Idk why they think we want to "connect" so badly. I don't want to connect lol, I just want to come home after a long day and play my game in peace and quiet. Not that it matters as I will not be playing this game anymore, and I don't say that with any shade at all to those who still love the game...I'm just over EA and the direction the franchise is heading in. Can't wait for Paralives!
I’m sure they’ll charge people to play online or a subscription. I don’t want to play online but I might change my mind once I see more videos of the project.
my theory is that project rene wasn‘t going as well as they thought it would and now that EA has competition and saw what inzoi can do, they knew they would lose against such a strong candidate. that‘s why this weird excuse „we don‘t want players to have to start over“ came in. so now I feel like their strategy is gonna be milking the sims 4 but I feel like in a few years the sims 4 is gonna be a completely different game than what we bought in 2014…
That depends if they willing to put the work and money to change base sims 4. Which they didn't bother with the Sims 5. Are people asking the right question.. Like How long is it going to take to overhaul the Sims 4! 4, 6 or even 10 years. Are you going to be sticking around that long with the game
Imo the sims 4 wont keep up as well as they think it will against competition… also computer and technology changes so fast, i think its part of a game life cycle to eventually end and start focusing on something else. Its not like this game is new… its been 10 years already, i get many people are new to the game but also as many if not more are already tired of it and keeping pushing out paid dlc wont improve that
They won't bother to do that lol. They'll turn it into a mobile game experience with more ways to spend real money like a premium battle pass, before they put time into overhauling the base game to a better experience that we don't have to pay for. @amvhate
They've been milking sims 4 since it released in such a horrible state and they decided to start releasing packs anyways. And i think this is fine. As long as they worry about FIXING the game before they move forward.
I hope they speak Simlish in the Movie with subtitles in english or any language of the world, it would be awesome, but in the same time it would take them so much effort to translate everything. So I'd be happy with at least Simlish Songs, and a Yibs, Nooboo, things that the Sims Players already know the meaning of. Yibs, Nib, Nooboo. They could say it. I hope they will get Stuck, can't move and wave their hands to our face 😂😂😂
wtf does a sims movie have to do with the game I want a fucking game that works not a fucking movie with celebrity cameos if yall have the budget for a movie yall have the budget to make the game even better
Omg yes!!!! But I just finally accepted they don't really care if they have a working game as long as we spending money. I tried not to give them anything else after hs years broke my game for like 6 months... but of course.... I wanted a horse smh 😂 now I'm back to complaining, waiting for inzoi to come out lol
Of all the 1.2 billion hours played in 12 months I wonder how much of that time was loading screens, trying to overcome glitches, and/or trying to get your sim to do a single task. I miss sims 3.
I always have to get huge updates when I want to play. I don't play regularly and honestly always having to wait for updates when I finally have time to play has made me stop to even try to play the game. 😅😂
Lmao they not gonna last another 5 yrs because this is EA where talking about love even with all theses stupid sims changes the game is still gonna fail n its sad because the sims is supposed to be more than a cash grab 😒💯
Fr I’m dying for the end of Sims 4 so I don’t have to spend 3 hours updating every single one of my mods every three weeks. TS2 is so nice because I just identify something that annoys me (e.g. the walk cycle for young adults), download a mod to fix it, and never think about it ever again
Honestly, that would be better. TS2 and TS3 have improved so much since the end of their life cycles and it’s solely thanks to modders. Any minor annoyance I identify with my game (TS2), there’s a mod for it. You won’t ever be able to do that with TS4 as it won’t ever be a ‘finished’ game. And imagine how awful the already-dated graphics will look in another ten years’ time.
Still think this is the laziest "next generation" of sims games possible. Hey! Let''s just revamp our old games! Then we don't have to innovate! Yeah, and let's tell everyone how great it is, too, even though it isn't anything like what our players are asking for! And notice how she keeps talking about getting new players. I just feel like this announcement is the death knell for the sims.
