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I miss when we knew what was next..
OneAdorkableGirl
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I think this thread goes here... it's sort of an idea/feedback kind of thing... sorry if it's in the wrong place.
Am I the only one that misses when we opened our Sims 2 expansion packs and inside was a leaflet of the next expansion pack? Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying Get To Work a lotttt; and I haven't even begun to come close to exploring it all.. but I don't know. I just really loved knowing.. and it was exciting... plus, it kind of helps us to be able to "plan" what we would like to do with our families, or houses, or things like that...
Now... EAxis (What? EA xis is now a "bad word"?
) is just completely "hush,hush", on anything future content...and it's like.. Why the secrecy? I do like the "surprises", you know, but it's just like when we won't know about updates.. until almost time for release. I mean, I get that it's because if something happens and they have to fix it before they can release it and they have to push the date back... understandable.. but I just wish we could know what they were "thinking" and where they were wanting The Sims 4 to go.. in terms of Game-packs and Expansion packs. Iono, just my opinion.. again, I understand why they're not releasing information about what's to come... but I just wish there was some way they could confirm it a bit earlier, or something because they used to release information and it worked out okay.. so what changed?
Am I the only one that misses when we opened our Sims 2 expansion packs and inside was a leaflet of the next expansion pack? Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying Get To Work a lotttt; and I haven't even begun to come close to exploring it all.. but I don't know. I just really loved knowing.. and it was exciting... plus, it kind of helps us to be able to "plan" what we would like to do with our families, or houses, or things like that...
Now... EAxis (What? EA xis is now a "bad word"?
) is just completely "hush,hush", on anything future content...and it's like.. Why the secrecy? I do like the "surprises", you know, but it's just like when we won't know about updates.. until almost time for release. I mean, I get that it's because if something happens and they have to fix it before they can release it and they have to push the date back... understandable.. but I just wish we could know what they were "thinking" and where they were wanting The Sims 4 to go.. in terms of Game-packs and Expansion packs. Iono, just my opinion.. again, I understand why they're not releasing information about what's to come... but I just wish there was some way they could confirm it a bit earlier, or something because they used to release information and it worked out okay.. so what changed? 10
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I think what happened is that someone at EA imposed a policy of silence, I don't know why. It is sad and imo not a good move. The gurus are all over Twitter, but they can't talk about future content at all anymore. They made an announcement awhile back that they would no longer release info about their free content releases ahead of time either, and they've stuck to it. It's really sad.
@domestictipu - Yeah, the internet has changed and come along ways.. everyone is about twitter, facebook, and tumblr; though I do love Tumblr... *hides*... I do miss those little surprises in our boxes.. just to get us even more excited about the game.
But EA starves us from information, so of course, we hunt it like ravenous wolves.
I guess I can be a little impatient, but it's just that I like to plan things.. for my Sim families.. because I'm nerdy like that.
ETA @OneAdorkableGirl I actually don't remember much about ts3's release schedule, so I can't comment... I was so busy back then that I barely had time to breathe. But I agree with you that hype has gone down - the sims 4 wasn't received as well and there have been a lot of nasty bugs. That's why I think they need to step up their customer service and try to bring back the excitement and involve the players more, not less. I really am worried about how quiet the forum was right before gta's release. This isn't my game but I know a lot of people do love it and I'd hate to see it brought lower than it already has been by something so simple as poor PR.
I think it would be helpful if they created a poll/thread and asked us what we would be interested in.. give us three choices of what they're planning to create...and see which one is more popular and even get some feedback on what we would like to see in the expansion pack...
But I guess it all comes down to the whole, "Well, if the most popular choice wins... the other Simmers will be upset who didn't vote for that; and then let's say something can't be added that was wanted... there's disappointment there too."
Either way, it's a lose/lose situation.. they cannot please everyone... though knowing sooner could be better so everyone can just know.. and wait for the next game pack, or expansion pack, if they're not interested in it...
The feeling I get (and this is just a feeling) is that they have actually become more closed off since launching ts4. I mean they announced the first 3 months of extras, right? Then suddenly, they zipped their lips, and in spite of tons of player feedback telling them this isn't a good idea, it continues without any acknowledgement or statement as to why it is so. I really don't understand it.
I get the feeling that like a lot of the rest of us, they're tired of the endless barrage of meaningless negativism from people who can't accept that sims 4 isn't sims 3 with all it's expansion packs. Some criticism is ok and fun, but the whiners who've taken over most of the forum, have taken away the fun of hanging out at the forums for a lot of the rest of us who do enjoy sims 4.
It's like whenever they say something, some people will only be looking for a way to tear them into the ground over it.
That makes sense. I know the response or the reaction to wanting things and trying to keep up with this big community is probably very overwhelming for them as their team is not near as big. Though, they did have 100+ people working on Sims 4. They have moved a lot of people and plus, a lot of people have moved on.
It is strange how they were announcing future free content coming out and then in January it completely changed and became incredibly quiet. Stinks that they had to go this route. Just wish we knew why.
I agree with you on that. I think the reason why they are not transparent anymore is because they have little good to offer (compare it to the Cities:Skylines that is huge and was completely transparent about what it would include and not include and how the future will probably look). Too many fans are skeptical about this series and, as I actually told my husband the other day, I think the silence is suppose to trick us into buying the games. My theory is that if they tell as little as possible, our hope never really dies. You wait and wait, then buy the game and get disappointed when you discover what the games actually includes. But then there is hope again that they will turn it into the right direction... I have felt this way since before the Sims 4 release. EA just didn't want to address what the game would actually include and only spoke of the new emotions and build mode. So we were left to imagine the rest and of course had hope and belief in the company that previously made such great games. I really dislike this tactic and actually felt offended by it during the release of the base game. This will not going to work in the long run. The information about GTW was also misleading and I now feel that I want my money back.
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