More representation of indigenous cultures?
The other day I noticed one of the new necklaces for female Sims has a colour option that is the same as the Australian Aboriginal flag, it got me wondering if perhaps there should be more indigenous ...
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"Scobre;c-17730273" wrote:"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17729610" wrote:
From a business perspective, I wouldn't do it---too much of a chance for it to backfire and offend people by not getting something right. I think we should leave it to modders
Actually it would be great for business to get more people to play the Sims games. Sims is playing too safe is already backfiring on the franchise and given it a joke reputation to only catering towards babies. Then again what do I know with business being my forte and all and doing really well both in school and work in that area. *shrugs* I rather the game cater to you know the actual laws the company is in with including diversity or the game is already doomed for living in the dark ages laws. Business that don't innovate tend to die fast. Pandemic has proven that of businesses not wanting to change their ways of doing business end up going out of business. It would be bad business practice not to have diversity and have a repeat of SimCity not wanting to change their ways too. Then again EA is kind of in the dark ages already, so why would Sims be any different from not innovating like their other cookie cutter knock off games too? Even on EA standards, EA Sports has more diversity than the Sims does and people wonder why those games tend to sell better than this franchise, simple inclusive customer base. But I find those that don't want culture tend to not want new Simmers anyways which is dangerous especially with the pandemic. Existing customer base isn't going to be enough to fund EA's pockets plain and simple. Some of already divorced the franchise years ago, so catering to people not wanting change is a lost cause. Thus why the Sims 3 got remained broken. People weren't willing for that game to change either.
Your argument would be valid if the Sims team were cultural experts--they're not. Look at the backlash that's already started with Snowy Escape and Japanese traditions not being followed properly--that made a lot of people angry. If the Sims team could do it properly, I'm all in...but they won't.....
