Cross-Platform DLC Transfers for The Sims 4
Dear Reader, As a dedicated Sim player for over 18 years, I genuinely love and enjoy the game. While I've occasionally been frustrated by some updates (or the lack thereof), nothing has been more disheartening than the inability to transfer purchased packs across platforms. I currently play on PlayStation but have been considering switching to PC/Mac for greater convenience, especially when traveling. However, I was shocked to discover that the significant investment I've made in The Sims 4 content—over $1,400 across expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs, and kits—would not carry over to a new platform. This limitation is both frustrating and discouraging for loyal players like myself. What is the point of having an EA account if it doesn't provide the flexibility to access purchased content across platforms? The idea of repurchasing the same DLC content for another $1,400 is unreasonable and alienating to devoted fans. Allowing cross-platform pack transfers would offer more advantages than drawbacks: Player Loyalty and Customer Appreciation: The Sims franchise thrives on its passionate and loyal player base. Allowing cross-platform pack transfers would show that EA values and appreciates its most dedicated players. Increasing Player Engagement: Players are more likely to engage with the game on multiple platforms when their content carries over. This flexibility enhances the player experience, encouraging greater long-term involvement in the game. Consistency with Industry Trends: Cross-platform play and transferable purchases are becoming industry standards. Major gaming companies such as Epic Games, Microsoft, and Ubisoft have embraced this model, making it easier for players to access their content across different devices. EA should follow suit to remain competitive and player-focused. Convenience for Players on the Go: Gaming isn't confined to a single device anymore. Many players, myself included, would love to play The Sims 4 while traveling or on road trips by simply hotspotting a laptop to a phone. Without cross-platform content, this becomes nearly impossible for console players. Protection Against Piracy: The current system inadvertently encourages players to seek unauthorized ways to access their paid content on other platforms. Offering a legitimate solution for transferring packs would reduce the incentive for piracy. Increased DLC Sales: Players who have the flexibility to use their packs across platforms are more likely to continue purchasing new content rather than feeling alienated by platform restrictions. Improved Customer Satisfaction: Happy customers are more likely to recommend the game and remain loyal to the franchise. Allowing pack transfers would address a significant pain point for many players, fostering a more positive relationship with the EA brand. I understand that some might argue I should simply remain on PlayStation, but it's not always practical. Being able to hotspot my laptop during travel and play like so many other players would be a game-changer for me. I appreciate the hard work the team puts into developing new content, and I'm more than willing to continue supporting The Sims series financially. However, I cannot justify paying twice for the same content. Loyal fans deserve a better solution. I sincerely hope EA will consider addressing this issue and providing a solution that benefits the entire player base. Thank you for your time and for listening to this long-time player's concerns. ~ Haley
B&H Pack Missout: Investing.