@@AJLikesGamesAlot I know but it could be smaller and functional and later they could create a miniature version as decor, because the cupcake machine was on Sims 4 for a very long time. So as a Birthday Gift or a Memory, it would be lit!
Unfortunately, we don't know exactly what happened with EA and Maxis and the teams and Grant, and unfortunately they haven't commented on it. I think that's a shame, but I can understand it to some extent, because they don't want other companies (competitors: paralive, inzoi etc.) to know about their private situations in their company.
it was also easier to create CC and mods for then TS3, it also didn't crash because GASP! you tried playing with ALL the packs and store items like TS3 does! I own everything and can't play with most of it included in the game!
What? I didn't receive any Update since Lovestruck, just yesterday I got the update on my PC, on my other PC I didn't. Something is weird with the EA App...
"we're famous for our user generated content" is just code for "we're famous for not bringing out enough content so its up to our users to create their own content"
I saw ( The next 25 years) and almost started crying. What do they mean they're going to be continuing this until I'm 49? Our kids are going to be playing the Sims 4.
@wild_gypsy_rose at least they get to play when they're 36 as well. Let's hope the game is WAY better by then. But honestly, that's so cute. I hope they enjoy the funny glitches too.
They’ve taken ts4’s comparison numbers over a decade, when every other Sims game before it, had much less time to build fans and new player base from the release date. If they put those numbers from 1, 2 & 3 together next to 4, what would it look like then? It’s not a fair comparison in my opinion nor an accurate representation of the state of the game now 😬
Of the number fudging, the amount of time Sims 4 has been out compared to the other three is probably negligible as an influence tbh. Eventually you hit your saturation point and no more players come in. Sims 4 has more downloads because it’s literally free. They made it free to make the numbers look good for the shareholders, because they’d likely hit their saturation point and wanted to entice new players by removing the barrier to entry. Even if it wasn’t, it’s also the only sims game to have an actual console port (multiple revenue streams and catching players who don’t own PCs) Access to technology has probably also benefitted it (more people actually own a PC capable of running it), as has overall brand recognition (it’s the fourth entry, which means it builds off the reputation of the previous three) I would be more curious to see the sales distribution of their packs tbh, that would give a better idea of the health of the game (which is why they’ll never reveal it)
After researching (yes I did 😅), for the Sims 1 & 2 base games together (= 9 years lifespan) the total sales were 22 million for base game (Sims 1 & 2 only). For sims 4 base game (8 year lifespan), sales are 10 million (as of 2018 - further info was unavailable regarding the base game 🤨). Sims 3 base game sales were 4.5 million. Total amount of sales for all three (Sims 1, 2 & 3) = 26.5 million sales for base games alone over 9 years. The numbers will be even more if I included expansions for each generation of sims game. Make of it what you will but I thought I’d put this here for anyone interested :)
Hmm. If the Base game of s4 wasn't such a terrible foundation, I could see them enhancing upon it. S3 seems to have been such a better base game, if it didn't have that memory hog issue.
@@violetskye_ oh wow that’s impressive! You’ve really witnessed all the ups and downs of the franchise. I’m 27, played the game damn near my whole life. We should make a club 😂
@@jusletursoulglobaby I'm 51, been playing since it came out and I hardly touch it now, just too many frustrations with things not quite working as they should, be it game play or with building, though I still like the idea of the game. Was thinking I would give Sims5 a try, but more Sims4?? nope. Also going to try Paralives when it comes out, if it works, and plays, well, will likely only play that one.
I think Project Renee was Sims 5 and have an online mode but after seeing Inzoi and knowing they would get killed, they are just releasing the online mode in a panic and in a hope it can compete. Inzoi I think will take over when released and starts adding more content.
Putting it in online mode makes me feel like it opens the door for more competition like Second Life (an already amazing online simulation world with adult content which EA could never lol)
i dont think inzoi will be as big of a threat to the sims 4 as people think since the specs are so high. i have above the minimal required specs for inzoi and even the character creator demo was extremely laggy for me. all the sims 4 laptop players most likely won't be able to switch over to inzoi even if they want to.
