New Sims Delivery Express June 8
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Product placement doesn't bother me. The real world slips into our sim games in other ways too. We're always comparing sims locations and dress with real world countries and cultures. We make sims that look like RL people or characters in movies or books. The Sims Session we were given last summer with sim versions of RL entertainers performing their music was "product placement." In game, we could buy t-shirts with the performers' names printed on them. But I enjoyed the concerts very much. It was something different. And seeing the singers in the game was fun.
I have Batuu. I've only had one family visit there for any length of time, but I use the CAS and BB items often. I like Star Wars, but I'm not a superfan. Still, I think many Batuu items will fit nicely into the werewolf world we're getting. Strangerville echoes real world fixations on aliens. The Roswell alien is on several items even though sim aliens don't look like that.
Even the Pride movement has entered the sims. Sims themselves have always been very open about who they love or who they are. It's the real world that is struggling with those issues. But sims have all sorts of Pride clothes and deco in support of what some people would consider a controversial movement in the real world. This doesn't seem to bother most gamers though. I'm fine with it too.
A lot of people object to the use of English words showing up in the sim world. Maybe it's immersion-breaking for them. I can understand that, but honestly, I don't even think about it. It's not that big of a deal for me and I don't see it that often. As for sponsoring RL products, if it helps bring in revenues to support a game I enjoy, I can live with that. Even streamers use product sponsors at times.
From one article I found, Product Placement in Video Games
I have Batuu. I've only had one family visit there for any length of time, but I use the CAS and BB items often. I like Star Wars, but I'm not a superfan. Still, I think many Batuu items will fit nicely into the werewolf world we're getting. Strangerville echoes real world fixations on aliens. The Roswell alien is on several items even though sim aliens don't look like that.
Even the Pride movement has entered the sims. Sims themselves have always been very open about who they love or who they are. It's the real world that is struggling with those issues. But sims have all sorts of Pride clothes and deco in support of what some people would consider a controversial movement in the real world. This doesn't seem to bother most gamers though. I'm fine with it too.
A lot of people object to the use of English words showing up in the sim world. Maybe it's immersion-breaking for them. I can understand that, but honestly, I don't even think about it. It's not that big of a deal for me and I don't see it that often. As for sponsoring RL products, if it helps bring in revenues to support a game I enjoy, I can live with that. Even streamers use product sponsors at times.
From one article I found, Product Placement in Video Games
When poorly executed, product placement in video games can be jarring and disruptive, harshly removing the user from the illusion of the game’s narrative. When done well, however, product placement in video games can be so seamlessly integrated that players aren’t bothered by the in-game ads, because they naturally feel as if they should be there.
