So is this officially the worst year for sims 4 ?

You forgot the knitting mess. Not sure if you consider Tiny Living a mess or not. Last pack I got was Discover University. On sale. I doubt there is anything EA could do that would awake any interest in the game. All bosh and no posh.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17660406" wrote:
You forgot the knitting mess. Not sure if you consider Tiny Living a mess or not. Last pack I got was Discover University. On sale. I doubt there is anything EA could do that would awake any interest in the game. All bosh and no posh.

I like the knitting pack.It had some decent content

Easily the worst year the bugged mess Eco Life, Tiny Living and Star Wars a pack no one asked for this year just went from bad to worse pack ever. When a pack about knitting is the pack with the most replay value all year there's a serious problem.

the knitting pack that many people disliked, the sparkd circus, eco lifestyle and the huge backlash, the skintones complaints, the star wars pack that has disappointed more than half the fanbase, and the fact devs had to release two statements excusing themselves for all the mess. i'd say this is indeed the worst year for the sims and covid ain't an excuse since many of these things were most likely developed since last year.
the good thing: people is realizing the actual scam ts4 is.
the bad thing: the damage to the game is done and 6 years later devs are addressing the game not because they care but because it has gotten to a point that the backlash was on all social media. and even now, i doubt anything will change with ts4.
let's see what they bring next to try and clean their image until all this situation gets forgotten and people gets to buy their cr#p all over again

2020 is probably the worst year in the last 30 years, let's be honest. The mostly crummy TS4 packs this year are just one of the many hamster poo sprinkles on the whole 2020 Manure Cake.

Sims series can follow the same path the Sim City series went down believe it or not and that series was successful too until EA/Maxis strayed and did not do it's homework.

I think so. I understand that 2020 is probably one of the worst years we have had when it comes to pretty much everything, and also that Maxis had to work from home... so I am not going to judge them too harshly...

But they still made the decisions for what packs and content that they wanted to release this year and how they chose to support them.

• Tiny Living and Journey to Batuu showcased that they are more interested in making packs before releasing content that more people ask for (like bunk beds or cars).
  
• Their 20th anniversary showcased that they don't mind reusing old content.
  
• Eco Lifestyle showcased that they are putting way to little time into testing and bug fixing.
  
• Spark'd and the MAC Collection showcased that they keep making content that feels out of touch with many in their fan base and that they did not focus on improving things like skin tones.
  

I think it's time for Maxis to win their people back. People need to see that their money goes into their favorite game and not...this.

It all went sour with that awful 20th anniversary patch. Ironically enough, it was probably one of the best patches we got this year.

2020 hasn’t been great. Seeing how they’re 7 months into this pandemic and still haven’t adjusted to remote working I would bet 2021 will be much worse. I also don’t think they’re concerned with winning anyone back. They just put out a statement that affirmed they haven’t been prioritizing community requests and have no plans to start. A $40 dlc that doesn’t include any community requested content is sure to fix everything, at least that’s the mindset of the development studio.

"drake_mccarty;c-17660864" wrote:
2020 hasn’t been great. Seeing how they’re 7 months into this pandemic and still haven’t adjusted to remote working I would bet 2021 will be much worse. I also don’t think they’re concerned with winning anyone back. They just put out a statement that affirmed they haven’t been prioritizing community requests and have no plans to start. A $40 dlc that doesn’t include any community requested content is sure to fix everything, at least that’s the mindset of the development studio.

I interpreted that statement that their next EP will not contain anything of that, which was to be expected because they are almost finished with that pack, but it looked like they were willing to share earlier about what they are working on more regularly in the future and be more transparent. That remains to be seen though, actions speak louder than words and this pandemic have made communication difficult for everyone.

I don't have much hope that things will change a lot in 2021 but I hope that the feedback that they have gotten from the community will make them reconsider what to make for the sims in the future.