Save me paralives. Paralives. Paralives save me. Edit: although I will say that the “upload a picture and the character creator will try to make it” is old, old tech that I’m kind of surprised didn’t exist before. Like I remember Miis having a very crude version of that, and I’ve seen it in other games from the past few years.
This update has done more damage to my game than any other has. My sim will not stay in bed and every time I try to do something besides play the game it gets all these weird graphic glitches and you can't see the game to play anymore. I have to just shut it all down and restart my computer. The more they fix this stupid game the more messed up it gets.
I wish they'd make sims sit down while eating and stop blocking other sims from getting food from the fridge. Gezz, even mods aren't working to make them sit. Fulledit cheat doesn't work anymore...for me. Sims seeing and talking through walls is creepy. Oh and sim playing musical chairs just to talk is nerve racking!
Seen the competition and said why even bother.. the swatch update feels like an afterthought honestly, colorful update but crossstitch and puzzles are still in black and white on console 🙈
The recolors are actually very cool. The new doorframes are very useful too! However, IF they want to keep sims 4, they HAVE to implement a color wheel and a texture option. This is a must.
The Sims is so full of ish because this is all because of INZOI. EA could care less for years about the customers, the players, the gamers but now all of a sudden they're doing all these things.🤔 They're total BS corporate BS. I cannot stand EA. They are gaslighting all of you making you think. Oh wow! We're doing something amazing for this. No you're doing something amazing for your bottom line. It's still all the same and if inZOI goes away for whatever reason guess what? So will all of this be EA BS!!
I’m concerned by their “creator economy” comment. I hope that doesn’t mean they’re gonna start charging us for downloading off the gallery or introduced micro transactions inside the game.
@@drippinmelanin5707 mine wasn’t going past the loading screen for the first two attempts and then after I restarted my computer it gets stuck on loading my saved games
Mine got the awful Items Removed Message. Another reason why I won't buy the two new kits tomorrow. EA had their chance, and they blew it! I hope Inzoi sells well as opposed to Pregnant Ricki. Yes, that was a direct insult to Project Renee.
Y’all wanna hear something crazy? Of all the things announced in this, I am MOST excited for the continuation and revival of the Mysims series. I literally love Mysims and that game was what got me interested in wanting to play Sims.
And when are we going to get some stuff from the previous Sims games like Sims 2 or 3, since those games were made a few years before and after I was born I never got to play them so that's why I really been asking for stuff related to that so I can finally experience those things because I know that their classic games meant to be played.
The swatches are great but i wish we could get create-a-style. And the color wheel. I been playing around with create-a-style in the sims 3. It been so fun even now
Omg. I'm still trying to update mods because of all the lovestruck patches. I want to yell!! I'm just got it to where I wasn't getting many LE.. Now I have to go thur this again!? Uggghhhh!!
@Amacie19 an update is always coming...make it make sense. Just like we got 3 after the last pack. It would really benefit the player if that actually test all the packs together..
Some of what they’re talking about should’ve been expected imo. She mentions that the Sims is a cultural powerhouse. I could’ve told you that cultural weight their #1 asset, especially with games like InZoi and Paralives on the way…
didnt even know it was gonna update today, so imagine my shock when the game opted to not open at all😵💫 even removed my mods folder and still nothing. still, this is a really good update and im excited to have it
💚 I would love an update where the two sims can enter a bed from one side (the bed is placed next to a wall) 💚 trash cans under the kitchen counter/island 💚 toilets can be placed next to the bathtub 💚pets sleep on the bed. A dog house 💚pet turtles and birds. Option to have rabbits inside the house with an indoor bunny cage.
Hope you feeling better soon bro. Thank you so much for letting us know the update wasn't sure when it was for today thank you so much feel better soon buddy
Taken Mods folder out and now testing whilst watching this video . I must say that my game is running the best it has been since I can’t remember. DX11 switch took place as I loaded the game. I was happy to see that as I was worried it hadn’t happened before now. So no crashes/laggy game and I’m about 3 hours in. Great video by the way. Hope you feel better soon. ❤
For me I have been playing since the sims 1 came out. I’m actually happy they’re not doing a sims 5. I have dished out a lot of money over the years for the sims. I would rather them work on fixing the sims 4 since I have already spent thousands of dollars and hours on that game.
