The I'm Bored Thread
I don't think I'm the only one. I would like to hear from others like me who are bored with the game and or the entire franchise. I think my boredom is starting to spill over into the entire franchi...
Forum Discussion
"Cinebar;c-17257056" wrote:"darrenfroggy;c-17257043" wrote:
Sexism has everything to do with how you yourself say the game has changed. Because if they were marketing to boys, as they do with combat and warfare games, or to everyone regardless of gender, the game wouldn't be "childish and cheery". We would most definitely have cars, there would be next to no family play at all, it would be a survival game instead of a life simulator. Because that's what the sexist stereotypes are and that's how they have changed and got stronger in the gaming industry. (which is precisely why it's such a huge issue these days). Several people on the forums did mention that Sims is viewed as "a girl game". It wasn't, during TS1 and possibly TS2, it was just a game. But there's an increasing need to push gender-specific styles on everything and it's not just in the gaming world (but it is very strong there).
Relevant example: LEGO. Now, people of all ages play with LEGO. When I was growing up, there was one style of LEGO for everyone and it was absolutely no issue, it was for all genders and all ages. Over the past decade or so, suddenly there were sets developed that were pink and purple and dedicated to "girly" things: pet grooming, hair salons, cooking, etc. All of that was very deliberately separating stereotypes for genders in a way that the company didn't do in the past.
Gender stereotyping is very much sexist, very much exists, and worse yet, is a lot more pushed by marketing teams everywhere now than it has been 20 years ago.
Well, if all that is true it certainly worked for TS4 hasn't it? It is the most successful (money) of all the games, even surpassing The Sims original game (money). And wouldn' t that lend to the fact that teen girls (who have made it successful) actually like the childish and cheery? It would seem so.
No idea from a personal point of view, seeing as I passed the teen years before the original game even launched. The people on this forum would lend to a different theory: it's players across all genders and age ranges that like TS4 for a variety of reasons, the game being cheery being only one of them. And yes, I'm leaving the childish part out on purpose since I don't find it that way at all.
Teen girls may have been who made the series successful but it doesn't mean they're the only significant part of the player base.