Feedback: Sims 4 Needs an Actual Stock & Bond System — Especially After "Business & Hobbies" Now that the Business & Hobbies Expansion is out, I have to ask: Why didn’t EA expand the Investor career or add a proper, skill-influenced stock/bond investment system? What’s in the Game Right Now: The Investor branch of the Business career gives passive weekly payouts, but this system has existed since Get to Work and was not updated in the new expansion. There’s no way to actively buy/sell stocks, manage bonds, or make risk-based financial decisions. No skill progression, logic/entrepreneur influence, or interactive UI. It’s a set-it-and-forget-it feature that’s completely static. What Should Have Been Included: We finally got a business-focused pack. This was the perfect time to give players a Simvestment system — one that could teach strategy, risk management, and smart money planning, especially for players who enjoy realism or rags-to-riches playthroughs. Here’s a proposed breakdown of what the system could look like: Investment Types: Government Bonds: Low risk, slow returns Basic Stocks: Medium volatility, skill-boosted High-Risk Stocks or SimCoin: Big potential gains/losses Skills That Affect Outcome: Logic Skill: Improves trend prediction Entrepreneur Skill: Boosts insight and investment success New “Finance” Skill (if added): Tracks long-term investing ability Gameplay Features: Portfolio panel on PC/Phone “Analyze Market,” “Buy,” “Sell,” “Hold” interactions Career tie-ins (Business/Investor) with new daily tasks Social interactions: “Discuss Portfolio,” “Brag About Stocks,” etc. Progression: Higher skill unlocks better investments Teens could join mock investing clubs, and maybe parents could teach children about investing, giving them higher mental stats and maybe an early logic or investment skill raise for going about that. Retired Sims could live off returns Why This Is Not Gambling: This isn’t a lottery or lootbox—it’s a strategic, skill-based mechanic that actually teaches money literacy. If EA can do: The Lottery Holiday in Seasons Voidcritter battles Retail ownership They can absolutely implement stocks/bonds responsibly, with limits, traits, and outcomes based on skills—not random luck. Final Thought: With Get to Work, High School Years, and now Business & Hobbies, there’s a clear demand for entrepreneurial gameplay. But Sims still have no way to simulate long-term wealth building unless you grind retail stores or freelance gigs. Let’s bring the Investor career to life with real tools and a real challenge. This would not only deepen gameplay—it could teach valuable real-world skills in a way only The Sims can. Would love to hear if others feel the same way—and if EA might consider this for a future update or financial systems pack.The Sims 4: Stage & Screen Stuff Pack (Idea)
"Bring the spotlight home — and become the star of every stage." Overview This pack transforms the Acting skill into a dynamic, multi-discipline system, seamlessly blending singing, dancing, musical performance, and physical acting into a versatile career path. Whether your Sim dreams of becoming a musical sensation, action hero, dramatic icon, or cult film favorite, this pack enables them to train like a star, specialize like a pro, and perform like never before. Key Features Acting Specializations (Unlocked at Acting Level 6): Choose a career focus that determines your Sim’s ideal gigs: Musical Performer – Excels in singing, dancing, and expressive roles. Action Star – Leverages fitness and dancing for stunt-heavy or heroic gigs. Dramatic Virtuoso – Combines violin, piano, and emotional depth for powerful performances. Cult Classic Icon – Specializes in horror, gothic, or supernatural gigs (benefits from Pipe Organ or Vampire Lore). Comedy Performer – Relies on comedy and charisma for sitcoms and commercials. Each specialization offers: Unique gig opportunities. Relevant skills that enhance performance. Role-specific perks and bonuses. Fans and audience reactions tailored to your Sim’s "type." New Acting Gigs: Movie Roles! Progress from TV to blockbuster films: Complete TV gigs to unlock full-length movie roles. Star in titles like Galactic Dance Wars, Deadly Pirouette, and Midnight Sonata. Earn increased fame, royalties, and award nomination opportunities. Experience longer, multi-day gigs that reflect real film productions. Expanded Skill Integration: Acting now benefits from a variety of performance and expression skills. The more your Sim trains, the better their gigs will go: Singing Dancing Piano / Violin / Pipe Organ Fitness Charisma and Comedy This makes Acting the most comprehensive, performance-driven skill in the game. Movie Hangout Integration: (If you own Movie Hangout Stuff) Your Sim’s starred films become watchable movies. Watching their own movies grants unique moodlets (pride, cringe, joy). Host viewing parties and screening nights. Townies may recognize your Sim: "Hey, I saw you in that movie!" New Items: Costumes, stagewear, and dance gear. Vintage gowns and theatrical makeup. Action hero attire. Film set props (clapperboards, green screen, director’s chair). Portable keyboard and digital microphone. Stage object for kids and teens to "rehearse" and build confidence. Why a Stuff Pack? This pack isn’t a massive expansion but a focused, skill-enhancing addition designed to elevate the replayability of Acting, Singing, and Dancing. It seamlessly integrates with existing packs (Get Famous, City Living, Movie Hangout Stuff) while delivering impactful gameplay for performance-driven Sims. Perfect For: Players seeking more depth in the Acting career. Fans of musical theater, action films, or period dramas. Simmers who love blending creative and social skills. Roleplayers and storytellers. Anyone who feels the Acting career lacks variety over time. Would you want this pack? What features would you add?
