4 years ago
Sims for Men
I noticed The Sims 4 became very girlie. I don't remember the previous versions being so girlie. I picked up my first Sims game because it was an amazing game to build houses. I don't know if it was C...
"StrawberryYogurt;c-17857273" wrote:"greydonn;c-17857261" wrote:"Justin;c-17857248" wrote:"Antwerpo;c-17857073" wrote:"InuMiroLover;c-17856893" wrote:"Chazzzy;c-17856588" wrote:"Justin;c-17856581" wrote:
I think drag racing would be pretty dope as a “masculine activity”. Maybe hunting too or even dirt biking. But those are things that we may never see
When you think about it, it really is a slippery slope. I’m sure the team has had some good discussions amongst themselves about new features and elements to add but then the ideas get shot down when they realize teenage girls (the majority of their players) probably won’t enjoy it. And if the majority of your players don’t want to buy a pack, that’s a substantial loss of revenue. Is it worth it to lose that revenue for the hopes of getting revenue from the “other” players?
So unfortunately I understand why they don’t just go all in with certain stuff. They probably do a ton of expensive marketing research to see if teenage girls would enjoy a certain pack before going into production.
Not to mention I can already see the Twitter rage if the team comes out with packs more geared toward a more masculine audience.
"UM EXCUSE ME EA???? PIZZA ROLLS NOT GENDER ROLES!!!"
"EA is literally saying that only men can use this pack!! What about trans and cis women and non-gender conforming people????"
"Oh great a pack about men and power tools. Whats next? A pack about how great it is to be a woman who does nothing but cook and clean all day?"
It does not need to be content that is marketed as manly stuff. If I would see a garage pack with a woman in overall and gear on the cover I would not think "oh this is for girls". The dust kit has multiple men in the marketing but I still think it's a girl's pack. Also I know not all girls play with dolls and doll houses as a kid.
I don't know much about transgender or gender fluid people but I remember when I first saw CAS again I was like 'how old is this game? Only 2 sexes?". But I read somewhere that will be fixed
There has always been only 2 sexes. Just saying. “Diversity” is what has ruined the sims 4 if I’m being honest. If we, men, were to get a pack towards us there would be a whole backlash by Twitter & this “woke”, cancel culture because apparently that wouldn’t be considered diversity unless it’s aimed towards LGBT, BLM, etc..
So if "Diversity" is what ruined the sims 4, reasonably you are of course against diversifying the game by adding new things for male sims? Would that ruin the game, since it's a form of diversity, or no?
In my opinion, it would only improve the game. I would love new things for my male sims, they could use it with how little/bad our options are.
Diversity is fine. Diversity™ is what aggravating some players.