This is what Sims 4 is lacking

"Scobre;c-17415403" wrote:
I don't believe in the majority or minority argument with games. I was told when I joined forums that family players were the minority and that my play style didn't matter. Same with deviant and build play styles. What I've learned with time is that minority argument was just a troll way of people to tell me to shut up and that points were null and void. It is just a form of bullying. I do think that more straight guys attracted the Sims 3 and even Gurus supported it. As much as people disagree that Sims 4 attracts teenage girls, majority of people that it attracts I've noticed are and don't have experience with the other games. That is why Gurus are pushing that trendy route because they just want to appeal to teenage girls and couldn't care less about guys or cultures or other ages. As much as the Sims 4 claims to be inclusive, it is the most exclusive game and marketing for it doesn't help and neither does that majority of packs that support teenager girly girls help either. I'm not a girly girl and couldn't care about pastels and frills and the stereotypical shallow things that girls enjoy. I like sports and I like working hard period. Sims 4 doesn't support the more active and group and family and multi-cultural lifestyle and I don't think it will ever be. Stats did prove that most Sims 4 players are teenager girls too. I turn it off myself and if they want to go the stat route of marketing I am not supporting it. I won't let a computer do the work for them with marketing.

Sims 4 target market talked about:
https://simscommunity.info/2016/08/27/the-sims-4-simgurus-talk-game-development/
https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/electronic-arts-the-sims-4-aims-to-prove-theres-still-a-market-for-pricey-pc-based-life-simulators
“Women are playing a lot of Candy Crush Saga, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, and hundreds of other mobile and tablet games, as well as social games on Facebook,” explained Mr. Pachter. “ is clearly a social/role-playing game, and its addressable market has been cannibalized by other social games.”


How the Sims 3 attracts multiple genders and 16-24 year olds:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/the-sims-3-john-buchanan

And the same goes for Sims 1 and 2, yes.

The other day someone posted a couple of pictures from TS2, saying they missed those features. Among them newspapers and landlines. One of the reactions for me represented the TS4 culture:

”The first 2 points literally outdated because no one uses newspapers and no one has house phones anymore. times moved on.“

Because everybody ‘obviously’ wants their game to take place in 2020 and all life stages, including elders, to behave like they were born post 1995.