Same thoughts. Also for me personally it wouldn’t feel good if they would start a new generation as sims 4 is completely wasted. It would be like „okay just put this in the trash we start over new. Don’t know if we make it better. Don’t know if we figured out the problems but hey just start new and probably crash the new game as well“
Sims 3’s performance issues weigh it down, Sims 2 is a much smoother experience and so many stories have been made and shared with it over the years to keep it alive
Yes!!! People seem to forget how fing boring the sims 3 base game was. You barley had any clothes. Any hair style. Any furniture. You needed to buy so many packs until it got existing and in the end (at least for me) sims 3 was not really playable as well cause it was full of bugs and slow (especially the world which came with the island pack was unplayable for me) I was so addicted to sims 2 and was so excited for the sims 3. But after a first play I was honestly little bit disappointed cause it was so boring so fast.
1: Social enhanced tools for the game? We had this conversation before, pass. 2: Sims movie? Isn't the whole point of the game to make our own stories? Pass. 3: Wow, I'm genuinely impressed by the text reader, not bad, not bad 4: RECOLOURED OVEN HOODS AND CURTAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SWAG CURTAINS MY BELOVED FORGOTTEN NO MORE 5: Okay that sounds like a lot of nice sounding optimization, but it's so long overdue, I hope it doesn't interfere with old saves. 6: Long list of fixes, but how long until they break again i wonder 7: ALL THE RECOLOURED ITEMS, THERE'S SO MANYYYYYYY 8: Sounds like a lot of wonderful promises, but they did say they'd update other languages with the pronouns update (yes yes i know it's not easy, some languages don't have alternatives, but at least mention progress or smth) and so far nothing, and were pack refreshes actually promised or are we just assuming it? because some older packs need a boost to make them worthwhile, but so far it doesn't seem likely that they'll repeat a refresh. 9: tentatively optimistic, but I'll wait a few more months at least to reinstall the game, but ngl the swag curtains alone very nearly convinced me :V
Same I currently have the game uninstalled and plan to wait till I'm truly 'wow'd' or a few more updates come out (specifically concerning toddlers) before I will reinstall.
@@SynSyn4EvaYoung I was waiting for the game to be abandoned and stop being updated. The Sims 2 modding scene became its best when the game was dropped because modders didn't have to worry about their work being wasted in a half dozen months by a new pack. With Sims 4 everything is temporary, there's often two patches a month or more, and for someone working long hours it's pointless to spend one hour updating mods and one hour playing only to have to do it all over again next time i have time to play which may be next month. But now it seems I'd be waiting a long time for that, and Paralives II would probably have come out by then, so maybe if the game does get better (many comments here say it broke for them instead) and if updates slow down i might try again.
Also for the movie, I hope it will be like a horror movie of an invisible and unknown 'god' controlimg the sims lives and only one person really aware of it while the others go along with things mindlessly. 😂
I'm not bored yet. I can see myself downloading this (after the major mods have been updated) if and only if people report that this update is not gamebreaking.
I really hope they take these bug fixes and updated features seriously. I really hope they update stuff like occult customization. For example the mermaids, i dont think they even have a nail section. Lmao so id be surprised if they even have an eyelash section. Every occult should have every customization option, even other occult options.
they saw inzoi and those specs and realized they could lose tons of cash because these days and times people cant just run out and buy new video cards just to play a game, I KNOW i can not. mobile games mans i can play on my phone or laptop which is good i guess, i just know today is patch day my mods will be removed until fixed, if they broke, and i wait to see what is new in this patch
While there are good things in Sims 4 that I think we'd all love to see carried forward, I can't imagine it's a good place to start from going forward. I mean, are they going to rework the entire game engine, go back and update all packs to ensure they work properly and function with all the other packs, AND rework the honestly broken/schizophrenic emotion system to make it worth starting from? Does this mean they are saying we'll never have open worlds, cars, etc? edited for typos
I had a disk, for the first sims were you could scan a picture and they made a sim that looked a little like the picture. But it was really low tech. I have been waiting for this to happen I cannot wait.
