"KatAnubis;c-17570890" wrote:
"PHOEBESMOM601;c-17570224" wrote:
I have to ask. Why not put 100K into making the game better for everyone?
They can't put that "100K" into the game because that money most likely came from a different "pot" (such as from the production company getting the money from advertisers). It's not coming out of the Sims development "pot" but from an outside source for use in the TV show.
However, with a show like this, it can bring in more people to buy the Sims. And *that* money can be used to make the game better for everyone.
In EA's Q3 2020 Financial Report it shows TS4 has over 20 million unique players.
For perspective:
The Sims 1 – 11 million copies
The Sims 2 – 6 million copies
The Sims 3 – 7 million copies
I would think that somewhere there would be funds to keep those 20 million playing a good game. Don't get me wrong. I could spend hours in TS4 CAS. I think they did a brilliant job and I don't use brilliant often. Even though I enjoy building in TS3 more I can still spend a lot of time building in TS4. It's when it comes to actual game play that I spend....maybe an hour...and then turn the game off. I can't even begin to play without a pile of mods and cheats.
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