SimGuru Silence on Twitter: When Will They Respond?

"alanmichael1;c-18071330" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;c-18071054" wrote:

"Simmingal;c-18071042" wrote:
Tbh I think the problem is that what community needs right now isn't addressing the controversy
twitter mess and confusion

what we need is just simple announcement "we know game is buggy laggy glitchy mess and we will sort it out asap thanks for your patience hoping to have fix to by get back to you then"

none of the emotional roller coaster lets just have solid announcement and people working on the real problem that is broken game not players broken hearts

once the game is fixed the controversy is also naturally fixed

It's not as simple as saying it's a buggy glitchy laggy mess. I don't have a lot of the issues that other simmers report, there are differences between playing on console, laptop and pc. They can only fix bugs that they can recreate on their system in an entirely unmodded game, and actually right now they aren't even on their official system, they're on their home computers which may play the game differently than the computers in the studio. I know for a fact that a some of people complaining about lag, glitches and bugs are not being honest about their mod status or their system specs. I don't believe for one second that the gurus don't care about the player base or the game. Their livelihoods and ability to provide for their families depends on the game running smoothly and customers being satisfied. I also think that considering they have been pretty open with us regarding timelines for pack development people should consider the fact that MWS is bugged yes, but it's also likely the first pack they have tried to start to finish isolated from one another working from home.

Edit to add: controversy is one thing, but some gurus have had to endure insults, bullying, and actual threats and I am so so so tired of that being justified by players on behalf of som bugs, glitches, and lag.

I'm playing an unmodded vanilla game on absolute standard Intel-Nvidia equipment and my weddings are still disasters.

Sorry, but both the quality of this pack and the whole communication around it are terrible. The community's bad behavior on twitter is no excuse for this. We need transparency and a plan for the future.

The first part of my statement was referring to the game in general as was the comment I was replying too. I don’t have a lot of the general bugs that many players complain about. I also don’t disagree about MWS, it is bugged and it needs fixing. I think we will get information at some point going forward but I think the devs are likely going to reduce their direct engagement with the community and going forward it will be more strictly business and less friendly banter. As I just told someone on Twitter they are human beings, they took a lot of bullying and even some threats against themselves and their families, and I don’t care who you are or what your job is Nobody deserves that for any reason. It’s inhumane and disgusting and so it defending it “because it’s their job”. This is a stupid video game that serves as a minor distraction and a way to pass time and many members of its player base need to get some freaking perspective.