What's this 'monetizing' all about then?

"king_of_simcity7;d-1009554" wrote:
Just been catching up on some news... What is the deal with monetizing content?

Is that where someone creates a hairstyle and you buy it off them?

Is that where someone creates a dress you buy it off them?

Is that where I build a house and people buy it off me?

Discuss...

To answer your question, a couple of days ago (I don't know the timing, I only heard about it yesterday) EA put up a job add on their website. They were looking to hire someone, and specifically mentioned Project Rene in the Job description. It called it a "Free to Enter" game. Yes, those were the words, free to enter.

Now this has many of us worried because if EA is not making money off of their game, how else will they make money? I know they eventually have expansions, but its usually a little while before the expansions release. Unless they are stripping the base game down to bare minimum and staging it with an expansion pack available upon release.

EA did take down the job posting already, (sometime yesterday, if I am correct). So they are probably hoping that will end the upset. Sorry EA, you can't unring a bell just by taking down a post. As someone already said on another topic in this very forum, EA could have simply found someone internally to take the roll.

So, will the Sims 5 get a version of the Sims 3 store on steroids, where you can't turn it off, and stop the in-game advertisements? I don't know. But for me at least, LBY, that's Paradox's Life By You, is certainly looking a lot better to me without even trying.