6/27 BTS Rene Reveal Discussion Thread
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- Offering the game as free to play at release is a surprising move, they are most likely not going to have any expansion packs ready at release so they would need to have some sort of monetization model.
But I would still imagine that EA/Maxis will design the game so it's still appealing to people that are familiar with the sims, they are not going to have a game that they don't expect that people would not want to play and buy content for.
So Rene will probably have features that appeals to people, maybe features that they were not able to make in the sims4. In fact, if they are going for a free-to play model then they have to focus even more on that part because the success of the game is even more dependent on getting people to play it. - https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/18283101#Comment_18283101
You can check out this thread for more information on the monetization. "mightysprite;c-18282859" wrote:
The drawback of showing us stuff so early in the development process is that so many things are not in the final form yet, but people assume it's how they will look... but it is legitimately hard to know what will and what will not resemble the eventual game.
It's true a lot of what they showed is early development no one thinks Sims are going to be walking around town looking like Larry the Cucumber, but some things do look more finished and polished specially build mode. For me the hair they showed being recolored is worrisome after seeing what they did to Sims 4 hair. Seriously did anyone at all think the hair they put out in the Sims 4 base game and first few years of packs looked like a finished polished product are we blindly expecting they will do better now?
I get some are wait and see but if it's a product I want to buy I'm more say it now even if nothing changes at least I tried the community had to complain before we seen improvement in Sims 4 hair I'm just getting an early start as I don't want hair that looks like strands of lasagna."simmerorigin;c-18283162" wrote:
"SimSpock;c-18283093" wrote:
"Cinebar;c-18283014" wrote:
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2. They said it would look good on pc and the phone... So, it's going to have a lot of mobile features if lighting matters on a phone.
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I missed that. Yikes.
Well not necessarily. Why?
We KNOW that the mobile portion is for decorating interiors on the go. It could be more than that, but we only know that's the extent so far.
When they were showing the lighting, they showed renders of interiors. So the statement that they want it to look good on pc and phone does not necessarily mean they expect the full game to run on your phone.
True. It doesn't necessarily mean that the PC will be hamstrung by the mobile application(s). But I think it significantly increases the probability of limits on the PC. They're going to have to be really creative to avoid it.- I won't mind if they offer basegame free, it's going to be difficult anyway to go from a fully fledged game to just basegame yet again and I always wait for a couple of EPs or so before I move fully to the new game. I will see what they offer in terms of EPs, that is if there will be EPs, they may just do like for Freeplay and do free updates and sell small furniture and clothing sets.
- The more I hear about The Sims 5, the more I think I'm gonna skip it. Being both mobile and PC was already a red flag for me, but going free to play is a even bigger red flag.
"crocobaura;c-18283472" wrote:
I won't mind if they offer basegame free, it's going to be difficult anyway to go from a fully fledged game to just basegame yet again and I always wait for a couple of EPs or so before I move fully to the new game. I will see what they offer in terms of EPs, that is if there will be EPs, they may just do like for Freeplay and do free updates and sell small furniture and clothing sets.
Same here, After all I refused to buy TS3, even TS4,originally. Got 4 when it was first time free for week :) I was , and still am happily playing 2 also :)
Not saying I like it, but indeed I won't mind .- I haven't seen the confirmation that TS5 will be free to play but not surprised. In a recent interview they said they found out the profit isn't in the base game but in the DLC...so, yeah, considering TS4 players buy every EP, GP, Kit, Stuff pack sometimes even knowing it's broken at the get go and or has bugs of the main features of the packs I guess they learned a good lesson. DLC pays, even if you have to give away a base. Because Simmers will buy no matter what. If that offends I'm sorry, but a lot of game changers have made videos of the very same things I have said, we all know it.
"crocobaura;c-18283472" wrote:
I won't mind if they offer basegame free, it's going to be difficult anyway to go from a fully fledged game to just basegame yet again and I always wait for a couple of EPs or so before I move fully to the new game. I will see what they offer in terms of EPs, that is if there will be EPs, they may just do like for Freeplay and do free updates and sell small furniture and clothing sets.
Obviously making the game free would make it easier to test out, even for those who already bought LBY or Paralives if it releases on time. The thing that has most of us worried about it is: How then are they going to make their money. We all know EA is greedy for money. Yes, eventually they can make money by releasing expansion packs, but are they going to stage it so they have an expansion pack ready to buy on its release? How stripped down will the Base game be? and what else will they be charging us for? "Free to Enter" sounds suspicious. Will they have an in-game store that you can't turn off which shows paid content you can buy for your furniture or sims clothing? In Sims 3 I hated the Sims store and turned it off in my game's options, but will an even more money hungry EA allow that again?
I would also be worried if you had to put a credit card into the game just to play, even with it "Free," because then it would only take a single miss-click and you'd be charged for those fancy items in the store window.
I played with Sims 2&3 for years hoping to teach EA a lesson. That selling a stripped down version of the game is not an "upgrade" and not worth my money. And it was apparently for naught, because they continue to do the same things and have plenty of simmers ready to throw them their money for the packs and kits. Have they learned anything from the Sims 4 years, probably. They learned that all they need is an addicted little fan-base and they can sell them anything.
I'm sorry for being so negative. It's just how I've been feeling. Good news is, EA will soon have competition. Fueled probably by some of my own money, if they get good reviews when they release. EA might not make as much money from their latest scheme.
