Listen Up Maxis

"Sindocat;c-17441213" wrote:
They have been communicating daily on Twitter - doing promos and giveaways.

They've been running the March Madness bracket.

They've been soliciting feedback on the second Community Vote Stuff Pack and reporting results.

As far as no announcements, they can literally be fired for leaking anything without the go-ahead from Marketing. Non-Disclosure Agreements are legal contracts, and a real thing in game studio work.

I'd love to have a roadmap for the spring & summer, sure. But let's not make false statements, or accusations, or conspiracy theories about Maxis not caring. They are actually one of the most player-engaged studios in the business.

I really don't get it, tbh.

It's funny how every other game developer in the world can make roadmaps for their games, but Maxis can't.
Even Anthem (LOL) had a roadmap. Fat load of good it did them, but Bioware's an EA-owned studio and they managed to announce a roadmap at the very least. They didn't stick to it, but that's bc Anthem was something of a trainwreck. They still announced one!

Really makes you wonder who made the decision to not do roadmaps for The Sims, when it's something everybody in the community wants. I honestly don't get it.

Like we're not asking for the world. Just bring back the seasonal teasers. "GP in Spring 2020" sort of stuff.

And if they can't make a Spring release, then just announce a delay. We won't mind.

Well, we won't mind that much.