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Rumour has it that a business Ep is coming up, or to be announced soon. Of course, it may all be speculation but even so, it has me excited to think of the possibilities.

I am hoping the new world is mostly downtown on the big central lot (and not another park). I'm hoping the core has many shops like this:

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and that the vast surrounding public space ties in to the theme and looks like these:

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To me, it wouldn't matter if the only useable buildings were in the main central lot, but I would love that the public spaces carried the theme, even with a hotdog vendor or something on a green space to replace a bbq (which would look out of place in a downtown setting)

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A girl can dream!

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    Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    Some good inspiration pictures here.

    When you say business EP, are you talking about sim-owned businesses (somewhat like Open for Business from S2). Because that is something I would really really love to see happen. Especially with the cupcake maker; sims could have their own little bakery :) Not that would be the only business I would want, but I can't deny it would be cute.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    Yep. That's what I'm talking about.

    This was the description of the EP from the survey

    BUSINESS OWNER

    Experience the life of an entrepreneur in The Sims 4. Build a variety of different business types and manage both employees and customers alike. Create unique products, imbue them with special sentimental valies, and run your business as you see fit.

    Details/Features

    Create & Manage A Business: Design a store to attract the right customers, fill it with the right items to drive sales, manage the business by hiring and firing employees, and advertise to gain more customers.
    Create A clothing Boutique: Assemble custom fashions to sell in your own clothing boutique.
    Art Gallery: Fill your art gallery with unique paintings and photographs while managing it at the same time.
    Bakeries & Cafes: Create tasty treats and sell them to other Sims in your own Bakery or Cafe.
    Share Your Stores: Share your businesses with the world using the Gallery. Can other players run your business better than you?
    Photography Career: Capture timeless memories with your camera and sell your images to the highest bidder to earn some Simoleons.


    So you can see that what you just said is there..
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    Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    Yay! I know it's not certain, but this is definitely an exciting possibility.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    It is. I hope they do the world up right, and I think it's possible with the way the game is set up. Sure it would be a lot of backdrop, but the idea is to re-create the ""feel" of a downtown core.

    They could do a pond in the public area around it too, so long as they kept it with a downtown theme...something like this:

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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    It's be fun to run a little street cafe

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    Or an art gallery where sims could consign their wares.

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    Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    Yes to all of this! BTW I looked up that survey you mention (I don't know how I missed this before now. Probably because I usually stick more to the creativity corner of the forums.) And so many of the expansion ideas look great. The only one I didn't really care for was the fame one. But that's just because I remember how annoying the paparazzi in TS3 were.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    I didn't care for the paparazzi either. I don't think anyone liked them. I didn't much like the agents either!

    "You know you look good and I know you look good, but work out for 4 hours anyways." Even after you just worked out for 4 hours.
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    poeticpanda1poeticpanda1 Posts: 2 New Member
    Sounds like The Sims 2: Open for Business. Was a fun game. Be nice if they brought it back in The Sims 4.
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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    fullspiral wrote: »
    Rumour has it that a business Ep is coming up, or to be announced soon. Of course, it may all be speculation but even so, it has me excited to think of the possibilities.

    I am hoping the new world is mostly downtown on the big central lot (and not another park). I'm hoping the core has many shops like this:

    work-corridors-phillips-ave-1.jpg

    and that the vast surrounding public space ties in to the theme and looks like these:

    bosglobe_reclaiming_the_center_quincy2_110116.jpg

    Streetscape%20Main%20&%20RR.jpg

    To me, it wouldn't matter if the only useable buildings were in the main central lot, but I would love that the public spaces carried the theme, even with a hotdog vendor or something on a green space to replace a bbq (which would look out of place in a downtown setting)

    Hotdogs.jpg

    A girl can dream!

    Yes to all of this.

    If it includes TS2-style restaurants, I'll buy it.
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    EvalenEvalen Posts: 10,223 Member
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.
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    ZhakiraPZhakiraP Posts: 1,439 Member
    Evalen wrote: »
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.

    It was my absolute favorite too. I had a store that sold SimBots. That was super conveniant, one sim made them and sold them to every other family. It was a very modern neighbourhood. :)
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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Evalen wrote: »
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.

    It was my absolute favorite too. I had a store that sold SimBots. That was super conveniant, one sim made them and sold them to every other family. It was a very modern neighbourhood. :)

    I had a toy store. Funnily enough, it was upstairs and the home was downstairs.

    I wanted to keep what I had already built.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    edited November 2014
    I had a play park. It had the pirate ship, a wish fountain from BV, a couple of the little eating stands, and a few other things for the sims to do. The people would come through the gates, buy tickets at the ticket machine and then go play! It was a fun business to run!
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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    fullspiral wrote: »
    Yep. That's what I'm talking about.

