Laundry Day Stuff Trailer!

"Zeldaboy180;c-16258559" wrote:

"DeservedCriticism;c-16258124" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256417" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-16256409" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256392" wrote:

"Cynna;c-16256376" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256366" wrote:


I loved the trailer too, even though I think whoever made it was like I can’t believe this so let’s make it even more ridiculous lol . I mean...

...it’s laundry after all, so dirty clothes

That's exactly how I read it. It was a good-natured (I hope) poke at the community for sure. :D

Yeah , I don’t even blame them at this point lol. I’m really really REALLY trying to understand why people wanted this feature to a point they would pay for it. I mean it won, nothing to do there, but I truly don’t understand why. I mean we ask for such cool features sometimes and when we ar given the choice of picking sometime we chose ... laundry. It could have been a patch. Good thing CAS and Objects were the ones I actually voted for

I agree. Let's be honest it won because it was up against a lot of unknown concepts and it split the vote multiple ways. It was always going to win unless it went up against a bigger wanted feature.

But anyway I digress. Some of the cas items look nice but I can't justify nearly £10 on cas items. The machines themselves look good but its a chore. Literally we are paying for housework many of us do for free. I can't understand why people are happy to pay for laundry and I really can't understand they mindset of "I don't want it but ill buy it anyway" But to each their own. I have a gift voucher so if I were to get it would come off that but it doesn't look interesting enough to use for that.

It’s cheap so I won’t lose my sleep over it.

Wanna buy a pebble I found in my shoe? Don't worry it's cheap, it's only $10.

I'm genuinely curious as to what you get out of trying to ruin other peoples excitement and convince them that the sims 4 is the worst game ever? Its obvious you don't like sims 4, and you honestly never will. But cant you just let people be excited for a pack without insulting them?

"It's cheap anyways" is an abysmally terrible argument and it's the exact reason why Sims 4 is subjected to Stuff Pack spam: because they figured out people repeatedly tell themselves "it's just $10" and buy it whereas EPs are held to a higher standard and more scrutiny. Tomorrow they could release "The Sims 4: Dental Floss Stuff" and people would still buy it and say "oh well it's just ten dollars."

If someone's lone defense of the pack is "it's cheap anyways," then I think that speaks volumes about the quality of these packs...or lack thereof. As I said, I could sell you anything from a cheaply made hamburger that gives you food poisoning to a pet rock to a piece of string. In all of those cases you can argue "oh well it was cheap so who cares," but that does not mean any of those were actually good products. Here it's even more painful because the purchasing habits of today determine the quality of the product tomorrow, but this entire stuff pack model is being kept afloat and kept as a centerstage seller for the Sims 4 on nothing but the argument of "it's cheap so I won't lose sleep over it."

I would struggle to name a single user on this forum that has not been disappointed by the Sims 4 or a Sims 4 pack at some point in time....and yet in that same light, I also struggle to name users that don't blindly purchase every pack. Spoiler alert: the two are connected, and if we want better quality or more bang for our buck, it's time to stop squealing over every single mundane pack and acting like it's super exciting.


On that note, serious question now: What are ANY of you picturing doing with this pack? I mean in the past a stuff pack like Bowling Stuff for example, I can at least see how someone might convince themselves it'll keep them busy or add something to their gameplay. Laundry though...? This offers absolutely nothing. All it offers is about 0.6% more immersion to your gameplay. This game has enough simulation for simulation's sake, but it's severely lacking in gameplay. Heck, I can actually see people regretting their purchase because depending on how the feature was implemented, purchasing it might mean subjecting yourself to a really obnoxious and tedious chore that demands far too much attention. I mean lord knows the Sims team has a bad habit of over-stressing new features and doing everything they can to try and push players in the direction of new stuff, so it's absolutely within the realm of possibility that laundry might demand it be done too frequently and annoy players.

Oh yeah and inb4 your reward for doing laundry and wearing clean laundry is yet another happy moodlet. Lord knows we sure don't have enough of those yet! Could go on another rant about how they insist on propping up that moods system and trying to act like it's more intensive or interesting than it actually is, but that's another story....

"AfterMidnight;c-16256209" wrote:
The music is perfection lol.

4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, 'Ode to Joy'. They should save the top notch music for a game/pack worthy of it, which this one most definitely is not.

It as mentioned in another thread that they might be adding new career chance cards that one seems to be for the athletic career.

