Newspaper for Elders. It'll basically be a computer/tablet for them. They can have fun with it, learn skills like logic (puzzles, etc.), find out about the weather, and more. They should have negative buffs when using computers and/or other tech devices and positive buffs when using the newspaper.
I disagree with the negative buffs for younger people. Some simmers play the game in other centuries, long before computers and cell phones being attached to an appendage.
I liked the newspaper in the older games so I would like to see them make a come-back. There are people in RL who still get a physical copy of the local and global newspaper. I know that my physical copy of the newspaper has a lot more "news" in it than what the digital one does.
I would rather that they can read news online. I know they can already "troll teh forums". If the newspaper does come back, yes, I'd play with it but online news would be more realistic to me.
I don’t like the idea of making the game aspire to be as modern as possible. Just because some people in real life are attached to technology, phones, and the internet, it doesn’t mean that reflecting that behavior onto Sims is going to make for a fun, interesting game. I’ll gladly take back newspapers which had interactions like doing a crossword, making a paper plane, finding work, reading local news, etc. over using a phone in the game.
I'd like the newspaper back, along with land lines. Both are still very much in use in my country. Sure it seems to be getting less and more in favour of the internet, but not everything and everyone is online here... yet. They'd also be great options for people that like to play their game in anything sooner than 2020.
I have always wanted a more realistic gameplay, Today almost everyone has a phone and I barely ever see newspapers anymore. I don't think newspapers are something we need to bring back in the game because of this but having the option I'm sure would be nice for some people.
Newspaper for Elders. It'll basically be a computer/tablet for them. They can have fun with it, learn skills like logic (puzzles, etc.), find out about the weather, and more. They should have negative buffs when using computers and/or other tech devices and positive buffs when using the newspaper.
Why a negative buff when using computers? In real life a lot of elderly people are quite happy with using computers. A negative buff when using tech devices would be better suited for a trait where they don't like tech, rather than steriotyping elderly people.
It would be cool if this was an option/service your Sim household could subscribe to. No newspaper for households who don't want/need it, but it would add to off the grid and realistic gameplay imho.
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The little things do matter. While in most cases, the newspaper just piled up without my Sim reading it; and then tossing them out after about a week; it's a small feature that the current game doesn't have.
I use a landline as my primary phone, and stores still sell them. Most people still have a landline where I live. I only know of a small handful of people who have gone to just having a cellphone. Mainly because the coverage for most carriers, especially AT&T, is pretty bad. I wish we still had the TS3 setup for that. But, I only know of a small handful of people who still use a flip phone. I'd mostly used rugged industrial-model flip phones--since they were waterproof, and couldn't be crushed if I sat on them. I had to go to a Kyocera DuraForce Pro 2 smartphone, as you can't find a quality-made rugged flip phone; and the only AT&T carried at the time were just as expensive. I still have a (ugly fleshy pink) rotary phone in my room, and I'm 22. It's a late '70s GTE, and it will work, even when the power is down. Ironically, I can't call the power company with it, since they have an automated menu. That requires the dial tones to work, which means the rotary is out.
It would be cool if this was an option/service your Sim household could subscribe to. No newspaper for households who don't want/need it, but it would add to off the grid and realistic gameplay imho.
This was on of my favourite parts of the sims 3 and I only ever played the cats and dogs version on a 2DS. It would be nice for sims that don't use phones and it would make more sense if for lower end jobs, you could find them in a newspaper.
Yes! And a more fleshed-out newspaper as well. Get caught up on local news, expand your mind with a crossword puzzle, giggle at the funnies, or feed your morbid side by checking the obituaries. For the latter, elders will probably be looking for people they know, and depending on their personality/relationship to the deceased, could get sad moodlets ("Ah, poor ol' Nancy"), or playful moodlets, ("I knew ol' Dan would go first! Eheheheh!")
Today I've saw my sim wiht an interaction to "complain about lack of newspaper" or something like that. I've never seen this interaction before.
Wait whaaa did I miss an update or something?
idk, maybe its an hidden feature. The first time it appeared to me was when i was throwing a black and white party, its one of the stuff you can talk about during the event. It only appears when I'm attending this event, i Don't understand the correlation but... its there.
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I liked the newspaper in the older games so I would like to see them make a come-back. There are people in RL who still get a physical copy of the local and global newspaper. I know that my physical copy of the newspaper has a lot more "news" in it than what the digital one does.
I don’t like the idea of making the game aspire to be as modern as possible. Just because some people in real life are attached to technology, phones, and the internet, it doesn’t mean that reflecting that behavior onto Sims is going to make for a fun, interesting game. I’ll gladly take back newspapers which had interactions like doing a crossword, making a paper plane, finding work, reading local news, etc. over using a phone in the game.
I still have a house phone too.
I prefer a game that is more realistic.
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Why a negative buff when using computers? In real life a lot of elderly people are quite happy with using computers. A negative buff when using tech devices would be better suited for a trait where they don't like tech, rather than steriotyping elderly people.
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I use a landline as my primary phone, and stores still sell them. Most people still have a landline where I live. I only know of a small handful of people who have gone to just having a cellphone. Mainly because the coverage for most carriers, especially AT&T, is pretty bad. I wish we still had the TS3 setup for that. But, I only know of a small handful of people who still use a flip phone. I'd mostly used rugged industrial-model flip phones--since they were waterproof, and couldn't be crushed if I sat on them. I had to go to a Kyocera DuraForce Pro 2 smartphone, as you can't find a quality-made rugged flip phone; and the only AT&T carried at the time were just as expensive. I still have a (ugly fleshy pink) rotary phone in my room, and I'm 22. It's a late '70s GTE, and it will work, even when the power is down. Ironically, I can't call the power company with it, since they have an automated menu. That requires the dial tones to work, which means the rotary is out.
Yes! It would
Wait whaaa did I miss an update or something?
That whistle noise is embedded into my subconscious permanently 😭
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idk, maybe its an hidden feature. The first time it appeared to me was when i was throwing a black and white party, its one of the stuff you can talk about during the event. It only appears when I'm attending this event, i Don't understand the correlation but... its there.