The downtown between updates is harming the game.

"whimreaper;c-17076979" wrote:
Hold tight, friend. I heard somewhere that new content will be announced at EA Play, which is June 5th. Only about another week of waiting.

It's Satuarday June 8th.

"babajayne;c-17080565" wrote:

How well does that work? I have been thinking of buying Strangerville just for the new world and build/buy items. But I am really not into the pseudo zombie theme and I don’t want to deal with it.

If you beat Strangerville's story, the epidemic is over and all the weirdness stops until you decide to reinstate it. If you choose to just ignore the story, the weirdness is just contained to some weird plants and some people walking funny in the background.

Thanks, @Gordy .
Hmm, maybe I can get my husband to solve the story and hand it over to me!
I might need news of another EP to rid this idea.

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17081022" wrote:
I want them to bring the online store back. So we can buy worlds, hair/clothes/furniture packs. And many items to be bought either separately or in bundles. That would be better than stuff packs to me @SheriSim57 :)

EA closed down the Salt lake Studio where the store was and the team that made the store stuff worked up until shortly before Sims 3 was finished . The store team - some were let go to other places to work at other companies or brought to EA to work on other games - so there is no more store studio or teams to make the content. Also the store team for Sim 3 made 4 of Sims 3's eps as well - Into the Future, University of lifelong learning, Supernatural, and Showtime.

I got chosen to test Showtime for the Salt Lake City team - they were a great bunch of devs. But the days of Sims stores sounds gone with no studio and no team to make the stuff. As for worlds - I also doubt that is possible as Sims 3 used a world build program (Sims 2 used Sims City 4, and Sims 1 used a 2 D Unity map program) - Sims 4 does not use a world or map building specific program. It uses a much more difficult free hand style with everything crafted individually - using a variety of different software tools that apparently are used to make the world as they build the ep more or less - so it apparently can't just be dropped in like previous worlds. It might also explain why it can't just take changes well after the ep is finished. It's much harder than previous worlds from the looks of it to do things to - which seems to explain why worlds requiring things like cars and usable water is so slow at coming to the game or allowing players to make world or even change neighbor off lot spaces.

The silence between updates is not fun for someone who plays the game but on the plus side it is probably better for the devs... it does not force them to have deadlines when to release content and it gives them the possibility to remove or add features before release.

I would have liked to have some sort of news update in the game though, like for example about the 350 new swatches. Unless you follow the gurus on twitter there is no way you would know about that before release.

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17078434" wrote:
With everything that has been released for the Sims 4 to this date, there's lots to focus on without needing constant new releases.

It's just that Strangerville didn't add a lot of gameplay value and has been 6 months since the last EP.

Get Famous was an EP that not a whole lot of players would have asked for given the chance to decide . So our last EP, 6 months ago was a little lackluster for some. And so, yes, many players are restless and bored for good reason , even people who LIKE sims 4 :) @Oldeseadogge

I must be one of the few. I LOVE GF. But, I do agree the communication, which if I recall correctly, was stated by the Dev team would be improved. So far, I haven't seen them reach out too much. I, for one, do NOT tweet. I try to resist things I know are 'time-mongers'. In fact, I only visit Facebook when I get an email someone from my 'list' has posted. Once in a great while (say every six months +) I'll scroll down through my own Facebook home page. I come to THIS site for news about Sims4.

This is where I expect to get it. Why else should I come here?

People on twitter don't attack them personally or blame them for every little issue like people do here. I don't blame them for avoiding the forums. However, I prefer the forums to social media platforms so I will be waiting here for announcements and others to post updates.

"Paigeisin5;c-17079910" wrote:
@Oldeseadogge I'll take being called interesting anytime. Thank you for the compliment. And thank you for your service to our country. Without the sacrifices made by men, and women, like yourself, we would not be enjoying the freedoms we have today. <3

You're welcome, and thank you. Am reminded of a bumper sticker out there "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you're reading it in English thank a veteran." Perhaps I come by it naturally, as various members of my family have been defending the US of A since Lexington Green. Near as I can tell I'm the first sailor, though.

On the topic, I remember that we had more, and more varied, communication from the devs in the earlier days of the game but it has decreased steadily over the years. Possibly related to the steady decline in DLC release rates of 1 less pack per year. If that trend holds there will be only 4 in 2019, and we've already had 1. Q2 is 2/3 done, so they either need to hustle or Q3 & Q4 are getting bunched.

"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17079896" wrote:
And whats wrong with Toyota? Everyone has their own style. Many people prefer modern styles now anyway. People should drive what they want and stop worrying about others all the time.

As a car, nothing. What I see is that all vehicles within each type (passenger, SUV, etc.) increasingly look alike, as though all come from a central design bureau rather than each automaker doing its own work. Too Orwellian for my taste.

One problem with the twitter focus is that not everyone uses it. I, for one, don't use any social media, and I doubt I'm alone. Getting the word out means not only frequent transmissions but using a large number of channels.

And whats wrong with Toyota? Everyone has their own style. Many people prefer modern styles now anyway. People should drive what they want and stop worrying about others all the time.