"Zeldaboy180;c-16258559" wrote:

"DeservedCriticism;c-16258124" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256417" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-16256409" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256392" wrote:

"Cynna;c-16256376" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256366" wrote:


I loved the trailer too, even though I think whoever made it was like I can’t believe this so let’s make it even more ridiculous lol . I mean...

...it’s laundry after all, so dirty clothes

That's exactly how I read it. It was a good-natured (I hope) poke at the community for sure. :D

Yeah , I don’t even blame them at this point lol. I’m really really REALLY trying to understand why people wanted this feature to a point they would pay for it. I mean it won, nothing to do there, but I truly don’t understand why. I mean we ask for such cool features sometimes and when we ar given the choice of picking sometime we chose ... laundry. It could have been a patch. Good thing CAS and Objects were the ones I actually voted for

I agree. Let's be honest it won because it was up against a lot of unknown concepts and it split the vote multiple ways. It was always going to win unless it went up against a bigger wanted feature.

But anyway I digress. Some of the cas items look nice but I can't justify nearly £10 on cas items. The machines themselves look good but its a chore. Literally we are paying for housework many of us do for free. I can't understand why people are happy to pay for laundry and I really can't understand they mindset of "I don't want it but ill buy it anyway" But to each their own. I have a gift voucher so if I were to get it would come off that but it doesn't look interesting enough to use for that.

It’s cheap so I won’t lose my sleep over it.

Wanna buy a pebble I found in my shoe? Don't worry it's cheap, it's only $10.

I'm genuinely curious as to what you get out of trying to ruin other peoples excitement and convince them that the sims 4 is the worst game ever? Its obvious you don't like sims 4, and you honestly never will. But cant you just let people be excited for a pack without insulting them?

He wasn't insulting anyone. However, you seem to take his comment as such. Relax bro ;)

This always amazes me that people will find money to buy the stupidest things what a waste I bet most people who buy the pack never do laundry in real life. Anyway I don't get it of all the things they could have created to make the game more enjoyable people picked this.

"candy8;c-16259669" wrote:
This always amazes me that people will find money to buy the stupidest things what a waste I bet most people who buy the pack never do laundry in real life. Anyway I don't get it of all the things they could have created to make the game more enjoyable people picked this.

We all play this game differently; for some people, the game is about creating fictional but realistic lives, the not-so-fun parts included. That might not be your style of play, but it doesn't make it stupid.

For the record I am the primary laundrer in my house, and have been for decades. I even laundered my children's cloth diapers. I handwash fine laundry and soak woollens in a laundry tub. My laundry is done in stacked front loaders. They're on the small side, though, because our basement stairs are very narrow, so that's more laundry. Until very recently (now that most of the kids have moved out), that meant daily laundry. I hang most clothes to dry. And I'm looking forward to the laundry pack and voted for it.

We aren't all you. But that doesn't make us lesser people.

"Doxiedog6;c-16256368" wrote:
I really hate myself for wanting this when I swore I wouldn't. :)

Totally same. :p

ETA: I'm glad the machines stack. It will be easier to add them to existing builds.

Imagine all those clothes your sim will have to do if they have a big family!

"DeservedCriticism;c-16258720" wrote:

"Zeldaboy180;c-16258559" wrote:

"DeservedCriticism;c-16258124" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256417" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-16256409" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256392" wrote:

"Cynna;c-16256376" wrote:

"Orchid13;c-16256366" wrote:


I loved the trailer too, even though I think whoever made it was like I can’t believe this so let’s make it even more ridiculous lol . I mean...

...it’s laundry after all, so dirty clothes

That's exactly how I read it. It was a good-natured (I hope) poke at the community for sure. :D

Yeah , I don’t even blame them at this point lol. I’m really really REALLY trying to understand why people wanted this feature to a point they would pay for it. I mean it won, nothing to do there, but I truly don’t understand why. I mean we ask for such cool features sometimes and when we ar given the choice of picking sometime we chose ... laundry. It could have been a patch. Good thing CAS and Objects were the ones I actually voted for

I agree. Let's be honest it won because it was up against a lot of unknown concepts and it split the vote multiple ways. It was always going to win unless it went up against a bigger wanted feature.

But anyway I digress. Some of the cas items look nice but I can't justify nearly £10 on cas items. The machines themselves look good but its a chore. Literally we are paying for housework many of us do for free. I can't understand why people are happy to pay for laundry and I really can't understand they mindset of "I don't want it but ill buy it anyway" But to each their own. I have a gift voucher so if I were to get it would come off that but it doesn't look interesting enough to use for that.

It’s cheap so I won’t lose my sleep over it.

Wanna buy a pebble I found in my shoe? Don't worry it's cheap, it's only $10.

