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Was Journey to Batuu the last straw? EA lost it's exclusivity deal with Star Wars!

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bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
edited January 2021 in The Sims 4 Game Feedback
If you weren't aware, EA just lost it's exclusivity deal with Star Wars. Journey to Batuu didn't receive the highest reviews (understatement LOL). What do you think?

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    bevillebeville Posts: 1,151 Member
    Good! A wasted game pack 🙄
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    beville wrote: »
    Good! A wasted game pack 🙄

    Seems like Karma to me :D
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    bevillebeville Posts: 1,151 Member
    bixters wrote: »
    beville wrote: »
    Good! A wasted game pack 🙄

    Seems like Karma to me :D

    I know right ! To me all the other game packs before JTB was perfect. I guess there always one bad apple in the bunch. 😁
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    beville wrote: »
    bixters wrote: »
    beville wrote: »
    Good! A wasted game pack 🙄

    Seems like Karma to me :D

    I know right ! To me all the other game packs before JTB was perfect. I guess there always one bad apple in the bunch. 😁

    True, I liked all the Gamepacks before this. Given that Journey to Batuu currently has a whopping 1.6 on Google Reviews, a 1.0 User Reviews on Metacritic, and Mixed reviews on Steam, I'd say it was a FLOP. Disney don't want nothing to do with that :D
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    jimbbqjimbbq Posts: 2,734 Member
    I wish they would remove the batuu world icon from my game. It is an eye sore !
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    jimbbq wrote: »
    I wish they would remove the batuu world icon from my game. It is an eye sore !

    They should just remove it from the store altogether. It's constantly on sale so I doubt it sold well.
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    logionlogion Posts: 4,791 Member
    edited January 2021
    I doubt that it was just Journey to Batuu. They had probably planned to recreate Lucasfilm Games for a while.

    I'm looking forward to see what new games we will see now. The new Indiana Jones game from MachineGames and Bethesda seems promising.
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    LiELFLiELF Posts: 6,591 Member
    Yeah, with the Mandalorian booming in popularity and the Boba Fett spinoff coming, no doubt Lucasfilm wanted free reign again.

    Also, I suspect the reason the devs did Batuu when they did was because that exclusive licensing was running out and they knew they wanted to do a Star Wars pack for The Sims somewhere down the line. That would explain why the timing was kind of strange when other community requests were still backed up and they decided to do it sooner.
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    JerrelloJerrello Posts: 896 Member
    Well....guess that’s the last of Star Wars we will see in the Sims. Good Riddance.
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    logion wrote: »
    I doubt that it was just Journey to Batuu. They had probably planned to recreate Lucasfilm Games for a while.

    I'm looking forward to see what new games we will see now. The new Indiana Jones game from MachineGames and Bethesda seems promising.

    I'm also looking forward to see what an Indiana Jones Game would look like. Bethesda is a solid publisher, with games like Prey and Dishonored. And Bethesda's famous for worldbuilding, so the world will probably be really cool.
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    StrawberryYogurtStrawberryYogurt Posts: 2,799 Member
    logion wrote: »
    I doubt that it was just Journey to Batuu. They had probably planned to recreate Lucasfilm Games for a while.

    I'm looking forward to see what new games we will see now. The new Indiana Jones game from MachineGames and Bethesda seems promising.

    Im excited for this too. I hope they stay true to indys character and the movie themes
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    Jerrello wrote: »
    Well....guess that’s the last of Star Wars we will see in the Sims. Good Riddance.

    THANK GOODNESS. Let's just hope they don't try and make The Sims 4: Battlefront Stuff LOL
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    Sk8rblazeSk8rblaze Posts: 7,570 Member
    I don't think it had as much bearing as Disney's acquisition did. Perhaps Disney sees more profit in letting other studios use the IP.

