I'm not sure if there's going to be a TS5 sooner or later, but this preferred experience...
"Knowledge and familiarity with Gen Z players and interests." Are they going to "eliminate" the OG players?
Perhaps, they could probably be hiring for the next multiple packs or another spin off.
@xamira99 no girl, I'm gen z and have been playing Sims since the first one. I hope they don't change anything, cuz this gen z one LOVED how sims 2 worked, but it can be improved with open world/better cas/better build and buy... etc...
It's almost like asking them to make sure Gen Z falls within their own ideas of what they should be concerned about rather than what your age group really are and or what you want in these games. It's an overly stereotyping of your generation if you ask me. I know a lot of young people who prefer TS2 or TS3 to TS4 so it's almost like they are saying hey, make sure they support the interests Maxis and EA are interested in if they ignore what you are saying. Like open world vs Eco lifestyle I have to wonder which would have really won. lol Or open world and world editing tools and proper terrain tools and a CASt..vs eco lifestyle..which one would have been the victor when given choices people actually would prefer.
Or astonishingly many, many TS4 (younger) generations of players want story progression back in the games. (Why not play TS3) would a story progression fully fleshed out in TS4 won over eco lifestyle...I'm betting there are so many threads about this (except from those of us who still enjoy the lack of it in TS2) that story progression would have won. I think twitter is not a good guage of what players really think these days.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
Note not all those jobs listed are for Maxis but for EA. How many other than the one said for Maxis? That makes a difference. Maxis has already hired most of the people to work on the next AAA game, the new executive producer may be needed because someone is leaving?
All of the ones I posted say Maxis.
But not Maxis Redwood.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
It's sort of weird that job was listed months ago but the site says three weeks ago. Maybe the ones they hired decided to not take the job and or left already.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
Yeah looks like MMO if they need server engineers. Looks like they are trying another online attempt like they did with the Sims 4. Funny how history repeats itself even with gaming.
EA and their repeated failed attempts on making a successful The Sims online game:
PS - I doubt that Einstein coined this phrase, but this pic of him is adorable, lol!
Preferred Experience
Knowledge and familiarity with Gen Z players and interests.
On a serious note, I saw mention of the Unreal Engine, which would be great for The Sims. Hopefully, this means The Sims 4's remaining time will be short. It's well overdue.
Yeah looks like MMO if they need server engineers. Looks like they are trying another online attempt like they did with the Sims 4. Funny how history repeats itself even with gaming.
EA and their repeated failed attempts on making a successful The Sims online game:
PS - I doubt that Einstein coined this phrase, but this pic of him is adorable, lol!
It is cute, I love that picture. But yes it is like how many times? Five now and counting.
It's sort of weird that job was listed months ago but the site says three weeks ago. Maybe the ones they hired decided to not take the job and or left already.
COVID-19 changes everything with the lockdown in California.
But look at LinkedIn , there are 25 candidates and also people hired for this job.
It's sort of weird that job was listed months ago but the site says three weeks ago. Maybe the ones they hired decided to not take the job and or left already.
COVID-19 changes everything with the lockdown in California.
But look at LinkedIn , there are 25 candidates and also people hired for this job.
I get it, but this particular career was offered over on Glassdoor about a year ago.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
I had to look it up. Doesn't seem much different to the players already playing it.
"Generation Z as generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s." Wikipedia. ie:1997 onwards
I had to look it up. Doesn't seem much different to the players already playing it.
"Generation Z as generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s." Wikipedia. ie:1997 onwards
I thought the 90's was the millennial (gen Y) age group. Z is later never having lived without cellphone technology etc. Prefers hashtags etc.
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
I had to look it up. Doesn't seem much different to the players already playing it.
"Generation Z as generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s." Wikipedia. ie:1997 onwards
I thought the 90's was the millennial (gen Y) age group. Z is later never having lived without cellphone technology etc. Prefers hashtags etc.
Gen Y is around 1979/1981 (depending on where you look) to 1996/1997
Note not all those jobs listed are for Maxis but for EA. How many other than the one said for Maxis? That makes a difference. Maxis has already hired most of the people to work on the next AAA game, the new executive producer may be needed because someone is leaving?
All of the ones I posted say Maxis.
But not Maxis Redwood.
Also Redwood is not the only Maxis studio anymore.
Note not all those jobs listed are for Maxis but for EA. How many other than the one said for Maxis? That makes a difference. Maxis has already hired most of the people to work on the next AAA game, the new executive producer may be needed because someone is leaving?
All of the ones I posted say Maxis.
But not Maxis Redwood.
Also Redwood is not the only Maxis studio anymore.
Also The Sims Studio is not the only Maxis studio anymore
I'm curious to know what they plan. New IP ? Confirmed !
They could also develop sequels for MySims, Spore and SimCity.
Gen X is the teens/young adults who grew with MTV
Gen Y is the teens/young adults who grew with Napster, iPod and the first MP3 walkmans. Y is the earphone wire.