    This was the description of the EP from the survey

    BUSINESS OWNER

    Experience the life of an entrepreneur in The Sims 4. Build a variety of different business types and manage both employees and customers alike. Create unique products, imbue them with special sentimental valies, and run your business as you see fit.

    Details/Features

    Create & Manage A Business: Design a store to attract the right customers, fill it with the right items to drive sales, manage the business by hiring and firing employees, and advertise to gain more customers.
    Create A clothing Boutique: Assemble custom fashions to sell in your own clothing boutique.
    Art Gallery: Fill your art gallery with unique paintings and photographs while managing it at the same time.
    Bakeries & Cafes: Create tasty treats and sell them to other Sims in your own Bakery or Cafe.
    Share Your Stores: Share your businesses with the world using the Gallery. Can other players run your business better than you?
    Photography Career: Capture timeless memories with your camera and sell your images to the highest bidder to earn some Simoleons.


    So you can see that what you just said is there..

    How can they NOT have restaurants in there?
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    Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    Restaurants were actually in one of the other EPs on the survey. I'm not sure which one.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member

    How can they NOT have restaurants in there?

    I think cafes sort of suffices for that idea. It may lay the groundwork for a variety of restaurants to be workable down the road and with more content.
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    EvalenEvalen Posts: 10,223 Member
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Evalen wrote: »
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.

    It was my absolute favorite too. I had a store that sold SimBots. That was super conveniant, one sim made them and sold them to every other family. It was a very modern neighbourhood. :)

    Yes loved ITF, I too had a SimBots store and the ITF clothes and cars. gosh I sure hope we get a Business where we can once again sell things.

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    ZhakiraPZhakiraP Posts: 1,439 Member
    edited November 2014
    Evalen wrote: »
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Evalen wrote: »
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.

    It was my absolute favorite too. I had a store that sold SimBots. That was super conveniant, one sim made them and sold them to every other family. It was a very modern neighbourhood. :)

    Yes loved ITF, I too had a SimBots store and the ITF clothes and cars. gosh I sure hope we get a Business where we can once again sell things.

    I can´t honestly say how many hours I spent with OFB. Perhaps 1000 ;)
    Many many nights without sleep.
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    fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
    The great thing was how integrated the eps were with the base in that series. (and with the other eps)
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    EvalenEvalen Posts: 10,223 Member
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Evalen wrote: »
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Evalen wrote: »
    Oh my, I want like Open for business the most. I loved that in sims 2, It was my favorite. I remember having a apt upstairs and a game room down open 24/7 there was that box thing that you paid to get it. Well the only work I did was I served food to them. It was the most fun.
    Some things that you have suggested are really nice. Hope this is our firs EP. Yes a girl can dream. I am dreaming right along with you.

    It was my absolute favorite too. I had a store that sold SimBots. That was super conveniant, one sim made them and sold them to every other family. It was a very modern neighbourhood. :)

    Yes loved ITF, I too had a SimBots store and the ITF clothes and cars. gosh I sure hope we get a Business where we can once again sell things.

    I can´t honestly say how many hours I spent with OFB. Perhaps 1000 ;)
    Many many nights without sleep.

    I agree, I would do that also if it wasn't for my dog, she gets me up between 5 an 6 am, so I know I have to go to bed. Sims can be very additive.

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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    Restaurants were actually in one of the other EPs on the survey. I'm not sure which one.

    It's a quarter after one and I love restaurants and I need them now.
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    Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    fullspiral wrote: »

    How can they NOT have restaurants in there?

    I think cafes sort of suffices for that idea. It may lay the groundwork for a variety of restaurants to be workable down the road and with more content.

    I was thinking along the same lines. Might not be a full restaurant, but cafes would be something similar at least
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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    fullspiral wrote: »

    How can they NOT have restaurants in there?

    I think cafes sort of suffices for that idea. It may lay the groundwork for a variety of restaurants to be workable down the road and with more content.

    I was thinking along the same lines. Might not be a full restaurant, but cafes would be something similar at least

    If free, I'll take it. If I am paying for it, no second-best. The full experience.
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    simnuttysimnutty Posts: 77 Member
    Yes, yes, yes and yes! Bring back own-able lots (gyms, restaurants, businesses, bars, boutiques ad infintum). My legacy family could then recreate Dallas or Dynasty - what excellent stories we could write. On this note I would really love to have proper sit-down restaurants with waiters and waitresses (like TS2 NL) - I won't go on because I've already been reminiscing about this in the wrong forum category :blush: but oh how I loved that EP - my all time favourite.
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    MegandtheMoonMegandtheMoon Posts: 1,831 Member
    Ooh, I spotted this in the background of Willow Creek:

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    I think it looks like the perfect place for some new businesses! :blush:
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