Feedback
Okay I have been playing sims forever, and have gone through all mods, etc and I believe these ideas should be heard by the sims4 community and game operations adviser. As I believe these ideas would be great to sims4 collection of being the most successful game. Please contact me if you'd like to discuss or have any questions regarding these ideas. Sims 4: Wheelchairs as an option in create sim. Driveways connected to the roads on every lot. Options to move lots in all worlds and to expand or to make smaller. Create more of a realistic imagery in worlds as there is some in Mod download but only for 1-3 worlds. Stairs, have options to form rounder, different shapes, more options of stairs would be nice too. And aswell, options to flattern it out as a railway. Not all doors being automatic, some must be specifically opened. Changing height on sims, please can we remove the weird effect of the knees and legs over-bending. Please take this feedback seriously as I believe these ideas might just bring an extravagant performance. Thank you, VaneshaIdea for Next Big Add-on Update
Please EA, take a look at my Idea. I have a great idea for the next big update that would sell really well and include some a lot of Simmers have wanted for decoration and function for a long time now that can be added as a small part to the base game and as a decent sized DLC that all will love. That idea is Personal Cars and Garage doors! This would also fix the long time trend of scaling up the toy cars and trucks to make full size cars and parking lots. This would all tie in to DLC that adds a new world and a new Job Profesion: The Raceway Driver. The world would have a big, uneditable POI that would function as both a Social Place and a Workplace for Sims. I think the track should be a figure 8 as a nod to the infinite possibilities within the sims, or it could just be a typical donut shape like a real NASCAR track. It could even have dynamic season changes where in the Spring and Summer its an Asphalt Track and in the Fall and Winter it is a Dirt/Snow track. This would affect the Raceway Driver Career where at a certain level in the career, the usual two paths you can choose will be the Circuit Racer or the Rally Car Racer. This will have a unique career makeup where you have an off season for certain months of the year to allow you to have a long time to focus on other things in your sims life while still having a really decent source of income for bills and leisure. But of course you won't earn as much as during the on-season, plus big bonuses for placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. The Base Game with all this should get at least 1 Car option and 1 truck option as well as 2 style options for a 1 and 2 car roll-up garage door. I mean, we have bicycles and boats so far, right? The DLC should add a few more car and garage options, including an Electric car option to go well with the Going Green DLC stuff. It would also have an option to own your own Race Car that you can upgrade like the Rocket ship to give you an edge in racing that unlocks one you choose your path later in the Career. And for the Career, since it will work just like other careers with levels, it should progress like this: Pit Crew Janitor, Pit Crew Worker, Pit Crew Lead, and Pit Crew Manager. Then the Fork: Circuit Racer or Rally Racer. Then the final stages: Junior Racer, Full Time Racer, and Veteran Racer. There should also be like a 1% chance that your Sims can get into a crash and die during races or while driving between places if you choose to warp to a new location using your car. All to go with the new Sim Ghost/Death system that makes the Sim wear a steering wheel around their neck and produce a slight smoke trail as they walk around. And thats about it for the main content. Ill allow EA so surprise us with what other cosmetics or other Cosmetic Packs to go with this new idea.Immersive Travel System – Airport & Vehicle Transitions✈️
Hi Sims Team and fellow Simmers, I wanted to share a creative idea that could elevate world-to-world travel and bring back some much-missed features while keeping The Sims 4’s current structure. Airport Travel (Between Worlds) A special lot (Airport or Train Station) acts as a "gateway" between worlds. Sims physically go there, check in, and enter a waiting area. Once the player chooses a destination, the loading screen begins — but instead of a static screen, it shows the Sims inside the plane or train interior, chatting, sleeping, reading, etc. Arrival in the new world could include a brief cinematic or animation of stepping out at a new location. Taxi/Car Service (Intra-world Travel) Bring back the classic carpool and taxi system. When visiting another lot (like a neighbor's house or a venue), a car actually arrives to pick up your Sim. Instead of instantly disappearing into a loading screen, the Sim opens the door, sits in the car, and a short car interior loading animation plays during the travel. Why This Matters - Increases immersion and realism. - Makes the world feel connected even if it's not technically open. - Great for storytelling, machinima, and gameplay pacing. - Doesn’t require rebuilding the engine — just visual transitions and themed load screens. This idea respects the limitations of The Sims 4's engine, but still delivers that sense of living in a real world that so many of us miss. Plus, longtime players would love seeing car animations and world context return. Thanks for reading, and I hope Maxis considers something like this, even as a small feature in a future update or expansion.
