Curious if anyone actually pays to play this game.

"jimbbq;d-978083" wrote:
I got curious and downloaded it. So yea a hair costs £4.99!!! Who in their right mind would pay this money for one single item !?!!! I don’t get this monetisation model. I wish they make a proper iPad version i am happy to pay upfront not this micro transaction madness. Anyone actually pays to play this game !? Is it fun at all without paying ? Curious !

I just started playing today — wanting a social/online Sims game! — and the prices astonish me, too. Mobile games used to be a LOT cheaper. Did you ever play The Sims Social on Facebook? Do you remember when $5 would get us TONS of rewards? (Like, $5 on a mobile game was A LOT then!)

Boy, the times have changed...

I'm still going to try it out for a while (idling), but definitely won't be putting any money into it.

The prices seem kind of outrageously high to me, but I've played The Sims Mobile for a while without paying anything. It's definitely the mobile game model of Time vs Money for convenience.

You can earn in-game currencies like Sim Cash by just playing and doing quests and tasks, which you then use to speed up time or pay for things in the store like items and stuff. I think that's the currency they use to buy unlocks for stuff in the in-game store, so technically you can get all the stuff for free, it just takes ages to grind up that much Sim Cash. They hope people will be impatient enough to spend real money on buying sim cash or packs direct.

It's definitely reflected in the Roommate Rush event where you can unlock a new sim slot for free but there's no way you can complete the 100+ tasks in just 4 days unless you use speed boosts. But TAKE THIS EA, I'm just going to grind up Sim Cash for free over a long time and then use THAT to complete the event. I will get that third sim eventually!

"simvasion;c-17613635" wrote:
It's definitely reflected in the Roommate Rush event where you can unlock a new sim slot for free but there's no way you can complete the 100+ tasks in just 4 days unless you use speed boosts. But TAKE THIS EA, I'm just going to grind up Sim Cash for free over a long time and then use THAT to complete the event. I will get that third sim eventually!

I played since when the game was fairly new. It took me about a month or less to get all four slots open. I feel like it's way harder to get sim cash now compare to back then. I started playing the game a little lately and haven't gotten a sim cash once.

Tried it for two days, realised how slow it would be unless I "bought" extra energy, decided I didn't need that sort of blackmail. Uninstalled. Back to Sims 3, for all it's faults and failings.

"Hawkflight1066;c-17708336" wrote:
Tried it for two days, realised how slow it would be unless I "bought" extra energy, decided I didn't need that sort of blackmail. Uninstalled. Back to Sims 3, for all it's faults and failings.

It's definitely a good mobile game to play when you're bored or waiting for something, but is not meant to have your undivided attention like the desktop version.

It's a fun game but yea, things are really expensive, trust me, im pretty sure im on gen5 or somthing idk i dont wanna download the next update

"Mareah;c-17581442" wrote:

"charlesberg;c-17581126" wrote:
I can't say it's fun, but it's good to kill some time while waiting for actions to complete in Freeplay.

Wow!! I thought freeplay and TSM were the same game, they are not?! Wow lol!

Oh no. They are NOT the same. The gameplay is totally different, even though both are based on real time. This post will be about FreePlay since this is the game I play more. I have been playing for 8 years (since 2013). I have now tried, and deleted, Sims Mobile off my phone at least twice. I just do not enjoy it at all.

In FreePlay, once you complete the Life Dreams and Legacies quest, you are done with mandatory quests. There are Discovery and Feature quests that pop up when you reach certain levels. There are no friendship or other stories. Relationships are unlocked with a quest. Hobbies, jobs, buildings are unlocked with certain buildings and areas on the town map. You can have more than 4 playable Sims. You can have up to 37 at the highest level which is 55. You can get more than 37, but you have to buy them, or earn them through VIP perks, the new Sim Springs town map and SimDex progression feature. I paid for the extra Sim when it was offered in the online store. I now have 43 Sims in my game thanks to the VIP perks system from buying packs/items in the game. More details about the store in my next paragraph.

There is an online store where you can get packs of Lifestyle Points, Social Points, and Simoleons but those are actually easy to earn in the game itself. You can also buy different items in the store like clothes, hairstyles (you get multiple colors in one pack instead of paying for each color separately), furniture, etc. They run specials for a month where you can get Lifestyle and Social Points for an entire month with a special offer. I happily pay for hair, clothing items, furniture, Social Points and Lifestyle Points in this game because I thoroughly enjoy this one much more than Sims Mobile.

Customization of Sims is more limited in FreePlay but that doesn't bother me. You get to choose their hair, hats, tops, pants/skirts, shoes, stockings, facial hair, etc based on whether the Sim is male or female. Pajamas, athletic wear, outfits, etc are unlocked during special events and quests in the game.

Updates are released every 6-8 weeks in FreePlay and contain different events that are fun and offer prizes and house lots when you finish in the time limit. The events themselves are fun and actually able to be finished in the time limit if you play correctly.

I am sure there is more I am missing in this post. But, in my opinion, The Sims FreePlay is a much better game if you are looking for a mobile Sims experience. I started when I got my first iPad mini and have played on at least 15 different Android and iOS mobile devices since 2013.

I've only spent money on this game once, and that was back in like the first year it was available so it wasn't as insanely overpriced as it is now back then. There was a Day of the Dead bundle that had an amount of simcash (i can't remember how much but the price of the whole bundle was the price of what just that amount of simcash was, i think it was around $10) and it included a decent amount of CAS and BB items (it had about the same amount of items as the Day of the Dead base game update Sims 4 had). I needed some simcash to unlock the 3rd and 4th household member slots, and Día de los Muertos is a holiday that my husband and I celebrate together so I would use the items I was getting in the bundle too. I thought it was a decent price compared to other bundles they had, I loved the items, and it gave me more than enough simcash to be able to unlock the full household so I got it! :)

Aside from that one single purchase, I have not spent any more money on this app at all. If I fail to complete quests because I don't have enough energy then I don't mind. I never ever touch the Sweet Treats Showdown or any of the events released after 2018 (all the events nowadays require you to use some simcash just to complete on time or access all the rewards). I do like Sims Mobile as an app game, but if I'm ever disappointed for not being able to do something, I can just do it in my PC Sims 4 instead so I'm not too tempted. Sims Mobile is something I play while I'm waiting for a doctor appointment or taking a dump. I don't take it too seriously. My main game is Sims 4. :*

I do I pay 5 dls when I need Sim cash. Other than that I paid I think 15 dls once when I got a tree that gave me money

I do play the Sims Mobile quite often. When I was expanding my lot, that was the only time I purchased anything from the store. I try to send Sims to work or complete challenges for cash/coins/tickets to avoid using real money. lol