So is this officially the worst year for sims 4 ?

"Camkat;c-17662266" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;c-17662123" wrote:

"logion;c-17660879" wrote:

"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.

That was mouth service. Notice how there has been zero follow through with that and it’s been almost two weeks. Communication isn’t like game development, it doesn’t take time. These people can communicate and be super transparent when it’s convenient for them. Like when they’re gearing up to advertise the next EP.... take it as you wish, but they aren’t changing anything. They can’t even fast track some skin tones. Notice how it already shifted from this fall to before the end of the year. Nothing changes until the leadership changes. All of it.

To be fair though, the end of the year probably is the end of fall for them. Fall ends on Dec.21. That's mighty close to Christmas and I'd bet they go on holiday for a few weeks around Christmas too, that would then make Fall the end of the year. I don't consider them saying a "fall update" and "before the end of the year" vastly different considering the dates.

I also don't see the point of them fast tracking a skin tone or two until they're all done. I'm actually kind of hoping this involves a colour wheel or sliders and that's why it is taking so long.

Heavens no, if I was talking about a skin tone or two that could have been start-to-finish done the day they released the statement. We know they aren’t making a skin tone slider. If that were the case they had the perfect opportunity to say that (since they promise transparency and communication after all) and they instead stated they’re just adding more. If a CC artist can make a great set of skins there’s no reason it should take this professional studio months to recolor a blank skin tone stencil.

Sims 4 will never get a non-pets color wheel. They have said that several times now.