MAKE SIMS 4 HOUSEHOLDS BIGGER!!!

Sims pets have always taken slots in all 4 Sims games (except for the small pets and birds) and keep in mind only Sims 3 pets allowed controlling them as only Sims 3 pets were also Sims unlike any other pets in the Sims games.

"Oldeseadogge;c-16679265" wrote:
Emphatically no! The historical 8 is more than enough. IN case no one has noticed, any sim count over 4 is dreadfully difficult to manage with any hope of success. There is simply too much going on at the same time to keep track of. Crum, even 4 can be a burden if one of them is a toddler/baby. It's amazing how one toddler/baby (I speak of TS2 here) can turn three adults into exhausted frazzled wrecks in remarkably short time. And the player...

Honestly, it just takes a little practice. I used to not go over four sims in a household because it was too hectic for me. Then through circumstances too boring to recount, I wound up with a capped household I felt obligated to stick with. It's super busy, but so long as you're not a total control freak, it's not really that tough ... these aren't TS1 Sims, sims that are so dumb they'll light themselves on fire the second your back turns.

"Writin_Reg;c-16681714" wrote:
Sims pets have always taken slots in all 4 Sims games (except for the small pets and birds) and keep in mind only Sims 3 pets allowed controlling them as only Sims 3 pets were also Sims unlike any other pets in the Sims games.

They didn't take slots the way they do in TS4, though. There was a small overrun where you couldn't have more than 8 human Sims, but the household could go up to 10 (I think it was 10) with pets. That's really all I'd like.

The limit has always been 8. It's a reasonable limit.

If you don't like the limit, just get a mod.

Although yes, pets should not take up entire slots when you can't even control them. Didn't Sims 2 have a separate row for the pets? Why can't Sims 4 have that?

I'm fine with it. My pc can't handle more than 6 sims in one household, so I can't even get to the max of 8 sims. :D

It doesn't mean people would have to put more sims in a house if they didn't want to. People would just like the option.

Ok with the human Sims limit but...
It's easier to control 8 Sims in Sims 4 as I had great difficulty doing this in the previous games but I would like to be able to add a couple of pets if possible without having to move a couple of Sims out.

I never understand why other players care so much about options. If you don't want more than eight sims don't make more than eight sims but why should other people not have the option to have more than eight if they want it? I see this a lot in this community and it boggles my mind. If you don't want it great but why rain on someone else's parade? Having more than eight sims won't change the way you play the game it will just give other players the option to have more than eight.

"auroraael14;c-16684300" wrote:
I never understand why other players care so much about options. If you don't want more than eight sims don't make more than eight sims but why should other people not have the option to have more than eight if they want it? I see this a lot in this community and it boggles my mind. If you don't want it great but why rain on someone else's parade? Having more than eight sims won't change the way you play the game it will just give other players the option to have more than eight.

I think we all agree an that. But the question here is what you personally would like.

"Simburian;c-16684296" wrote:
Ok with the human Sims limit but...
It's easier to control 8 Sims in Sims 4 as I had great difficulty doing this in the previous games but I would like to be able to add a couple of pets if possible without having to move a couple of Sims out.

So, as I read what you wrote, it occurs to me you're really not 'fine' with it. Eight slots is eight slots, and the pity is those slots can be taken up by Sim animals we CANNOT control. In Sims3 the taking of those slots did make sense, as you could control the animals, which I didn't give a hoot about, but there you have it. We simply do need more than eight slots, especially since the non-controllable pets take up the valuable, premium slots.

"auroraael14;c-16684300" wrote:
I never understand why other players care so much about options. If you don't want more than eight sims don't make more than eight sims but why should other people not have the option to have more than eight if they want it? I see this a lot in this community and it boggles my mind. If you don't want it great but why rain on someone else's parade? Having more than eight sims won't change the way you play the game it will just give other players the option to have more than eight.

I expect EA/Maxis wanted to limit the complaints that come when Simmers computers start failing because the game has too much micro-management of 10 or more Sims, various cats and dogs and all the house items, lots etc., etc. that come with that.

If your computer can handle that there are various mods that can give you more Sims per household but having had a computer that was burnt out by Sims 3, losing all my hard disk contents, I tend to play safe these days.

Ask one of the Gurus why there are still only eight Sims per household and if they can up the limit. Good luck.