If true, it's really disappointing but not terribly surprising. I've been with The Sims since day 1 but as smoothly as TS4 runs it just doesn't hold my attention as much.
Well, I just hope they get around to releasing a Seasons expansion for The Sims 4. College/University would be good too. Those are the remaining ones I consider essential. After that anything would be gravy.
Yeah I've been getting real into The Sims 4 lately and there is a University-sized hole in the experience right now. I hope they at least get that out before the end.
As an aside, speaking of Sims expansions and the changing times, do any of the expansions include actual game consoles? In the base game the sims can only play games on phones, tablets and PC, which is the weirdest sign of the times reflected in The Sims.
Hey all, I know many of you in the community have been hungry for an update. I want to offer the extent of what I can say currently, to help put some of you at ease in this quieter period of time.
I think the last official news you've seen about what's on the horizon was regarding EA Play in June, where the next Sims 4 experience will be on-hand and playable. It's important to reaffirm that this still holds true. Members of the Sims 4 Console and Sims Mobile teams have already confirmed that they'll be attending… let me add to that and say that yes, members of The Sims 4 PC team will be at EA Play as well (sorry, that doesn't include me this year!) Rest assured that The Sims on PC is doing very well, continues to be a top priority within Maxis, and it isn't going anywhere.
So… you might be wondering why I'm sharing this, and why now? Murmurs of the SimGurus on the PC team being quieter than normal haven't fallen on deaf ears. Those of you active in online Sims' communities likely know that SimGuruDrake, our former PC community manager, chose to leave and pursue other opportunities recently. As game developers, we're given a ton of freedom to go out and discuss many aspects of our jobs and The Sims from our personal point of view. Because of that, it's important that we have someone in our CM role to help look out for us devs, and moderate tough discussions. They're also on the frontline of sharing official statements from the studio. In light of that, us SimGurus on the PC team have been asked to exercise additional careful judgment in what we say until that CM role is filled.
Yesterday, we had a studio wide meeting (nothing unusual, just something we do every few months so our studio leadership has a chance to speak with us all as a group.) Being someone that tries to stay active and involved with this Sims community, I raised a question about how we haven't been as forthcoming recently without a CM to mediate public discussions, and how that's resulted in general unrest amongst you. What was expressed to me was that, while we aren't going to discuss or refute rumors and speculation point for point (which I'd really suggest approaching with a healthy dose of skepticism), it's totally fine to reiterate publicly shared info that yes, The Sims 4 continues to be a genuine success, and there's plenty to look forward to on the PC in the future.
So, that's what I'm here doing… This isn't intended to be me speaking on behalf of the studio, it's just sharing my perspective on how things currently stand. I don't assume to speak collectively for the group, but I know many of us who volunteer to be SimGurus want to reach out when we see your concerns. Hopefully you'll understand if this post doesn't lead to me answering a bunch of topical questions; it wouldn't be appropriate for someone in my role to do so. Here's looking forward to us hiring a CM for this PC community so that everyone gets comfy chatting again!
I hadn't thought of that before but you're absolutely right. There's big money to be made.My fianceé loves The Sims, but she's hugely dissapointed in Sims 4 and where they're taking the franchise. I really think there's an opportunity for someone to step in with an independent take on The Sims, and do what EA isn't. Essentially a Cities XL or Stardew Valley situation, where an indie take on a franchise takes over the reigns as the actual franchise itself falls apart.
Surely you mean Cities: Skylines, which is a completely different game from a different developer.Essentially a Cities XL or Stardew Valley situation, where an indie take on a franchise takes over the reigns as the actual franchise itself falls apart.
Surely you mean Cities: Skylines, which is a completely different game from a different developer.
I sort of understand the 'gamer hate' aimed at EA... they still produce some pretty good games though... but the hatred towards Ubisoft baffles me, and the recent hatred I'm seeing towards Bethesda is just ludicrous.
EA, I think, is just less transparent in being, first and foremost, a business that's meant to make money. Other students=udios are a lot better at hiding that.
A very large amount of words to say so little. And I love how they have to drive home that The Sims 4 is a success.
This thread's from April, The Sims ain't going nowhere for at least three years as per latest reports on how much content they have in the works. It's just the usual doomsaying because EA isn't particularly known for its fair and just treatment of devs and old, beloved franchises, mixed in with misconceptions about Sims selling really poorly now or something.This fucking sucks. I have a long history and memories of the sims series owning every main one from the first one and now its gonna probably hit the grave... I shouldn't be surprised seeing how they handled simcity but I can only pray that some team with the talent can pull off "cities skyline" version of the sims
To be fair a lot of people seem to think it was a colossal failure and express that whenever there's any kind of announcement regarding the game.
I'm sure it didn't meet overall goals, but when I go online I still see that 80k are on during a random weekday afternoon. Not many games can say that.
This thread's from April, The Sims ain't going nowhere for at least three years as per latest reports on how much content they have in the works. It's just the usual doomsaying because EA isn't particularly known for its fair and just treatment of devs and old, beloved franchises, mixed in with misconceptions about Sims selling really poorly now or something.
EA isn't particularly known for its fair and just treatment of devs
I know it wasn't a colossal failure saleswise. However, the game's success is relative. For a Sims game, it's evident it didn't do very well. For any other game, it did pretty well (especially considering it's initial limited platform availability). Them reiterating the success of the game is just amusing, as we can clearly tell what kind of success we are looking at.
I should've really said "studios". I know they're a good place to work at, but they have a history of studio closures and layoffs after a game underperforms. There's a reason it's a meme.Treatment of devs where they have plenty of benefits, a good place to work and a great salary? What you're saying is a concept of things that happened 10 years ago.