Forum Announcement, Click Here to Read More From EA_Cade.
Feeling salty about Journey To Batuu?
Pamtastic72
Posts: 4,545 Member
Then you need to watch this, it explains pretty much everything you need to know about the inside story of how these games and packs are developed and why, from the perspective of someone who worked in the video game industry.
https://youtu.be/fN-qdPhHMF4
https://youtu.be/fN-qdPhHMF4 Gallery ID: Pamtastic72 If I'm not here, I'm here: Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/Pamtastic72Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamtastic72/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pamtastic72Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/pamela072-blogTwitter/X 
: https://twitter.com/Pamtastic72
: https://twitter.com/Pamtastic72Post edited by Pamtastic72 on
5
Comments
Last thing I need is another dang scolding.
I know a lot of people and myself have a right to be angry.
EDIT : Also why make that annoying duckface in the thumbnail ....
It’s not a scolding. You have to watch it. She used to work in video game development and she explains why the community tearing itself to shreds is not going to prevent these decisions and that the dev team actually has very little say in a lot of theses types of decisions. You have judged the book by the cover on this one and your depriving yourself of valuable information.
Yes, I never understood before how many times devs actually have no say in pack theme decisions. What she says about it bringing new players which could ultimately benefit The Sims franchise as a whole makes sense too. ETA: I know my household is a two generation Star Wars fandom, myself and my son and I am sure we aren’t the only one.
She is right that EA don’t care. I think that’s kind of obvious by now
(And I still believe they know fine well that fans are collectors and will buy it anyway)
The Gurus probably didn’t decide this pack thats true, but Lyndsay and I’m pretty sure Grant have said they have a lot of freedom with themes and what they get to put into things.
EA have had a few failed SW packs. What better way to recoup their cash? Put it in a community that will buy anything.
Agree 100%
This is why it's important to actually watch the video rather than reading two words and forming an opinion, that wasn't what she was saying at all.
A lot of women on the Ladies-Only Star Wars FaceBook Group I’m in are talking about getting this pack. Some of us have had/played the Sims since day 1 (Why do I feel so old
Still She's defending EA's practices though.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
Same, I was not going to sit through 17 minutes of her defending EA.
Also with a dang title like that turned tail quickly.
I would love to see over 83k dislikes DOESN'T make a inpact...
I know this pack will most likely have poor sales.
And I am no way gonna to buy it.
Which is a huge point she made in the video. New players will spend about $60.00 USD (barring a sale) on the base game because they will need it to play the pack at an additional $20.00 USD multiplied by thousands, tens of thousands, potentially millions of people.
Then you’re complaining simply for the sake of complaining because it’s not a defense of EA, it an inside baseball if you will, peek behind the scenes of how this theme may have come to be from someone who actually worked in a video game company for awhile. She never once says EA made the right call here, she explains why they made this call, based on the potential for huge profits with two huge franchises merging in this pack.
Vlad The Dad: A 100 Baby Challenge, Vlad as ‘matriarch’ *COMPLETE*
Breed Out The Weird *COMPLETE*
You don’t have to buy it, but you are also likely way underestimating the power of the Star Wars fan base. When they get wind of anything Star Wars they’re instantly curious and they have their wallets at the ready. It’s literally millions of people world wide spanning as I have said before at least two full generations. This pack is an effort to bring some of them who never played Sims before into the game and hold them long enough to hook them in an effort to get them to invest more money in The Sims. Will it work 🤷🏼♀️ only time will tell.
No, she's explaining how they work. She said she doesn't agree with it but that's just the reality of corporations. She actually said she doesn't like the pack and wouldn't buy it herself. Again, I'd recommend dedicating the time to watching the video before passing judgement and forming ill informed opinions.
@Gordy
The main points:
- EA is a corporation, they've bought the rights to star wars and want to make it worthwhile and make as much money back as possible.
- EA doesn't care if existing customers are angry, because this pack will attract new customers and ultimately make more money because new customers will get into the game and start buying things. (existing player - 20 bucks for a pack, new player - 20 bucks for the base game, 20 bucks for the pack and then possibly more packs aswell.)
- The decision was made by higher ups in the company, and the developers had no say in it. (see point 1)
- If the team wants to fix certain issues (like the skin tones), it's a long process to get the higher ups in the company to grant them the time and resources for it. It's not an instant thing that they can decide what they work on.
I am too. I was 5 when New Hope hit theaters, my parents took us and I was hooked from the opening credits. But where I really fell in love was Princess Leia, because it was the first time in my whole life where I saw the portrayal of a woman who was perfectly capable of rescuing herself and holding her own in a tough situation, and that’s what I mean. I have a lot of friends who are Star Wars fans young and older and the love and the loyalty runs deep. I don’t know if I will ultimately like it in my sims game but I am willing to be open minded.
The thing is that even if EA doesn't care, that still does not explain the decisions they took with the sims4, and I think that's what is starting to make people angry. People have asked for certain things for 6 years, hoping that EA and Maxis will listen, and instead we have gotten things that have not been highly requested and people are getting fed up with it.
It's not about the money that went to make Star Wars: Journey to Batuu, it's that money did not go to anything else. I heard the same argument about Spark'd. "Lol, that is a completly different budget" ok? but what did the other budget go to? oh right. Star Wars. "Lol, that is also a different budget" oh ok again, what else did you make? Eco Lifestyle. But that EP is full of bugs! "Oh, you have to wait until they fix them, by the way, buy our next pack."
I'm done buying half-finished buggy packs that are lacking in content. And I think people have a right to complain when that is only what they are offering.
Excellent synopsis.
👏 👏 👏👏 👏
Really, at this stage of the product's cycle, current players have less clout.
It's the players that they don't have that they care about, because those players can be sold the entire catalogue of packs.
Us early adopters already gave them our money. When the next pack is something we really do want, the cash will flow.