Gen Z is the teens/young adults who grew with Netflix, Facebook and the social networks. Z is Zapping.
Gen X is the teens/young adults who grew with MTV
Gen Y is the teens/young adults who grew with Napster, iPod and the first MP3 walkmans. Y is the earphone wire.
Gen Z is the teens/young adults who grew with Netflix, Facebook and the social networks. Z is Zapping.
Actual years used for demographic generations:
Baby Boomers: born 1945-1964. Current age: 56 to 75
Gen X: born 1965-1980. Current age: 40 to 55.
Gen Y/Millennials: born 1981-1996. Current age: 24 to 39. The cutoff is usually said to be at memory of 9/11.
Gen Z: born 1997- ? Current age: up 23. Personally, I expect memory of 2020 to be a generational cutoff, so Gen Z will probably end up being 1997-2015, so currently 5 to 23.
As for the Gen Z understanding, game franchises die off if they don't get new players. Not sure what age people think new players are supposed to be?? Not keen on all the looking down noses at a particular generation, either. I find it especially appalling that people who themselves started playing this game in their childhood or early teens would think it wrong to try to appeal to current young people. Were you so much better than they are now? Really?
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Re. the jobs, companies are always hiring, because there's always turnover, and it's common to have the same job title and description for multiple people in a company. Also, it can take a really long time to hire in tech. There's really nothing odd about having the same job come up appear to come up repeatedly.
Re. the engine part, they can't ask for experience on a custom in-house engine, only on something similar.
As for the Sims 5 part... Pretty sure there's a whole lot of wishful thinking happening around that. While we know from Grant that there's something new in development, we also have been told repeatedly by Grant that Sims 4 is very far from done. I highly doubt that what he's working on is a successor game.
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Imagine if the EA prefer to develop '80s games in order to satisfy the Baby Boomer only.
Today people wants 4K, RayTracing, HQ content including the old players who played the 1st Super Mario Bros. or Zelda.
FF7 Remake is a good example of what improvement the Gen Z's point of view can bring.
The world changes, people changes, the preferences change, the technology changes... that is the evolution !
Imagine if the EA prefer to develop '80 games in order to satisfy the Baby Boomer only.
Today people wants 4K, RayTracing, HQ content including the old players who played the 1st Super Mario Bros. or Zelda.
FF7 Remake is a good example of what improvement the Gen Z's point of view brought to the original game.
The world changes, people changes, the preferences change, the technology changes... that is the evolution !
but do not forget that some players prefers offline games not all players are into online gaming and for me honestly as a player who prefers the sims5 to remain an offline game minus the gallry online features would be a major down for me when it comes to the sims game
If you went the sims5 to remain offline feel free to sign this petition http://chng.it/gtfHPhHK please note that it is also to keep the gallery
but do not forget that some players prefers offline games not all players are into online gaming and for me honestly as a player who prefers the sims5 to remain an offline game minus the gallry online features would be a major down for me when it comes to the sims game
It depends on what services are brought
Autosave
Play anywhere
Savegame in the cloud
Collaborative game like Minecraft
24/7 Story progression
Smarter NPC (Machine learning)
I'm not sure the players are against the features.
Personally I only dislike 2 things with online : MMO and No Mod/CC.
Gen X is the teens/young adults who grew with MTV
Gen Y is the teens/young adults who grew with Napster, iPod and the first MP3 walkmans. Y is the earphone wire.
Gen Z is the teens/young adults who grew with Netflix, Facebook and the social networks. Z is Zapping.
Actual years used for demographic generations:
Baby Boomers: born 1945-1964. Current age: 56 to 75
Gen X: born 1965-1980. Current age: 40 to 55.
Gen Y/Millennials: born 1981-1996. Current age: 24 to 39. The cutoff is usually said to be at memory of 9/11.
Gen Z: born 1997- ? Current age: up 23. Personally, I expect memory of 2020 to be a generational cutoff, so Gen Z will probably end up being 1997-2015, so currently 5 to 23.
As for the Gen Z understanding, game franchises die off if they don't get new players. Not sure what age people think new players are supposed to be?? Not keen on all the looking down noses at a particular generation, either. I find it especially appalling that people who themselves started playing this game in their childhood or early teens would think it wrong to try to appeal to current young people. Were you so much better than they are now? Really?
You've forgotten the Silent Generation, pre 1945. They are still around you know and currently I'm seeing more and more on my Twitter feeds!
people are so worried about this gen z thing, like guys, there are gen z people out there with kids already. chill out. they're just moving along with the times, it happens.
people are so worried about this gen z thing, like guys, there are gen z people out there with kids already. chill out. they're just moving along with the times, it happens.
Even if that wasn't the case why do people act like they didn't start playing the game when they were 8. Like the team is expecting kids and teenagers to be new customers for the game and not 30 year olds. Not saying new customers are not that age but the gen z generation is the right generation to target for a new game. Just like in 10 years the next generation will be the one they target.
