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Is The Sims a social/role playing game, for you?
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"If accurate, Mr. Pachter’s projected figure – a significant drop from previous Sims games – could be the result of sweeping changes in the way people play games since the last Sims game arrived five years ago. Many of the women who make up the bulk of the series’ audience now play easily accessible apps on mobile devices, and which cost far less than a $60 to $80 game tethered to a PC.
“Women are playing a lot of Candy Crush Saga, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, and hundreds of other mobile and tablet games, as well as social games on Facebook,” explained Mr. Pachter. “[The Sims] is clearly a social/role-playing game, and its addressable market has been cannibalized by other social games.”"
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/02/electronic-arts-the-sims-4-aims-to-prove-theres-still-a-market-for-pricey-pc-based-life-simulators/?__federated=1&__lsa=3515-fc86
Just wondering what fans might think. Did their marketing/whatever guy get it right?
“Women are playing a lot of Candy Crush Saga, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, and hundreds of other mobile and tablet games, as well as social games on Facebook,” explained Mr. Pachter. “[The Sims] is clearly a social/role-playing game, and its addressable market has been cannibalized by other social games.”"
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/02/electronic-arts-the-sims-4-aims-to-prove-theres-still-a-market-for-pricey-pc-based-life-simulators/?__federated=1&__lsa=3515-fc86
Just wondering what fans might think. Did their marketing/whatever guy get it right?
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Candy Crush Saga and similar games are not games but a milking scam.
The "drop" has nothing to do with facebookscams/zyngacsams/phonescams. It's just that Sims 4 doesn't offer enough to justify the highly expensive price.
Agree. At least the problem of content is fixable.
I never thought of TS games as a RPG. Like, at all. It is nothing like the RPGs I am used to, for sure, and I can hardly think of any feature in a Sims game that can be considered a RPG aspect. And "social"? It has a few "social" aspects to it, but not that much.
Sims is a simulation game. That's it.
And no, I'm not bothered by the obvious sexism of that article. I know what I play and what I don't play, and that's enough for me.
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Likewise.
I also disagree with Mr. Patcher. He needs to look around at shooters, RPGs and MMOs where a lot of women play.
I saw you post that link on another thread and had to bite my tongue. I almost didn't read it after the first line because it annoyed the living crap outta me. I've been playing video games since long before The Sims was a glint in Will Wright's eyes. I remember having a separate cassette deck that you had to put cassette tapes into to load the game on my Commodore 64 (Pharoah's Curse--man I loved that game!
Do I play casual games and apps? Sure. Do I make in-app purchases? Hardly ever. Do they entice me away from playing "real" games like AC, Deus Ex, Sims, and Mass Effect? Not on your life.
Yeah, this guy didn't just get it wrong. He missed it by light years.
I'm not a psychopath. I'm a high-functioning psychopath. Reaper
He's basing his findings on the group that came with the last iteration of sims (3).
I'm not a psychopath. I'm a high-functioning psychopath. Reaper
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I wouldn't call sims a social game really or even an rp game since you pretty well play alone its more like a dollhouse of sorts. I find his take to be odd.
Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
No, this person has it all wrong, first off there seems to be a heck of a lot of people who still dig the Sims and Sims 4 still seems to be doing well but if it isn't doing well enough, then maybe these people should start looking at the reviews that are finally coming out, what I've read seems to be pretty spot on... good game but not enough seems to have been offered to replace what was removed. On reading the forums it seems the biggies are (in no specific order): no toddlers, no pools, no CASt or even a colour wheel or enough colour choices, more loading screens than originally lead to believe, not enough things to do. Less complained about, but complained about just the same, are lack of services such as a repair or fire people, all or nothing foundations, no cars and so on. The best one so far, was the recent review that stated the worse thing about the Sims 4 was that the Sims 3 existed.
The main reason I like The Sims is because I have a vivid imagination. I used to play with Barbie dolls , and I would act out elaborate dramas with them. I do the same thing with Sims.
I can make a all American family and twist it into something else. I can make a rich Sim living all alone in a huge mansion. I CAN SET A JUSTIN BEIBER SIM ON FIRE.
I can't stand a game never endingly telling me what to do. I can live through a tutorial , but after that, it is MY way.