Hey simmers! We're not trying to be sneaky. Did you notice the posters are from the trailers we've put out before? We are all excited to go see Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max just like you! I actually went to go see Pitch Perfect 2 last night. It was so much fun!
In case you missed it The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff pack will be $9.99 USD. Yep! It features about as much content as a TS3 stuff pack AND a buffet table and fountain. Woo!!
I love you all. You are passionate & challenging, and I still love you. Thanks for being you. I sincerely hope we will be able to live up to your expectations. There are so many ways people play the Sims and so many reasons people come to the Sims. It's NOT just about storytelling, it's also not JUST about simulation. It's…
I don't have news to give you but I want to let you know I'm still paying attention. I understand how eager you are to see changes & hear big announcements from us about what you're looking for. As sparkfairy1 said just a few posts ago - this game is a big game to turnaround quickly and we do have to make plans far in…
Hey simmers - I just want to clarify a term that means one things in the real world and a different thing in the gaming world. It was mentioned earlier in this thread by a few folks but when an artist refers to budget it has nothing to do with money. He is specifically talking about how many polygons or what texture size…
We are going to miss you so much @SimGuruRyan. Please come visit anytime you want, you're always welcome :) I remember when you started as a youngun' producer. Watching you grow and become part of our Sims family has been so rewarding. Good luck!!!
I'm actually NOT the winner ;) @SimGuruShannon has been at Maxis longer than I have. Also Robi, Kevin Hogan and a few other developers you might not see on here.
Sorry I have to duck out early folks - I have to go sooner than expected. I will try and answer things we didn't get to in the Q&A later today. Fear not though - more info about EP will be coming up in the next few weeks.
Thanks for the feedback! There are so many different ways to break up skills that sometimes we end up broad and sometimes we end up specific. We try to make sure that there's enough content to progress through either way. and sometimes we change our mind - just because we might not have electrical skill now doesn't mean we…
Good eye @fullspiral! We certainly want our content to play nice together. We'll be releasing more details about the new jobs & businesses in the next few weeks.
I want to see us use the open spaces a lot more too - I think we have some pretty interesting ideas for that. I've been watching the conversations about freezing time & time options very closely, we understand how important it is to you. Thank you for your feedback on the careers too and your concern about immersion. I'm…
Thank you! We will be talking a lot more about Get to Work in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for news and I think we'll address what you're asking :)
Interesting point of view @TheNest. Weirder Stories is still an important part of TS4 and you are right, we have not built great tools to share and exchange those. We actually talk a lot about that and it is something we want to invest in, a part of the foundation we want to expand. We are actually not afraid at all of the…
It's certainly something we're taking into consideration because we do not want your files to get bloated. We're looking at performance and memory use very carefully to make sure we stay on top of it.
It sounds like you might be hitting a bug. If you tell a Sim to use a particular computer they shouldn't be choosing another one unless something is in the way, something is broken or maybe some bug is happening. I haven't seen this myself but I can ask. Interesting note about the pre-existing families and the maid. I'll…
We'll be talking more about the Doctor and hospital coming up next week ;) and we'll talk more about retail coming up soon too. You will be able to visit an NPC store.