@@nicolelewis8975 It is. It's been a problem since the Lovestruck update. If you try to follow 2 or more teens to highschool, the UI will treat the second one onwards like they're at the rabbit hole high school. They can still walk around the school, but the game will treat them like they're not at school. If you try to send them home at the end of the day, they get the red briefcase that says they're late, even though it's already after 3. Confirmed to be happening without mods as well.
They are so money hungryyyyy. They think oh look how many people watch sims video's. Lets make a movie and CASH CASH CASH. It's so obvious. Same for all those kits and packs.
I feel like project rene is going to be somthing like a new engine that will be implemented in the sims 4 and their other games. Idk tho... since they're going to keep working on the sims 4 they might ss well start updating the game itself to be modernized to fit in with the gaming culture we have now. That would be nice for them to update the game as a whole.
Sims 4 did better than sims 2 and 3 combined so its too late. They will keep the sims 4 model with free to play and endless kits and lackluster expansions. Project rene will be sims 4 online but way worse.
They're investing in all the things players don't want. Make it make sense. Funny for the creative side, they only show gallery downloads, not actual creation hours. They know live mode is the more popular one, yet they still are doing more build/buy stuff instead of gameplay stuff. It's wild to me.
Get well soon Matt!! I'm both sad and annoyed that EA decided that they couldn't compete with the new kids on the block and canned The Sims 5... 25 more years of Sims 4, though 💀 Good grief!! 😂😂😂
Years ago, during the TS2 years, Fox (I think?) had the rights to The Sims Movie and were planning a movie about kids who realized that their new neighbors were actually their sims and that everything they did with their sims happened to their neighbors IRL. I wonder if they kept that script...
Why can we NOT get autosaves?? Like it does not have to be the main game. Could be a seperate save just for autosave. I don't get it. Also, for the "kids change out of clothes after leaving school" I wish that was a parenting thing. I was told many times to change out of school clothes. And then maybe even the next day have to wear dirty school clothes for getting the dirty the day before 😂
Idk why they think we want to "connect" so badly. I don't want to connect lol, I just want to come home after a long day and play my game in peace and quiet. Not that it matters as I will not be playing this game anymore, and I don't say that with any shade at all to those who still love the game...I'm just over EA and the direction the franchise is heading in. Can't wait for Paralives!
I hate open worlds. I literally control everything in my game, every building, every sim. That's Why I SIM
@@nicolelewis8975the satisfaction of micromanagement 😊
@@nicolelewis8975 this makes 0 sense
Yeah, I want a game that just focuses on better simulation and gameplay… like a life simulation game should.
I’m sure they’ll charge people to play online or a subscription. I don’t want to play online but I might change my mind once I see more videos of the project.
my theory is that project rene wasn‘t going as well as they thought it would and now that EA has competition and saw what inzoi can do, they knew they would lose against such a strong candidate. that‘s why this weird excuse „we don‘t want players to have to start over“ came in. so now I feel like their strategy is gonna be milking the sims 4 but I feel like in a few years the sims 4 is gonna be a completely different game than what we bought in 2014…
That depends if they willing to put the work and money to change base sims 4. Which they didn't bother with the Sims 5. Are people asking the right question.. Like How long is it going to take to overhaul the Sims 4! 4, 6 or even 10 years. Are you going to be sticking around that long with the game
Imo the sims 4 wont keep up as well as they think it will against competition… also computer and technology changes so fast, i think its part of a game life cycle to eventually end and start focusing on something else. Its not like this game is new… its been 10 years already, i get many people are new to the game but also as many if not more are already tired of it and keeping pushing out paid dlc wont improve that
They won't bother to do that lol. They'll turn it into a mobile game experience with more ways to spend real money like a premium battle pass, before they put time into overhauling the base game to a better experience that we don't have to pay for. @amvhate
They've been milking sims 4 since it released in such a horrible state and they decided to start releasing packs anyways.
