Rumoured SDX Sleepwear Set

I honestly don't care about the PJs as I think they're kind of ugly. I don't miss not having them at all. I also don't really care about console players getting something I didn't. (I do respect the opinion of anyone who feels differently!) I don't understand why they're rewarding console players only if they have an EA Play membership, though.

The thing that concerns me about this entire debacle is that EA might be moving towards a pay-to-play situation with the Sims 4. This IMO would be extremely unfair. Making loyal players who have spent a fortune on Sims 4 already to then have to pay for an EA Play sub to keep playing it ... that is bad. If indeed this is what happens. I have no way of knowing, but I fear it.

If Sims 5 if online only/subscription, then my participation in the game will end. And if I can't have Sims 4 the way it is now to cushion the blow, I'm going to be very sad.

Giving subscribers freebies I can understand. I play (and sub) to MMOs for that reason. However, that is NOT the Sims - it's not their business model, marketing strategy or anything else - until now. This isn't something people can choose with full knowledge, it came out of left field, and I think this is the main issue with it. When you sub (or don't) to a MMO, you know EXACTLY what you are getting or not getting. You may not know every detail, but you know you get exclusive items for the game, access to things others don't, free time, whatever. If an MMO had made an item subscriber locked, but only to a tiny subset of that subscriber base, you would see the same outrage. Cause it's lying, false advertising and a few other shady things. Not saying EA did that, but not saying they didn't, either.

"EA_Cade;c-18234448" wrote:
Hey all,

I understand the FOMO, but here's just a small selection of items that PC players have had that console players still don't:

• Noctis Outfit
  
• Family Portrait
  
• Bare Naked Gnome
  
• Awesome Animal Hats (all PC players got this free)
  
• Mods
  

Rewarding the players with EA Play on console shouldn't be taken as a slight to you if you're on PC.

It wouldn't be a problem if it had been explained well ahead of time that this was going to be happening. Marketing on this was not done well.

Frankly, I think it's nice that console players are getting something that we PC players don't have. But it should have been explained long before it was put into practice.

The way it was done seems more like an experiment to see if people will want to have subscriptions for their Sims games. And if that's the case, many of us will no longer "play."

"simgirl1010;d-1006766" wrote:
EA Play console exclusive only.

https://twitter.com/TheSimCommunity/status/1630643071577669651?t=2igRMwseIOI5gjeFX50AVg&s=19

A good reason to be wary of leaked info.

I’d prefer the pyjamas to be festive or something. I don’t like the pattern and why are they mainly grey? ?

I am glad it’s not for PC players!

My query is can console players say no to free stuff? ???

Since console players can't use cc or mods it is only right they get a little something free but being an EA Play subscriber I think that they should have received something free for a game that isn't free
Those on pc you never know if a cc creator will do some pjs similar
Isn't it time that those who play on console get a few things free as they can't use MODS and CC and the Sims team acknowledges this
Ok back disappearing in the woodwork my little rant is over with

Eww! :( I don't want to buy another pack anymore with that sort of news... Future is not bright. :|
My pennies will go to other things.

I just hope people don't ruin the fun of the livestream over a pajama set. I've seen simmers already plotting to spam the livestream chat over this. *Le sigh* ?

"RedShoe7;c-18234618" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-18234605" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-18234581" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-18234527" wrote:

"EA_Cade;c-18234448" wrote:
Hey all,

I understand the FOMO, but here's just a small selection of items that PC players have had that console players still don't:

• Noctis Outfit
  
• Family Portrait
  
• Bare Naked Gnome
  
• Awesome Animal Hats (all PC players got this free)
  
• Mods
  

Rewarding the players with EA Play on console shouldn't be taken as a slight to you if you're on PC.

Oh yeah that's right I had forgot us console players don't have that Family Portrait.

I am on pc and also don't have the family portrait. I wish there was some way to get it in my game. I would even install out sims mobile to unlock it. But this one time offer was never repeated. I wish they would repeat it for All players.

As for the pyjamas, they would definitely have been nice but I can do without. What worries me is the principle. This opens the door for withholding other content from a certain player group based on platform. And that goes both ways. Console players should also be able to get the items created by EA in the list above. I can't think of no reason why this is not available for console players? I thought we all played the same game?

There is a CC version of the family portrait.

https://sims4studio.com/thread/13060/glassplumbob

The pyjamas will probably become available as CC as some point too.

It already has: https://www.simfileshare.net/download/3699455/

Well that doesn’t help me as a PC player because I only play a vanilla game and I buy all the content that comes out, so I shouldn’t have to rely on CC for those things. I think I should be able to buy the pajama set so my collection will be complete, and when I go into the gallery, if won’t come up that I don’t have certain content. I buy all the packs that sims 4 puts out, and usually pay full price. I shouldn’t have to have an incomplete collection when I have bought all the packs and kits. I have never “expected” to get “free” content like some people do. I have always been willing to pay for sim content from Maxis, but I won’t get a subscription. When sims 4 came out, we were never told we would have to have subscriptions to get our content, I was always under the impression that I could buy the content.

It looks like to me that sims 5 is going to be console based. I’m certainly not going to get a subscription for sims 5 if they are going to be giving away free content only to console players. I don’t play on console…..

This is the first I've heard about EA Play and I'm not liking anything about it. So this is something that we're going to have to subscribe to in order to keep playing our game? A game we've already paid for and have been playing for free for 8+ years? That is outrageous if that's what it is. If it's something that only unlocks occasional little extras, that's bad enough, but fine. I'll keep my money, they can keep those little extras and I'll keep playing the game with the content I have. It also means I won't be buying anymore EA content that requires me to pay a monthly fee to access. I'm not buying anything for this game that requires me to pay monthly fees on top of the price of the packs. But I expect to be able to play the game I've already purchased, with the content I've already purchased, without having to start paying a monthly fee.