Sims 5 subscription

"Lady_Ballora;c-17789304" wrote:
It's probably just a rumor. I don't thin EA would be foolish enough to risk losing millions of fans or millions of dollars by making Sims 5 a subscription service. EA also knows that making Sims 5 a subscription service would kill the Sims franchise,and I don't think they want to risk killing a franchise that has a huge fanbase.

It was actually on a job posting on the official Maxis Career site. That's why people are concerned, because it came from Maxis regarding a Game Designer.

Game Designer
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Requisition Number:163848
Date Opened:2021-01-22

Game Designer

Location: EA Redwood Shores



At Maxis, we excel at outrageous thinking. It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We’re trailblazers and great storytellers. But it’s not just about amazing your peers – it’s about amazing yourself and our fans. Take risks. Work with dazzling minds and dare to dream big. Together, we can change the way millions play every day. We are looking for someone with deep insights on how to create the best experience for our players.

High Level

Your role will be to support the continued iteration and development of Creative Tools prototypes. This will entail guiding cross-discipline groups toward a common defined vision as well as supporting efforts with design documents and implementation when necessary.

Working closely with XD, UXR and Production partners, you will use feedback and research insights gathered from these prototypes to prepare design documentation tasks. You will report into a Maxis Development Director.

Responsibilities

Drive the delivery of the following:

Helping to develop Vision Documentation and then guiding cross-discipline groups toward the vision.
Creating design documentation to support prototyping efforts as needed.
Partnering with DD to track tasks, identify risk, and clarify changes in work.
Partner with UX to design, research, and implement features.
Aiding leadership in CMR and Gate requirements.
Playtesting, attending UXR sessions and participating in organizing feedback/insights.

Requirements

Significant Creative-Game Genre design experience, especially in the area of creation tools and customization mechanics.
Capability to lead cross-discipline prototyping and idea iteration, actively participating in the development of a feature from start to finish.
A good understanding of how content is built/implemented for creative games. Hands on implementation or modding experience is a plus.
Excited by and participating in new business/distribution models like Subscription services and cross platform games.
Knowledge in popular Sims Community mods and Custom Content would be ideal.
Bonus includes familiarity with game streaming (ex: Twitch, Mixer)

https://ea.gr8people.com/jobs/163848/game-designer?locale=en

Gross. Not for me.

I wonder if they may be planning on bring back the sims store like in ts3. All those items were optional and weren't really considered part of the main game. Could a sub service for that be what is in the works? I mean the amount of money you paid just for a set 10 items was like buying a SP in ts4 so I can see a subscription service maybe being for that. But then I would see it more as you pay a monthly service fee and you get all items from the store at discount or something like that like a store premium membership. I mean it sound crazy but there were a lot of ppl who bought every piece of store content.

"jackoala;c-17789651" wrote:
For hardcore players this wouldn't be a bad thing? it sucks for people who would only play the base game though

for hardcore player this would be very awful thing.

I listed about 10 things in quick rage storm and erased it cause it was too long :lol:

but to sum it up:

I don't own a money tree to be that confident about having money for sims every month or so without question

and neither does the poor kid with cheapskate parents who are hard enough to persuade to buy them a thing once a year for like christmas and its definitely not a subscription.


also for anyone whos possible payment methods don't match ea this would mean ridiculous amounts of gift cards which also may or may not be available close to where you exist

and then there is people with unpredictable life schedules wasting tons of money to not even have time to play and the unfairness of if game is completely unplayably bugged when you subscribe to it

and the sad part being once its out of service you probably couldnt play it like you can play ts1 2 and 3 to this day if you got the games so that is dumb

and overall its just making things overly complicated for no reason other than EA wants more of your cash money

if you plan to play game long term it would most likely get ridiculously expensive as well even though in short time you wouldn't notice the issue

One thing is for sure is that I want TS5 to be a single-player game. At this point in my life, The Sims is my life, lol! I am still on the same save and same story since the release of TS4 back in 2014. I have my sim-self and sim-selfs to all of my family in there. There are also townie sims that my sim-self has met since 2014. After all these years, you just grow so attached to them. I have aging off so nobody grows old. So, I wouldn't mind paying a subscription if it will include a lot of frequent content including new expansions, game packs, stuff packs, new hair mini packs, new clothes mini packs, minor gameplay mini packs, etc.

Well it would be tough for me being on limited retirement, with everything else around me going up in price. As it is I ask my kids to buy me sims 4 cards for my birthdays and Christmas to help with packs, and once in awhile pick up packs discounted if I can wait.

I bet it would be tough on many of us who are retired and play and probably young players whose parents won’t buy them subscriptions, also those who either play a lot of other games as well, or have limited time because of work. I may have to look at other options like getting paralives or picking up some of the older sims series. I used to share them with my daughters till 4 came about.

I too hope they have single player still.

If there's a subscription, EA will want as many people on it as possible and that will mean all the fun stuff is on subscription.

I could just imagine the pandemonium if EA introduced a subscription paid online version of Sims 5 and the servers crashed on the first day as they did for SimCity5! :o

I pray that EA has learned their lesson from Sim City 5... but this is EA, and they probably think if they call it something else or say it's 'optional' we won't notice.

That would be a no for me.