And i think this is fine. As long as they worry about FIXING the game before they move forward.
Doubt on the last part.
If someone doesn't drown in a pool it's not a The Sims movie
Or someone has to freaks out and can’t leave their living room cause a plate is on the floor
Evil sims luring other sims to their cow plant doom is also very sims
definitely should have a dystopian we know we’re in a video game vibes for at least a single person
😂😂😂
I hope they speak Simlish in the Movie with subtitles in english or any language of the world, it would be awesome, but in the same time it would take them so much effort to translate everything.
So I'd be happy with at least Simlish Songs, and a Yibs, Nooboo, things that the Sims Players already know the meaning of.
Yibs, Nib, Nooboo. They could say it. I hope they will get Stuck, can't move and wave their hands to our face 😂😂😂
wtf does a sims movie have to do with the game I want a fucking game that works not a fucking movie with celebrity cameos if yall have the budget for a movie yall have the budget to make the game even better
EXACTLY. WHY WASTE MONEY ON A MOVIE NOBODY WANTS? HIRE FING STAFF AND FIX THE GAME!!!
They prefer to pay for a movie than actually pay their employees better so we can have a better product.
@@lilbread1717 I hope no one watches the movie so they can learn a lesson
Omg yes!!!! But I just finally accepted they don't really care if they have a working game as long as we spending money. I tried not to give them anything else after hs years broke my game for like 6 months... but of course.... I wanted a horse smh 😂 now I'm back to complaining, waiting for inzoi to come out lol
💯
It’s been 25 years since The Sims was launched… EA didn’t launch shit 😂
There is competition and they must wake up now😂
RIGHT?!
As a sims player since 2000 I totally agree with you smh
@@Mal_life same queen 🫶🏼
Hmmm, talking about how many hours played , how about how much moola we have put into it !! Hello !!
I might be the only one but I have no interest in a movie. I just want a game that works
The movie is just to suck in new players.
Preach
It's not just you. I have absolutely no interest in a movie at all.
Totally agree with you!!!
Next they need to make more hair color swatches I’m not crazy about the aqua green hair I wish there was a mint green color 😂
Of all the 1.2 billion hours played in 12 months I wonder how much of that time was loading screens, trying to overcome glitches, and/or trying to get your sim to do a single task. I miss sims 3.
I always have to get huge updates when I want to play. I don't play regularly and honestly always having to wait for updates when I finally have time to play has made me stop to even try to play the game. 😅😂
you can still play sims 3 you know. it has its own glitches & lag issues but its nice to get away from the sims 4 sometimes and enjoy the sims 3 charm
Why are you playing then? Your complaining but still playing that much!
RIGHT
@@katet8639 they literally gave their two cents. I dont see complaints
Twenty five years... I just saw a flash of myself, aged fifty and still playing a continuously broken sims 4🤣😱
Hah, yep, right here 😮
Lmao they not gonna last another 5 yrs because this is EA where talking about love even with all theses stupid sims changes the game is still gonna fail n its sad because the sims is supposed to be more than a cash grab 😒💯
You just told my life story, lol.
As if it's still playable in 25 years with all the bugs at the rate we get them
this hahaha
The sims has sickening effect on me because why does the new swatch on an oven hood excite me
Yesss I got so 😃😂😂
You noticed that too huh? I've been aware that I suffer from the same thing for a while now I've learned to live with it
so real
Because decorating in the sims is tedious and sometimes it can be that one object that just is the wrong color but they don’t have the right swatch.
@@marcosmith4764 exactly... 3 swatches for the oven hood just ruined my kitchen everytime
I was really hoping that they would let Sims 4 go so that the updates would stop and the game can begin to stabilize overtime, modder’s dream.