Sports Pack
I think this has been mentioned before. I would love to see a Sports Pack. It could be either a Expansion, Game Pack, Stuff, Kit packs. Sports: Basketball: NBA, African League, College Basketball both Mens and Women teams Baseball: MLB, College both mens team and women teams, etc. Cricket: (I'm not really familiar with Cricket) Soccer (football, futball) : Premiere Leagues fro around the world, College both mens and womens teams. Football: American pro football, Canadian football, College, High School etc.. Golf: Mens PGA, Ladies LPGA. etc... Hockey: Rugby: Swimming: Figure Skating: Tournaments: like Olympics, World Cup Soccer, Super Bowl etc... Stadiums from around the Worlds Feel Free to add more to the list of what you like to see.
WE NEED ANOTHER GAMEPACK OR STUFFPACK!
It's been 3 years now since Werewolves (the last GP) and I think it's safe to say that they're dead. Home Chef Hustle came out 2.5 after Paranormal and we were considering them dead. Now that I think of that, we haven't had a SP for almost 1.5 years since Crystal Creations. So they could probably start being called dead again. I think hotels will be perfect for a game pack. Like how Dine Out and Spa Day revolve around a new lot type, but maybe it could perform better. I think if it had the same amount of BB, CAS and Gameplay as an expansion pack but no world. Multiple build styles, uniform styles and multiple ways of running a hotel; Resort, bog standard hotel, Bed & Breakfast etc. For stuff packs, I think bands will work well. In BB, we could have some electric and acoustic guitars, drumkits, microphones, keyboards etc. A new option in the Social Groups tab would be bands where you can choose the people you want, who does what and when and where they practice. The Sims 4 won't be a good game with just Expansion Packs and Kits. Game packs and stuff packs seem more worth it than eps and kits. I just wnat them back. It's so boring getting an ep every few months and about 5 kits a month, gps and sps will probably mean a bit less new content a year but more different features. Please Sims Team, if there's no Sims 5 can you at least make the Sims 4 more enticing and better.
Pet Salon Business Idea!
The expansion pack Businesses & Hobbies, should allow us to do more with pets and animals. I would love it if we could run our own pet salon. Sims with pets could ask for a certain hairstyle or give our sim the ability to freely customize however they like. For example, painting on the pets using the paint mode in CAS or letting our Sim surprise us with an option called "Freestyle" or "Freestyle CAS" for paint mode. Our Sim could learn new haircuts for each animal separately; the more we work on a certain animal, the more we will unlock for that animal. Sims with pets could also ask for certain grooming they want done for their pet besides fur styling. Some options could be bathing, de-shedding, ear and teeth cleaning, cutting nails, and brushing. Our Sims who run a pet salon would have to buy the right tools. Maybe cheaper tools don't work as well, and more expensive ones work best. The same would go for pet bathing stations and grooming tables. New CAS options could be grooming aprons and paint stencils for pets, kinda like the tattoos for Sims. New fur options and clothing options for pets as well. A new skill our Sims could learn could be Pet Grooming or Fur Stylist. That's all my ideas! Thanks for reading <3