I'm genuinely curious as to what you get out of trying to ruin other peoples excitement and convince them that the sims 4 is the worst game ever? Its obvious you don't like sims 4, and you honestly never will. But cant you just let people be excited for a pack without insulting them?

"It's cheap anyways" is an abysmally terrible argument and it's the exact reason why Sims 4 is subjected to Stuff Pack spam: because they figured out people repeatedly tell themselves "it's just $10" and buy it whereas EPs are held to a higher standard and more scrutiny. Tomorrow they could release "The Sims 4: Dental Floss Stuff" and people would still buy it and say "oh well it's just ten dollars."

If someone's lone defense of the pack is "it's cheap anyways," then I think that speaks volumes about the quality of these packs...or lack thereof. As I said, I could sell you anything from a cheaply made hamburger that gives you food poisoning to a pet rock to a piece of string. In all of those cases you can argue "oh well it was cheap so who cares," but that does not mean any of those were actually good products. Here it's even more painful because the purchasing habits of today determine the quality of the product tomorrow, but this entire stuff pack model is being kept afloat and kept as a centerstage seller for the Sims 4 on nothing but the argument of "it's cheap so I won't lose sleep over it."

I would struggle to name a single user on this forum that has not been disappointed by the Sims 4 or a Sims 4 pack at some point in time....and yet in that same light, I also struggle to name users that don't blindly purchase every pack. Spoiler alert: the two are connected, and if we want better quality or more bang for our buck, it's time to stop squealing over every single mundane pack and acting like it's super exciting.


On that note, serious question now: What are ANY of you picturing doing with this pack? I mean in the past a stuff pack like Bowling Stuff for example, I can at least see how someone might convince themselves it'll keep them busy or add something to their gameplay. Laundry though...? This offers absolutely nothing. All it offers is about 0.6% more immersion to your gameplay. This game has enough simulation for simulation's sake, but it's severely lacking in gameplay. Heck, I can actually see people regretting their purchase because depending on how the feature was implemented, purchasing it might mean subjecting yourself to a really obnoxious and tedious chore that demands far too much attention. I mean lord knows the Sims team has a bad habit of over-stressing new features and doing everything they can to try and push players in the direction of new stuff, so it's absolutely within the realm of possibility that laundry might demand it be done too frequently and annoy players.

Oh yeah and inb4 your reward for doing laundry and wearing clean laundry is yet another happy moodlet. Lord knows we sure don't have enough of those yet! Could go on another rant about how they insist on propping up that moods system and trying to act like it's more intensive or interesting than it actually is, but that's another story....

Theres a BIG difference between saying something is cheap that will at least provide you with entertainment, and a pebble in your shoe. Thats apples to oranges.

I'm getting really tired of people complaining about Laundry. It literally won the vote, its not like EA just pulled it out of nowhere. Don't go trying to say the vote was a sham either, because it wasn't.

I've said why I enjoy Laundry dozens of times before but I'd be happy to say it again.

I play sims for story telling. Laundry is great for that. Starting out poor and hand washing clothes, to affording a decent machine, all the way to hiring a maid to do it for you.

You CANNOT enjoy luxuries without chores to offset it, otherwise they wouldnt be luxuries. Why we do we fantasize about being rich in the first place? Because the rich can do whatever they want for the most part and live a life of luxury.

The biggest reason though is because this game can be too easy. I actually downloaded a mod for vampires that makes their energy drain, so now they actually have to sleep 8 hours during the day, which makes the energy saving traits actually useful.

Same reason I want Laundry. I want my single parents or stay at home mothers to actually struggle. Taking care of twins while trying to find time to clean the dishes or mop the house, or do a load of laundry. It feels rewarding when they become teenagers and are actually capable of taking care of themselves.

People complain about laundry being an annoying chore, but so is doing dishes. Should we get rid of the dishes?

You also shouldnt be overly concerned about what other people do with their wallets. People will always waste money on silly things they dont want. That is why mobile gaming relies on micro transactions. People spend hundreds of dollars on silly games like Pokemon go.

Thr stuff packs are actually a pretty good deal. They come with just as much, sometimes more stuff than their sims 3 counter parts, with the bonus of 1-5 gameplay objects per pack, for half the price of sims 3. Theres no denying they are a better deal than sims 3 or even 2 stuff packs.

The issue many people might have is that there are so many compared to expansion or game packs, which is fair, but they have different teams.

I thought we were getting solar panels and wind mills with it ? get not sad looking forwards to having this thing in the pack too