Fr I’m dying for the end of Sims 4 so I don’t have to spend 3 hours updating every single one of my mods every three weeks. TS2 is so nice because I just identify something that annoys me (e.g. the walk cycle for young adults), download a mod to fix it, and never think about it ever again
Yep, this more than anything is what sent me back to Sims 3.
Honestly, that would be better. TS2 and TS3 have improved so much since the end of their life cycles and it’s solely thanks to modders. Any minor annoyance I identify with my game (TS2), there’s a mod for it. You won’t ever be able to do that with TS4 as it won’t ever be a ‘finished’ game. And imagine how awful the already-dated graphics will look in another ten years’ time.
And i want them to keep updating the game. There are SO many bugs i want them to fix…
never forget mobile games are just cash grabs
FACTS. Greediness is sooo strong in mobile
And The Sims 4 has turned into nothing but a cash grab as well.
@@kore3919 sad but true i really feel for console players
Still think this is the laziest "next generation" of sims games possible. Hey! Let''s just revamp our old games! Then we don't have to innovate! Yeah, and let's tell everyone how great it is, too, even though it isn't anything like what our players are asking for! And notice how she keeps talking about getting new players. I just feel like this announcement is the death knell for the sims.
I agree with you! They switched up the plan and this is desperate damage control! The franchise is in trouble.
The cupcake machine being so huge is ridiculous.
So ridiculous they made it so we can bake cupcakes using ovens
They could make a smaller version of it and later a miniature version of the cupcake machine as a decor item 🧁💕
Not really. Its a machine that makes cupcakes, mostly on its own. lol
@@AJLikesGamesAlot I know but it could be smaller and functional and later they could create a miniature version as decor, because the cupcake machine was on Sims 4 for a very long time.
So as a Birthday Gift or a Memory, it would be lit!
@@AJLikesGamesAlot Sorry, I thought you meant me, but you meant @Lathyrusloon. Sorry, my mistake. 😓
I also think that their silence and all the departures of employees meant that it changed goals in between…
Unfortunately, we don't know exactly what happened with EA and Maxis and the teams and Grant, and unfortunately they haven't commented on it.
I think that's a shame, but I can understand it to some extent, because they don't want other companies (competitors: paralive, inzoi etc.) to know about their private situations in their company.
Not surprised TS2 was more popular than TS3 - it was a much smoother experience, IMO
Sims 2 was the Golden Age of the franchise.
Sims 2 was peak sims! Everything that’s great about the franchise
I remember then, what I really wanted was a Sims2 but with better graphics and the advancements that Sims3 had in building/open world/customization
it was also easier to create CC and mods for then TS3, it also didn't crash because GASP! you tried playing with ALL the packs and store items like TS3 does! I own everything and can't play with most of it included in the game!
Also, the country was also still recovering economically during TS3, vs TS2s release.
They gave us recolours coincidentally a day after announcing there being no Sims 5 lol gotta appease the angry mob
Our toxic bf bought us flowers and jewelry after the big fight yesterday smh
What? I didn't receive any Update since Lovestruck, just yesterday I got the update on my PC, on my other PC I didn't. Something is weird with the EA App...
"we're famous for our user generated content" is just code for "we're famous for not bringing out enough content so its up to our users to create their own content"
I feel like this is the first time I’ve seen patch notes that actually fix bugs ive seen in game
I’m 41 years old now and I have been playing the sims for 25 years I was in high school when it came out wow 😮that’s a long time to be playing it.
I feel like sims 4 is only that high on the charts because it’s had double the lifespan of its predecessors. But that’s just me
I saw ( The next 25 years) and almost started crying. What do they mean they're going to be continuing this until I'm 49? Our kids are going to be playing the Sims 4.
My kids are playing the sims 4 my 11 year old loves it. I am 45
@wild_gypsy_rose at least they get to play when they're 36 as well. Let's hope the game is WAY better by then.
But honestly, that's so cute. I hope they enjoy the funny glitches too.
Real life legacy challenge.
@jennnnnnnnnnnn Yes actually 🤣.