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It's almost like asking them to make sure Gen Z falls within their own ideas of what they should be concerned about rather than what your age group really are and or what you want in these games. It's an overly stereotyping of your generation if you ask me. I know a lot of young people who prefer TS2 or TS3 to TS4 so it's almost like they are saying hey, make sure they support the interests Maxis and EA are interested in if they ignore what you are saying. Like open world vs Eco lifestyle I have to wonder which would have really won. lol Or open world and world editing tools and proper terrain tools and a CASt..vs eco lifestyle..which one would have been the victor when given choices people actually would prefer.
Or astonishingly many, many TS4 (younger) generations of players want story progression back in the games. (Why not play TS3) would a story progression fully fleshed out in TS4 won over eco lifestyle...I'm betting there are so many threads about this (except from those of us who still enjoy the lack of it in TS2) that story progression would have won. I think twitter is not a good guage of what players really think these days.
But not Maxis Redwood.
"You will also play an important part in the future of expanding IP from all across Maxis and help guide strategic planning for our game portfolio. "
It sounds like a new Sim-something game
Senior Brand Manager, Maxis HD Live Services Lead, The Sims is the only job about The Sims
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionIt's sort of weird that job was listed months ago but the site says three weeks ago. Maybe the ones they hired decided to not take the job and or left already.
EA and their repeated failed attempts on making a successful The Sims online game:
PS - I doubt that Einstein coined this phrase, but this pic of him is adorable, lol!
Knowledge and familiarity with Gen Z players and interests.
On a serious note, I saw mention of the Unreal Engine, which would be great for The Sims. Hopefully, this means The Sims 4's remaining time will be short. It's well overdue.
@Sk8rblaze Sim like games look good in Unreal.
Unity and Unreal comparison:
I heard these concepts for the Sims Olympus were done using Unity:
COVID-19 changes everything with the lockdown in California.
But look at LinkedIn , there are 25 candidates and also people hired for this job.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionI get it, but this particular career was offered over on Glassdoor about a year ago.
"Generation Z as generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s." Wikipedia. ie:1997 onwards
I thought the 90's was the millennial (gen Y) age group. Z is later never having lived without cellphone technology etc. Prefers hashtags etc.
Wikipedia again.....
Gen Y is around 1979/1981 (depending on where you look) to 1996/1997
Also Redwood is not the only Maxis studio anymore.
Also The Sims Studio is not the only Maxis studio anymore
I'm curious to know what they plan. New IP ? Confirmed !
They could also develop sequels for MySims, Spore and SimCity.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionTo shorten it
Gen X is the teens/young adults who grew with MTV
Gen Y is the teens/young adults who grew with Napster, iPod and the first MP3 walkmans. Y is the earphone wire.
Gen Z is the teens/young adults who grew with Netflix, Facebook and the social networks. Z is Zapping.
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- 🔨 [Build/Buy Mode] Ideas | 📱 Ideas from The Sims FreePlay | ✈️ Vacation : Gameplay update | 🥦 New meals
The Sims 4 General DiscussionActual years used for demographic generations:
As for the Gen Z understanding, game franchises die off if they don't get new players. Not sure what age people think new players are supposed to be?? Not keen on all the looking down noses at a particular generation, either. I find it especially appalling that people who themselves started playing this game in their childhood or early teens would think it wrong to try to appeal to current young people. Were you so much better than they are now? Really?
Re. the engine part, they can't ask for experience on a custom in-house engine, only on something similar.
As for the Sims 5 part... Pretty sure there's a whole lot of wishful thinking happening around that. While we know from Grant that there's something new in development, we also have been told repeatedly by Grant that Sims 4 is very far from done. I highly doubt that what he's working on is a successor game.
Today people wants 4K, RayTracing, HQ content including the old players who played the 1st Super Mario Bros. or Zelda.
FF7 Remake is a good example of what improvement the Gen Z's point of view can bring.
The world changes, people changes, the preferences change, the technology changes... that is the evolution !
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- 👕 [CAS] Male content | 💰 §1 Million Lifestyle | ♂️ Man lifestyle for The Sims | ♻️ Content from The Sims
- 🔨 [Build/Buy Mode] Ideas | 📱 Ideas from The Sims FreePlay | ✈️ Vacation : Gameplay update | 🥦 New meals
The Sims 4 General Discussionbut do not forget that some players prefers offline games not all players are into online gaming and for me honestly as a player who prefers the sims5 to remain an offline game minus the gallry online features would be a major down for me when it comes to the sims game
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It depends on what services are brought
I'm not sure the players are against the features.
Personally I only dislike 2 things with online : MMO and No Mod/CC.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionYou've forgotten the Silent Generation, pre 1945. They are still around you know and currently I'm seeing more and more on my Twitter feeds!
Even if that wasn't the case why do people act like they didn't start playing the game when they were 8. Like the team is expecting kids and teenagers to be new customers for the game and not 30 year olds. Not saying new customers are not that age but the gen z generation is the right generation to target for a new game. Just like in 10 years the next generation will be the one they target.