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In-Game Pulsating Popup Packs Ad: Community Reacts
simmerorigin
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There's a new moving icon when playing the Sims 4 that prompts the player about buying DLC.
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This is the kind of thing that has the potential to make me stop buying expansions altogether.
My first attempt at creating a Sims comic: The Parker-Goth Legacy.
I'm off to play more Pacific Drive. A full game that I bought for $30 and that I have enjoyed playing lately.
It also has a car, something that this game couldn't even give us. Maybe when I have returned from that EA have come to their senses and removed this.
*drives off
We already have all the ads when we start up the game and get to the main screen. We do not need more reminders about packs. And the fact that it’s flashing is totally over the top. My hope is that at least they might remove the flashing aspect pretty soon, especially if there are real concerns about it triggering migraines.
The shopping cart icon showing up in game is beyond annoying, especially if it is going to flash all the time. There are packs that I want and don't want, so this will get on my nerves if it does any pack suggestions. I get that they want people to buy more packs, but I don't want everything that is available, and I feel that others shouldn't have to be forced to buy it either.
Granted they aren't the only game I have seen do something like this, but they are doing it in an obnoxious way. I have a game, Dreamlight Valley, where you can open the screen where they have the icons for things like maps, store stuff etc, but I don't feel like it disturbs the game play. You can open it when you want, and close it when you want, but it isn't right there flashing in your face.
Late-stage capitalism, meet pathological demand avoidance.
I glad I haven't bought anything since for Rent. I wish I hadn't bought that.
All I can think of is, this is EA's answer to their players being upset about rushing out a broken pack that took 2 1/2 months to patch. Just install an invasive, pulsing purchase button to irritate people into purchasing For Rent since they couldn't convince enough of us to buy an unfinished pack on release.
Here's a blatant hint EA: If you put the amount of money into development and quality control that you put into marketing, you wouldn't NEED these underhanded tactics. Your players would happily support your game and see the worth in purchasing more content. You are on a dangerous path to destroying your own success, people are tired of corporate antics and are quickly turned off of a product with such blatant manipulations. With three new life sims on the horizon, I strongly suggest taking another look at your current and future decisions. I'm thinking more and more of supporting Life By You in the future and I only have time for one simulation game. As it is, I have no interest yet in Project Rene, just judging from the bits I've heard and the bad decisions made throughout Sims 4's development. It makes me sad to think about it, but truth sometimes hurts.
I agree with you 100 percent. In the meantime, I'll be saving my money for Life By You when I can get a new computer.
@flauschtrud Done. So silly, they have a splash screen full of ads every time you load up the game, why do they need a shopping cart button??
I have one mod right now (HomeRegions by kuttoe). I am very conservative about mods/custom stuff but my second mod will definitely be whichever trusted modder creates a "no shopping cart button" UI fix first
I dearly love a good rant, and this "gift" is going to keep on giving for a while, methinks.
I think I might end up living with the holiday bug indefinitely in order to avoid this blinking shopping cart nonsense. Talk about tone deaf...
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017