Was Journey to Batuu the last straw? EA lost it's exclusivity deal with Star Wars!

Sims had nothing to do with that as it wasn't even on hard-core gamers radar. The dissatisfaction with what EA was doing with the license was for other reasons. They cancelled 3 Star Wars games that fans were pretty excited about. Most gamers were complaining that EA didn't deserve the license for those reasons.

It is hard to say what was in the minds of Disney, but I am fairly certain JTB had nothing to do with it. As has been mentioned, EA has cancelled several SW games and has for long spans left the IP idle. If they are not really using it, they should not have exclusivity. Though, it has yet to be terminated from what I remember.

Star Wars going to the Stuff Pack Team is understandable for a game like The Sims. Going to the Expansion Pack team to make something really special, that would be understandable too. But it went to the Game Pack team because they needed that bigger budget to make a World but deep in their hearts EA knew that the majority of Sims players are 30-year-old women who don't know a pig's ear about Star Wars and are only buying it for the clothing and furniture. And the clothing is pretty cool and if you're making sci-fi houses that was cool furniture too.

But I swear I don't know a **** about Star Wars.

"Calico45;c-17773828" wrote:
It is hard to say what was in the minds of Disney, but I am fairly certain JTB had nothing to do with it. As has been mentioned, EA has cancelled several SW games and has for long spans left the IP idle. If they are not really using it, they should not have exclusivity. Though, it has yet to be terminated from what I remember.

I agree, also very disappointed that Amy Hennig’s open world game was cancelled. She oversaw the first three Uncharted games at Naughty Dog. Now Ubisoft is doing their own open world game with the Division developers. Battlefront was controversial due to its loot boxes and micro transactions tied to game progression. I think Fallen Order was one of the only SW games to be receive praise from both critics and players. This whole Disney/EA era has been pretty messy.

Doubt it was because of JtB. The contractual agreement was probably coming to an end and something had to be squeezed out before then.

It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.

"bixters;c-17773313" wrote:

"Jerrello;c-17773246" wrote:
Well....guess that’s the last of Star Wars we will see in the Sims. Good Riddance.

THANK GOODNESS. Let's just hope they don't try and make The Sims 4: Battlefront Stuff LOL

Worse. It will be The Sims 4: Battlefront Expansion Pack.

"WildIrishBanshee;c-17774687" wrote:
It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.

If you think EA is even in the top 5 of bad game publishers...

Honestly, this is great for both Sims fans and Star Wars fans. It's totally win/win. Thank god!

"Beardedgeek;c-17775033" wrote:

"WildIrishBanshee;c-17774687" wrote:
It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.

If you think EA is even in the top 5 of bad game publishers...

They are.
Even in the gaming industry they are despised by others.
EA won America’s worst company two years in a row. You don’t get that for nothing.