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The Sims & the celebrities.. Katy Perry, Joey Essex...
LeGardePourpre
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Hi,
A lot of players don't like celebrities because The Sims 3 isn't The Sims Of The Celebrities
Just read some comments of this page :
http://simsvip.com/2012/11/13/the-sims-3-seasons-joey-essex-behind-the-scenes/
A lot of players don't like celebrities because The Sims 3 isn't The Sims Of The Celebrities
Just read some comments of this page :
http://simsvip.com/2012/11/13/the-sims-3-seasons-joey-essex-behind-the-scenes/
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In Sims House Party and Superstar, Drew Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Marilyn Monroe, and Avril Lavigne would stop by or be around.
In Urbz, the Black Eyed peas were around.
In Sims 2 Pets, Hilary Duff was around. On the website you could download Julie Taton, aka Miss Belgium.
It's more how they're giving us celebrities and how they're working with them that we hate. They're really nothing new.
No wonder I didn't know who he was. :?
And Katy Perry endorsed Apartment Life.
WOWZA.
edit: he reminds me of the lead (sim) singer in my Platinum story. Now I wanna go update it...
Agreed. I'm soo sick of people throwing hissy fits. And I think the OP is taking this whole celebrity thing soooo seriously. Since when did Sims HAVE to cater to someone specifically? This is a sandbox game, play how you want. I'm sick and tired of people taking this game, and this forum so seriously. Go take a chill pill and get a sense of humor.
People are not throwing hissy fits they are just identifying a very poor business decision and asking EA to stop.
The issue here is that resources that should be used to fund development of new features and bug fixes is being spent on an ineffective marketing campaign.
If people wanted celebrities in their games, they would make or download the celebrities themselves. Many of us play games to get away from reality and modern culture and create our own worlds, celebrities go against this.
Your whole point that the sims should not cater to someone specifically goes against your approval of celebrity endorsements. Using Katy Perry will only cater to Katy Perry fans. This will alienate and put off everyone else who doesn't like the singer.
While its true celebrities have been in sims since the beginning, it has never been as intrusive as it is in the sims 3. Dedicated stuff packs and endorsed Ep's are not the way forward. The community has made this clear and EA still ignores them.
TL/DR Celebrities have no place in the sims unless the user specifically creates them. Resources should be spent on bug fixes and product development.
Not to say all of them are awful but it brings in a good chunk of change from people who will buy whatever product that has their idol's name attached to it.
The major difference between Superstar and "Katy Perry's Fantastical Sim adventure" is simply how aggressive it is being.
The thing is when the games had celebrity sims they were always on the side and were a great nod. Heck Late Night needed to have better Celebrity expies in my oppinion Heck I wouldn't have even made an arguement if it included a celebrity inside the game and they advertised that the celebrity was appearing in the game.
When Katy Perry started to show her head the focus was shot right to the celebrity herself and I just went "Why?". It just cheapens the whole experience. It became less "Celebrity sings a song to advertise the next sims game" and became "Hey everyone! Katy Petty is the new Sims expansion and Stuff Pack! Better buy it because KATY PERRY!". It took the focus away from the game is all I am saying.
What bothers me the most is people lashing out on the celebrities. For example on the Joey Essex video, people are writing death treats and insults towards him. They don't know him, whatever show he is on doesn't portray the real him; he could be the sweetest, kindest, most genuine person they'd ever know maybe, or a cruel monster. People have a right to have an opinion but with lack of knowledge on the subject, they end up looking worse themselves.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/758083/petition-to-add-optional-co-op-feature-to-ts4-122-372-signatures/p1
@RBenthien: after I saw Joey's pic, I like him now too.
Any day
^ This. Surely there would have been a better choice? I didn't even know he was in the game, though, where have you guys seen him? My witch wants to curse him.
~MischiefTheKitten