Would you buy official fanmade packs?
Hello, peeps, I was thinking about somethign that I would really adore in this game and I wanted to share it with you all. The was me, once, searching to know about how Cities; Skylines was produce...
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Either way you look at the question, it's a difficult decision. What we all know for sure is that if EA thinks it's a good decision, then they will implement. I personally love custom content. It's amazing to see what others in the community come up with. But it doesn't matter what I personally think, only what EA thinks. I don't know exactly what they think, but if EA believed this was a good investment, I think they would have already brought in cc creators, don't you?
What are the pros to supporting? Well for starters, if they bought in the LEGO Idea, they would automatically draw closer ties to the community. Both devs and cc creators would feed off one another, which could be a beautiful thing. The creators would probably get paid a decent amount for their hard-earned work, feel important, and gain better skills. And us, the buyers, would be able to see amazing CAS/build items in our game. We wouldn't have to learn how to get cc, go through the process of searching for cc, worrying if it will work when we put it in MODS or if another item will cause it to glitch, etc. For those of us looking for better graphics and designs, it would be a great decision.
But what are the cons? Why has EA not already decided to take in cc creators as their own? I could suggest a few reasons as to why they haven't:
One: The content that is created by the community normally does not look like the original game graphics (also a reason why we are so attracted to cc). I'm betting the EA team worked so very hard to create what they already have. Why in the world would they want to change their designs around? If they wanted those designs, they would have created those from the beginning. If they took in work from cc creators, (who might I add, all have different styles), and put it in Sims, it would be chaotic. It would look like there was a clash of opinions that couldn't be worked out, so instead they all just put in whatever they wanted. Have you ever been in a group with a goth, a frat boy, a country hillbilly, and tried to look cohesive? That's what it would look like, crazy confusion and no order (no offense to these groups!). And we all know, most people like order and coordination. EA does not want to create a game with no style/basis.
Two: It's an extra step. EA already has a team. A cohesive, professional team up until this point who probably know what they are doing. Why bring in people who don't know their process? It could possibly create total confusion and way too many extra steps that they don't want. They would have to go over the creations, fix problems, implement them, etc. They already have a team for this. Adding this is like double work to them.
Three: CC creators are not reliable. Not all of them, a lot of creators stay on top of their game! But what happens if one of them just jumps ship? We've all seen it in mods. People leave comments, "Please update! When are you going to update?," etc. And the creator never comes back or updates their creation. EA doesn't want to waste time and money on something that may slip right out from under them, leaving them with a mess to clean up themselves.
Four: We already have cc creators. Basically, EA probably thinks the only difference from not supporting right now, and supporting cc creators on the team, is pay. The point of view from EA is cc creators already give us what we want for FREE! They spend countless hours creating ideas that may not look like it's from the original Sims. If we want to add it we can, and guess what? It's free for us to put in our personal game, and it's free for EA because they don't have to pay for the work.
COMPANIES ALWAYS LOOK AT THE MONEY ASPECT. Is it a good investment? Will we make profit? Is it something that has been done before? How much effort will have to be put in? Is it reliable? Is it worth our time? Etc. They have so many cons and obstacles in their way of supporting this idea. I'm sure they would love to support this and become closer to the community, giving it's players a chance to express their ideas and share their creations even more. There's just soooo much extra work to be put in to make it happen, without any guarantees.
My personal opinion is completely neutral on the matter. I would love to see creators get recognized and have more amazing items to buy. If EA decided to support this decision, then I would probably buy cc creators work. I bet it would be something different that we haven't seen before. However, from a company point of view, I can understand why they would not want to bring this process in. There are always two sides, and we should all try to look at the whole spectrum.
What are the pros to supporting? Well for starters, if they bought in the LEGO Idea, they would automatically draw closer ties to the community. Both devs and cc creators would feed off one another, which could be a beautiful thing. The creators would probably get paid a decent amount for their hard-earned work, feel important, and gain better skills. And us, the buyers, would be able to see amazing CAS/build items in our game. We wouldn't have to learn how to get cc, go through the process of searching for cc, worrying if it will work when we put it in MODS or if another item will cause it to glitch, etc. For those of us looking for better graphics and designs, it would be a great decision.
But what are the cons? Why has EA not already decided to take in cc creators as their own? I could suggest a few reasons as to why they haven't:
One: The content that is created by the community normally does not look like the original game graphics (also a reason why we are so attracted to cc). I'm betting the EA team worked so very hard to create what they already have. Why in the world would they want to change their designs around? If they wanted those designs, they would have created those from the beginning. If they took in work from cc creators, (who might I add, all have different styles), and put it in Sims, it would be chaotic. It would look like there was a clash of opinions that couldn't be worked out, so instead they all just put in whatever they wanted. Have you ever been in a group with a goth, a frat boy, a country hillbilly, and tried to look cohesive? That's what it would look like, crazy confusion and no order (no offense to these groups!). And we all know, most people like order and coordination. EA does not want to create a game with no style/basis.
Two: It's an extra step. EA already has a team. A cohesive, professional team up until this point who probably know what they are doing. Why bring in people who don't know their process? It could possibly create total confusion and way too many extra steps that they don't want. They would have to go over the creations, fix problems, implement them, etc. They already have a team for this. Adding this is like double work to them.
Three: CC creators are not reliable. Not all of them, a lot of creators stay on top of their game! But what happens if one of them just jumps ship? We've all seen it in mods. People leave comments, "Please update! When are you going to update?," etc. And the creator never comes back or updates their creation. EA doesn't want to waste time and money on something that may slip right out from under them, leaving them with a mess to clean up themselves.
Four: We already have cc creators. Basically, EA probably thinks the only difference from not supporting right now, and supporting cc creators on the team, is pay. The point of view from EA is cc creators already give us what we want for FREE! They spend countless hours creating ideas that may not look like it's from the original Sims. If we want to add it we can, and guess what? It's free for us to put in our personal game, and it's free for EA because they don't have to pay for the work.
COMPANIES ALWAYS LOOK AT THE MONEY ASPECT. Is it a good investment? Will we make profit? Is it something that has been done before? How much effort will have to be put in? Is it reliable? Is it worth our time? Etc. They have so many cons and obstacles in their way of supporting this idea. I'm sure they would love to support this and become closer to the community, giving it's players a chance to express their ideas and share their creations even more. There's just soooo much extra work to be put in to make it happen, without any guarantees.
My personal opinion is completely neutral on the matter. I would love to see creators get recognized and have more amazing items to buy. If EA decided to support this decision, then I would probably buy cc creators work. I bet it would be something different that we haven't seen before. However, from a company point of view, I can understand why they would not want to bring this process in. There are always two sides, and we should all try to look at the whole spectrum.