    We saw a few good titles from EA, but for the most part, EA mistreated the Star Wars franchise. Journey to Batuu shouldn't even be a thing. It's a blow for Star Wars just as much as it is for The Sims' reputation.
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    CK213CK213 Posts: 20,559 Member
    Sims had nothing to do with that as it wasn't even on hard-core gamers radar. The dissatisfaction with what EA was doing with the license was for other reasons. They cancelled 3 Star Wars games that fans were pretty excited about. Most gamers were complaining that EA didn't deserve the license for those reasons.
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    Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
    It is hard to say what was in the minds of Disney, but I am fairly certain JTB had nothing to do with it. As has been mentioned, EA has cancelled several SW games and has for long spans left the IP idle. If they are not really using it, they should not have exclusivity. Though, it has yet to be terminated from what I remember.
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    LoanetLoanet Posts: 4,092 Member
    edited January 2021
    Star Wars going to the Stuff Pack Team is understandable for a game like The Sims. Going to the Expansion Pack team to make something really special, that would be understandable too. But it went to the Game Pack team because they needed that bigger budget to make a World but deep in their hearts EA knew that the majority of Sims players are 30-year-old women who don't know a pig's ear about Star Wars and are only buying it for the clothing and furniture. And the clothing is pretty cool and if you're making sci-fi houses that was cool furniture too.

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    PickledtiaraPickledtiara Posts: 169 Member
    Calico45 wrote: »
    It is hard to say what was in the minds of Disney, but I am fairly certain JTB had nothing to do with it. As has been mentioned, EA has cancelled several SW games and has for long spans left the IP idle. If they are not really using it, they should not have exclusivity. Though, it has yet to be terminated from what I remember.

    I agree, also very disappointed that Amy Hennig’s open world game was cancelled. She oversaw the first three Uncharted games at Naughty Dog. Now Ubisoft is doing their own open world game with the Division developers. Battlefront was controversial due to its loot boxes and micro transactions tied to game progression. I think Fallen Order was one of the only SW games to be receive praise from both critics and players. This whole Disney/EA era has been pretty messy.

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    InuMiroLoverInuMiroLover Posts: 1,187 Member
    edited January 2021
    Doubt it was because of JtB. The contractual agreement was probably coming to an end and something had to be squeezed out before then.
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    WildIrishBansheeWildIrishBanshee Posts: 2,138 Member
    It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.
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    SallycutecatSallycutecat Posts: 270 Member
    bixters wrote: »
    Jerrello wrote: »
    Well....guess that’s the last of Star Wars we will see in the Sims. Good Riddance.

    THANK GOODNESS. Let's just hope they don't try and make The Sims 4: Battlefront Stuff LOL

    Worse. It will be The Sims 4: Battlefront Expansion Pack.
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    BeardedgeekBeardedgeek Posts: 5,520 Member
    It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.

    If you think EA is even in the top 5 of bad game publishers...
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    SimmerGeorgeSimmerGeorge Posts: 2,724 Member
    Honestly, this is great for both Sims fans and Star Wars fans. It's totally win/win. Thank god!
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    MidnightAuraMidnightAura Posts: 5,809 Member
    It was EA being EA - enough said. Would you want YOUR reputation to be tied to literally the cruddiest game maker out there? Don't get me wrong, I love my Sims - but it is the only EA product I play. And if it were sold to someone else, I'd probably be tickled pink.

    If you think EA is even in the top 5 of bad game publishers...

    They are.
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    BabykittyjadeBabykittyjade Posts: 4,976 Member
    Lol people are just reaching because of how much they hated the star wars pack. I bet money this had 0 to do with Batu 😆
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    LoanetLoanet Posts: 4,092 Member
    edited January 2021
    https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a30380958/sims-4-2020-packs-poll/

    Look. I mean seriously, I went to see what was at the bottom. What everybody begged for? Hotels. Schools. Murder Mysteries. What nobody, anywhere, wanted? Star Wars. Seriously, VEGANISM came higher, and we already have Vegetarian Sims. We got the Eco Living Climate Change Expansion first.

    So it's pretty obvious that the Game Pack Team was basically forced to do this pack. They gave us this poll, then probably told the bosses that it's obvious Sims 4 players aren't Star Wars players and weren't given a choice.

    To me, it almost seems like they're doing it backwards.
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