What happened to The Sims?
I came across this video on YouTube from a Game changer. https://youtu.be/kg_3uOst1sg I think while it’s great that he’s speaking out on this, I think that it’s only scraping the tip of the iceb...
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"SlayeurTown;c-17246215" wrote:
I studied game development and one of my teachers worked for EA during the end of the sims 2 and most of sims 3. And he told us that EA doesn't care about the sims at all. The sims are mostly their cash cow to finance their other games. But they don't care about the game in itself. They know it will sell no matter what. And it does because there is no other game like the Sims on the market. The sims makes a lot of money but only a tiny portion of that money is kept for the game. All the rest is used to finance EA's other games. The sims 4 budget is actually ridiculous. Which explains the lack of quality. And it's not gonna get better because EA truly doesn't care about this game. It's even a joke in the gaming industry. A "girl's game"....
It's quite sad and I had to pretend I didn't like this game otherwise no one would have taken me seriously.
My Husband works in the industry and I can believe this, the sims is seen as a bit of a joke (won’t even tell you what they think of EA) in his work place. I’m in many other “hardcore” gaming communities and I don’t often reveal I’m a simmer nor do I often reveal I’m female as that can be held against you. Sad but true.
It’s a fact though that EA have deliberately targeted teenage girls with the Sims 4.
