SimGuryLyndsey Addresses Skintones

"Jordan061102;c-17614120" wrote:
Really, I can't stop laughing. They put on a show, it's just performative. They've had 6 years to prove us they care about representing black people but they didn't, they're just doing it now because it's trendy to be seen as ''woke'' and care about black people, but in 1 year we'll go back from the start point. Once again society doesn't care about black people and neither The Sims. I honestly don't think they have more than 5 black people working on The Sims, this simple fact is very telling.

Totally agree. The only reason they decided to make changes was because of social media pressure, not from any genuine feeling of remorse. They've been touting "representation" for years and didn't even think of fixing the skin tones. I don't feel inclined to congratulate EA or Maxis at all. It's all just PR unfortunately.
And for all the other things people want in the game, whether it be more hairstyles, better babies, better sim personalities, I doubt they'll even bother putting them in the game. Not unless you want to do a hashtag campaign for it.
People shouldn't have to create hashtag campaigns to cause changes in the game. The team should have been listening long before. This also goes for lots of other things people want in the game, such as babies, better personalities, actually interesting gameplay.

I'm happy that The Sims 4 will get better skin tones and hair textures, but I think their whole system of getting feedback on the game is extremely flawed if it took this long! They need to do a lot better listening to their community!