Rumoured SDX Sleepwear Set

"RPGTabbycat;c-18234833" wrote:

"jpajari;c-18234823" wrote:

"MichelleW;c-18234819" wrote:

"jpajari;c-18234808" wrote:

"MichelleW;c-18234768" wrote:

"jpajari;c-18234732" wrote:
I have a question for those of you that feel excluded, (punished, cheated, etc.) from not getting access to this EA Play subscription perk.

Do any of you watch simmers who stream content on Twitch, or any Twitch streamers for that matter? A lot of them have subscribers as well who pay their earned income to support them.

In many cases, I see a lot of streamers switch their Twitch chats to “subscriber only”, so it’s a perk for those who subscribe to still access and contribute to the chat. Considering how simmers are feeling excluded in this case, do y’all feel like streamers “silence” their viewers when their subscribers are the only ones that can contribute, or is that perk perceived differently?

Same deal with Twitch subscribers that get merch from streamers when other viewers have to pay for it. Better yet, maybe the merch is a “subscriber exclusive”. Again, another subscriber perk. Are they punishing everyone else, or that just a benefit of subscribing? Seems very comparable to the EA Play subscription perk… Thoughts?

Again, this is a genuine question rather than an argument.

I don't think this is an adequate comparison. You are comparing streamers trying to pay bills to a multi million dollar corporation.

No I am no bothered nor do I feel excluded by streamers locking their chat behind a pay wall as there are still plenty of other streamers that do not. Also I have not invested hundreds, likely thousands at this point, of dollars into any of these streamers over decades of my life.

I appreciate your feedback! I must have misunderstood the comments. It appeared to me that people were upset the content could only be accessed through a subscription, but instead they’re upset that corporations are ones with the subscription. Got it. It was a fair comparison in my opinion, and still is, but I can understand your point of view. Thank you for sharing!

Why do you believe you misunderstood the comments? I believe the only person who mentioned corporations was me. You asked a question and I answered it. Perhaps I misunderstood when you said you were asking a genuine question and not looking for an argument. If it is an argument you seek I'm not interested.

I agree, I have never engaged in arguments or negativity on this forum.

I've subscribed to a lot of MMO's over the years so the subscription model isn't new to me at all. I had no issue with paying a subscription fee to FFXIV for example, even though you can play it for free. I like to support game companies that make games I love to play. The issue is this is a Buy to Play game and not a Subscribe to Play game. So, I expect to be able to purchase all the content I want for the game without having to pay an additional subscription fee. And believe me when I say that I have spent a small fortune on the Sims 4.

EA could have avoided this entire fiasco if they had simply begun their "leaking" (marketing) of the sleepwear set as being exclusive to console EA Play members. Then, instead of looking like money grubbing jerks trying to lure people into buying a subscription they don't want to get content they might want (locked behind a paywall), they could have looked like a company rewarding a group of console players for subscribing to EA Play (giving loyal subscribers a freebie).

Perhaps they should take that into consideration the next time they want to pull a similar marketing stunt so they don't tick off their players.