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Too many ADS!
Welshy
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so i opened up the game after the recent patch on the 12th Dec 2019 and was pretty surprised that the game has now moved the play button to the side and opted for a big ad in the middle for buying extra content! doesnt this seem a bit like over kill?
first the entier half of the screen was changed to feature EVERY SINGLE RELEASE that you can buy there and then...
now the top half is mostly MORE ADS!
sims team, i've played since TS1, before you filled your game with adverts and DLS in game, (remeber the in game catalogue in buy mode for buying more stuff straight from the store)
can we just enjoy the game we've paid for? without being pushed to check out the next title to purchase? are you guys turning the sims series into that much of a cash cow? i shouldn't have to pay £30+ for games and then open it up to just see advertisment for the next game i should buy!
first the entier half of the screen was changed to feature EVERY SINGLE RELEASE that you can buy there and then...
now the top half is mostly MORE ADS!
sims team, i've played since TS1, before you filled your game with adverts and DLS in game, (remeber the in game catalogue in buy mode for buying more stuff straight from the store)
can we just enjoy the game we've paid for? without being pushed to check out the next title to purchase? are you guys turning the sims series into that much of a cash cow? i shouldn't have to pay £30+ for games and then open it up to just see advertisment for the next game i should buy!
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I own 51 games on PS4 and The Sims 4 is the only one to contain ads.
Between that and the whole "rebranding" of The Sims 4, I really wonder if EA is paying the wrong departments too much money, as it seems they have nothing else to do. How about giving those resources and funding to 3D modelers and animations so the next time we get a camping pack that is separate from a decent vacation pack, we can actually get real bears and animals with more than 3 polygons?
A flyer I wouldn't mind, because you can throw that away, this is something I'm going to see constantly whenever i open the game and it's only purpose is to get me to buy more titles instead of letting me enjoy the ones I've already got. I can't ignore it when it covers the majority of the screen & that's why it's done that way, so it's in people's face
Usually I do too but I noticed the change, I was all up for playing it but after seeing how saturated it was in marketing it just put me off, to me it just feels like they're more concerned with selling more games than the experience of playing what you have. I'd like to point out ts3 had to put in a feature at the end to turn off certain expansion packs because they didn't optimise the ones people already bought.
THIS! & principleofentropy, that's exactly my point.. it's almost like the sims is the new cash cow, when I played ts1 the whole point was to be innovative and do new things, now it's just to see how much money they can get out of the player.
I know some people have said this is just in the title screen and I know that's my main issue, but don't forget there's advertisement for packs in the world select and also in the in game gallery, I know ts3 had buy/build mode that you could spend money to buy new content, I'm not sure if that's in ts4 but I wouldn't be surprised and I've just had it turned off all this time.
But just dial down on the advertising. I know people say it's their marketing to make more money but I think it equally turns people off, I was actually looking at buying a bundle of ts4 till I opened the new menu, after seeing that it's more in my face It put me off, it's basically turned into opening a store menu and not a game.
Not sure, as I haven't opened it for a while, but I think showing the packs you own is classic sims. Pretty sure Sims 2 had it, and even Sims 1. Can't tell you about Sims 3 as I never played it. Might have been on the launcher though, but I remember seeing it.
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Also, most games don’t operate under the business model of dozens and dozens of packs. They sell you one game and that’s it. Most PC or console games with online options (where in which you’re encouraged to purchase upgrades) typically have some crafty way of advertising the online option even in the normal campaign gameplay: See GTA4’s 2 stock markets and other features.
It is a llama and the freezer bunny. They appear if you have a certain amount of dlc.
And are both useless and annoying. If that is their idea of a reward for buying stuff it's a lame one. A loyal customer coupon would make more sense.
I believe you see the bunny and llama either when you own everything or when you’re not missing enough packs to create a bundle.
That's possible because I have the 'build a bundle' thing there.
I also like wandering the hills.