Why are they rebranding ?

I haven't had a blue screen for years and years. The only time I had to resort to Microsoft for help was for an update failure. A very nice female techie there took over (with my permission), told me to go and have a cup of coffee and took half an hour to sort things out leaving me very grateful and happy. Very good PR on Microsoft's part which I wish EA had too.

The latest Windows 10 updates now go in update order from earlier to latest so one doesn't have the problem any more when updating older PCs and laptops. (that was the problem I had had as it had tried to give me the latest first). My experience went toward helping Microsoft in that regard. Everybody wins! :)

I also don't understand why people uninstall games they have paid for, unless they have space issues. If I bought something I am going to keep it on my machine even if I don't play it. It doesn't hurt them but hurts you. How does one know that there might be a huge improvement someday. I am an optimist. :)

I believe there is a limit on how many re-downloads you can do. Is that true?

"Simburian;c-17161201" wrote:
I haven't had a blue screen for years and years. The only time I had to resort to Microsoft for help was for an update failure. A very nice female techie there took over (with my permission), told me to go and have a cup of coffee and took half an hour to sort things out leaving me very grateful and happy. Very good PR on Microsoft's part which I wish EA had too.

The latest Windows 10 updates now go in update order from earlier to latest so one doesn't have the problem any more when updating older PCs and laptops. (that was the problem I had had as it had tried to give me the latest first). My experience went toward helping Microsoft in that regard. Everybody wins! :)

I also don't understand why people uninstall games they have paid for, unless they have space issues. If I bought something I am going to keep it on my machine even if I don't play it. It doesn't hurt them but hurts you. How does one know that there might be a huge improvement someday. I am an optimist. :)

I believe there is a limit on how many re-downloads you can do. Is that true?

Who are you asking?

> @NorthDakotaGamer said:
> If the rebrand was to attract young teens, it fails. Showed pictures it to both my teen and pre-teen, and both said it looked ugly. They may be bias though, as they already were playing "mom's game."

Counter point: my 12yo loves the new covers and screens.
Nothing is universal and for every teen and pre-teen who doesn't like it, there's another one that does.

I have no idea why they are rebranding. Slapping lipstick on a pig does nothing. The pig is still ugly and time and effort would have been wasted, making the pig an object of ridicule to boot.

Having said that, I hope that someone in a position of power has decided that the rebranding will be the first step in a reboot for TS4. I hope that it means that over nearly six years (TS4 starts its 6th year in September!) someone of importance has taken all of the voluminous complaints onboard. I hope that they have played the game extensively so that they would be exposed to the frustrations and disappointments that the consumer base has been dealing with for the last half-decade. I hope that they have tried to see the game through our eyes in order to fix the game's glaring weaknesses and omissions.

If that isn't the purpose of this rebranding exercise, it's been a waste of time and effort. For many of us, TS4 is still a pig.

TS4's new image does nothing for me. All it has done is to remind me of the original game in the franchise. To me, that's not a positive link because I have always thought of TS4 as an upgrade of that game, instead of the better games that followed. The Sims 1.5. Right now, it looks as if the team has gone out of its way to confirm my suspicions.

As innovative and fun as The Sims was when it launched, that was twenty years ago! Subsequent games have moved past it. Technology has flown past it. I'm not looking for TS4 to lean on nostalgia, I want it to catch up to the previous games' offerings and to surpass them. I would like TS4 to leap forward rather than looking backward. By now, the premier draw of the Sims -- the Sims themselves -- should be a technological and emotional marvel. They're not.

would have been nice if they changed up the hints shown during loading while they're at it, I can not tell you how sick I am of the "Who do you do voo doo"-line :D

"Horrorgirl6;d-962748" wrote:
This makes zero sense to me . There is no point to this. I know sims 4 is going to have a longer lifespan. The loading screen is terrible. But we have lot of fixes,and stuff they can add . Why waste resources, and time on this?

it's a "fresh coat of paint"-thing, it's just what one does with old things that shall be used a while longer.
It is not suppossed to make the game itself better or anything like that.

Just seen the Amazon Prime advert for Amazon Prime Day today. It's using those bright light blues, just what the anti-re-branders dislike so much.

hint: If you are looking for a new machine to play Sims 4 it's a good day to buy a new PC before the day ends!

"logion;c-17157226" wrote:
They have said that the sims4 is going nowhere and that they are going to keep adding content.

The problem with that, as their higher-ups have probably told them, is that it is really difficult to sell a five year old game to people and claim that it is still new and relevant. So that's why they are rebranding their game to make it look like it was made in 2019. New logo and new sims with new clothes that they have added.

You never played WOW and all those other many games that keep coming out for years and years - huh? There are tons that last well over a decade and people including me even do keep buying... It's not a new thing - rpgs also do it for years and years. Mobile does it too.... Isn't Free Play like 11 now?

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-80s-and-90s-pc-games-still-unbelievably-being-updated-today/

Those are really old and a lots more are out there still getting new content made in early 2000's.

Game publishers are claiming this is also the trend of the future of gaming - for many more games...

"Simburian;c-17161356" wrote:
Just seen the Amazon Prime advert for Amazon Prime Day today. It's using those bright light blues, just what the anti-re-branders dislike so much.

hint: If you are looking for a new machine to play Sims 4 it's a good day to buy a new PC before the day ends!

Why is it so 'hateful' to ask for a darker blue on the load screen? Just answer me that.

Let's hope that the re-brand is the start of the 64bit only packs.

The Legacy Edition has lately been mentioned as coming late in the year though and I hope that Realm of Magic is a 64bit pack and not another 32/64bit one if it comes before it. That would be very disappointing.