isn't familiar with the game they might be fully expecting actual unicorns.

"catmando830;c-17747722" wrote:It's called 'creative license' . All advertisers use it in one way or another.@catmando830 Isn't it kind of too much to advertise a game by saying "If you can't have a pet in real life, buy our game and have a field full of unicorns" when that is clearly not the case. I'm sure you understand that and probably mean to tell me that this is legal. I didn't know about the creative license. Do you know more? Can you elaborate?

Didn't ts3 have unicorns?Does this mean they're adding unicorns in the next pack?Hmmmmm?*whips the rumour mill into action*

"SimmerGeorge;c-17747725" wrote:"catmando830;c-17747722" wrote:It's called 'creative license' . All advertisers use it in one way or another.@catmando830 Isn't it kind of too much to advertise a game by saying "If you can't have a pet in real life, buy our game and have a field full of unicorns" when that is clearly not the case. I'm sure you understand that and probably mean to tell me that this is legal. I didn't know about the creative license. Do you know more? Can you elaborate?Creative (or "artistic") license is generally understood to mean the freedom marketing departments may take when handling factual material.

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Colton141414
Seasoned Novice
4 years ago
Toddlers riding unicorns confirmed.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago
"Colton147147;c-17747938" wrote:
Toddlers riding unicorns confirmed.

I would SO buy that pack.
TriplisTrip
4 years ago
Given the image is the sims 4 logo, I would say it absolutely should be considered false advertising. I'm not a lawyer and have no idea if it would actually pass muster in court if claimed as such, but given that the image is associated with buying the sims 4 and there is no disclaimer in it, it seems like a problem to me. It would be extremely easy for someone who has seen the sims 4 logo before to assume it means the sims 4 when it doesn't.

If it's not illegal, it should be and frankly, I'm kind of disgusted with the whole affair (relating to this and the other thread about the video ads) that the best they can do to represent their game(s) is to mislead people. If they can't draw people in with actual content that exists in the game(s) years and years of added content and updates in, that just makes me wonder why I'm even playing their game in the first place. In other words, I feel like in a sense it validates all of the complaining about the game because it makes it look like the game has nothing interesting to offer on its own merits. So it's a kind of self-own of their own product.
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
4 years ago
"Triplis;c-17747977" wrote:
Given the image is the sims 4 logo, I would say it absolutely should be considered false advertising.

This statement alone I agree with.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
4 years ago
Lol all I can hope is that this is a BIG hint?? because otherwise...? I do find it weird they push so hard to advertise stuff not in the game when we have all these packs they can advertise from.....

They maybe generally talking about the franchise but sims 4 is the picture so....
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
4 years ago
"Admiral8Q;c-17748011" wrote:
"Triplis;c-17747977" wrote:
Given the image is the sims 4 logo, I would say it absolutely should be considered false advertising.

This statement alone I agree with.

Actually, after quick research, I stand corrected. This is an official EA advertisement.

Probably a version of "Sims 5" where it's the same but completely different. :p
Makes sense since Sims 4 probably is the last final of what we know for the Sims. After this it will be apps for your phone.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/live-the-sims-life
fruitsbasket100
New Vanguard
4 years ago
"Admiral8Q;c-17748028" wrote:
"Admiral8Q;c-17748011" wrote:
"Triplis;c-17747977" wrote:
Given the image is the sims 4 logo, I would say it absolutely should be considered false advertising.

This statement alone I agree with.

Actually, after quick research, I stand corrected. This is an official EA advertisement.

Probably a version of "Sims 5" where it's the same but completely different. :p
Makes sense since Sims 4 probably is the last final of what we know for the Sims. After this it will be apps for your phone.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/live-the-sims-life

Yeah i'm starting to get the vibes that ts4 may be the last in the series and they are using these ads to promote the franchise as a whole for the last hurrah. If this isn't the case then those ads are pretty shady, at least to me they are.
imahulazombie
4 years ago
so the sims 4 was on beta confirmed and now they're finally "launching" it?
or it's just marketing for the whole franchise?
man it would be so sad if this was the last sims game, but at the same time it's probably better this way
LiELF
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
I'm thinking now that it looks like they are probably looking to reboot the franchise, which is a way too common thing in entertainment. Sims 4 will become The Sims (1) and the previous games will get erased and forgotten, never to be compared again. Then the franchise will go in a whole new direction, doing whatever EA wants to do with their trend simulator, hiring new "innovative" devs who've never known what the original Sims was. Then they'll be rid of the higher standards of quality of the previous games.

And, unfortunately, this is becoming standard practice in related businesses. Take a blockbuster or bestseller and remake it, start it all over for a new generation, and change whatever doesn't fit the modern trends of the time, treading all over the original material.

Ugh. I hope I'm just being melodramatic and it means nothing, just silly marketing.
logionX
Seasoned Vanguard
4 years ago
I find it pretty misleading considering that there is a picture of the sims4 next to the statement.

I assume it's for other games than the sims4, but what I don't understand is that it's not difficult to make an advertisement that still sounds pretty impressive without them having misleading statements like that. They could use statements like "You think that parents have it tough? Try having 100 babies" or something.

As for when it comes to false advertising, from what I know companies can make ads that doesn't showcase reality by a lot without worrying.