What The Sims 3 Does Better- Carl's Guide

I'm going to guess (by what I saw way back at the release of TS4) people who played and loved TS3 never even moved over to TS4. I would guess 99% of people who loved TS3 (more than TS2) didn't buy TS4. But I would also guess about 50% of TS2 players did buy TS4 because we believed a somewhat 'open' district was going to be better than a closed lot. And we had said a lot about the AI in TS3 where it seemed they took maybe too many seconds or minutes to interact after a command. However, we also see TS4 as expressive as those Sims are, doesn't have the depth of TS2 Sims, so, I think still to this day TS2 is the better game. It's just that TS3 added so much more in packs, and the store (clutter) as objects to use and surround the Sim with junk. But I know I am still waiting on an actual restaurant in TS3. I have to say I love restaurants in TS2, but TS4's DO is better than the restuarants in TS2 by how they are served, what foods and drinks they can order, ordering more foods, etc. But TS2 had table interactions for romantic interactions so for every thing gained there is always something lost. TS3 is a huge game, it makes me wonder why they ever thought anyone who loved TS3 would ever switch to TS4. Maybe TS2 players would for awhile but not diehard TS3 fans. I have to wonder how much revenue they lost by about 99% loss of players from that group of Simmers. Too bad, because even TS4's fanbase is starting to get fed up with Maxis chasing new players and not listening to even them on what content and improvements even they want to see.

ETA: He made good points, and to answer his last question, yes, I never really fully appreciated TS3 until TS4. I wasn't keen on big list in that game (as he pointed out) about skills and with fishing and all that other stuff, but it offered rewards and things that added to a personality. My only real problems with TS3 was it was extremely overwhelming to me, the AI sometimes seemed slow to interact, and some things never were added from TS2. But it is a huge game, really huge, so, yeah, I remain shocked they call TS4, The Sims' fourth iteration. Maybe it is actually a side game, spin off.