New Laundry List April 24
Laundry List - April 24th, 2025 | EA Forums - 12111206 Hi Simmers! Welcome to the Laundry List where we’ll share a list of the top community concerns that we’re currently investigating and hope to ...
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On the surface, it seems like more resources should be devoted to bug fixes. This is progress, but several big ones that have been problems for months haven't made the list.
Have you replied to the linked threads with meaningful, useful input on the issues?
Those threads, and the requests for help in them, aren't being pushed for a reason. The bugs aren't fixed because they don't have enough insight on what's actually going wrong. They are literally begging for extra input. I think that might be a pretty clear sign it's more complicated than just "get more people working on it".Have you replied to the linked threads with meaningful, useful input on the issues?
Of course. I help where I can, but it's not my responsibility to fix bugs in this game.
I like that EA is being more transparent about issues, that it has created a laundry list, etc. But I also dislike it when profitable companies rely heavily on volunteers or "fans." EA can't know about bugs that aren't reported, so players have to submit bug reports (I think asking for feedback and reports is good), but volunteers doing a lot of forum moderation, troubleshooting, and categorizing of bugs has always felt a bit off to me. To me, as an outsider looking in, and in consideration of the state of Sims 1 - 3, it seems like addressing bugs is not a huge priority. IF that's actually the case, it must make sense from a business POV, but as a consumer, it also encourages me to avoid purchasing certain packs because I don't want my game to break.
I have sympathy that some issues are hard to fix, but as a consumer, that's not really my problem. I'm sorry, but if something is broken (regardless of why), I'm much less interested in purchasing it.
My dude, getting save files and input on when you experience a bug is not "relying on fans". It's the only way to get information in this context. They do not have thousands upon thousands of employees putting 250 hours a month into playing the game, but the game sure has 50,000 people playing it at once at any given time who can give insight.
It's really reductive to boil asking for extra insight and save files and examples down to "relying on fans to fix the game". Completely disingenuous and wholly unfair perspective.