They’ve taken ts4’s comparison numbers over a decade, when every other Sims game before it, had much less time to build fans and new player base from the release date. If they put those numbers from 1, 2 & 3 together next to 4, what would it look like then? It’s not a fair comparison in my opinion nor an accurate representation of the state of the game now 😬
I think this is a point I've never seen anyone make regarding how they go on and on about how many more people play TS4. Appreciate you posting this.
@@xoxo_noeno problem :)!
Of the number fudging, the amount of time Sims 4 has been out compared to the other three is probably negligible as an influence tbh. Eventually you hit your saturation point and no more players come in. Sims 4 has more downloads because it’s literally free. They made it free to make the numbers look good for the shareholders, because they’d likely hit their saturation point and wanted to entice new players by removing the barrier to entry. Even if it wasn’t, it’s also the only sims game to have an actual console port (multiple revenue streams and catching players who don’t own PCs)
Access to technology has probably also benefitted it (more people actually own a PC capable of running it), as has overall brand recognition (it’s the fourth entry, which means it builds off the reputation of the previous three)
I would be more curious to see the sales distribution of their packs tbh, that would give a better idea of the health of the game (which is why they’ll never reveal it)
All of this and just gaming as a hobby has grown as well.
After researching (yes I did 😅), for the Sims 1 & 2 base games together (= 9 years lifespan) the total sales were 22 million for base game (Sims 1 & 2 only). For sims 4 base game (8 year lifespan), sales are 10 million (as of 2018 - further info was unavailable regarding the base game 🤨).
Sims 3 base game sales were 4.5 million.
Total amount of sales for all three (Sims 1, 2 & 3) = 26.5 million sales for base games alone over 9 years. The numbers will be even more if I included expansions for each generation of sims game.
Make of it what you will but I thought I’d put this here for anyone interested :)
Back up your saves before updating!!! Lots of people reporting loss of save files or the inability to access them!!!
Thanks for the warning! Always appreciated
this!!! i lost my saves because it automatically updated. thankfully i didnt care because i start a new household everytime i play
Hmm. If the Base game of s4 wasn't such a terrible foundation, I could see them enhancing upon it. S3 seems to have been such a better base game, if it didn't have that memory hog issue.
Wtf, im 54 and have played the sims for 25 years 😮, thats practically half of my life 😮 I doubt I'll still be here in another 25 years 😂
We're rooting for you, Violet!
I'm 52 and certainly won't be sticking with EA. It's Inzoi or nothing.
51 here and they have to up the game or inzoi
@@violetskye_ oh wow that’s impressive! You’ve really witnessed all the ups and downs of the franchise. I’m 27, played the game damn near my whole life. We should make a club 😂
@@jusletursoulglobaby I'm 51, been playing since it came out and I hardly touch it now, just too many frustrations with things not quite working as they should, be it game play or with building, though I still like the idea of the game. Was thinking I would give Sims5 a try, but more Sims4?? nope. Also going to try Paralives when it comes out, if it works, and plays, well, will likely only play that one.
I think Project Renee was Sims 5 and have an online mode but after seeing Inzoi and knowing they would get killed, they are just releasing the online mode in a panic and in a hope it can compete.
Inzoi I think will take over when released and starts adding more content.
Putting it in online mode makes me feel like it opens the door for more competition like Second Life (an already amazing online simulation world with adult content which EA could never lol)
i dont think inzoi will be as big of a threat to the sims 4 as people think since the specs are so high. i have above the minimal required specs for inzoi and even the character creator demo was extremely laggy for me. all the sims 4 laptop players most likely won't be able to switch over to inzoi even if they want to.
Imagine all the packs during the 25 year. All the dlcs now equals to over 1000…
EA is just waving the white flag at inzoi and paralives at this point
I know Lilsimsie has probably lost her mind over this many new swatches
Save me paralives. Paralives. Paralives save me.
Edit: although I will say that the “upload a picture and the character creator will try to make it” is old, old tech that I’m kind of surprised didn’t exist before. Like I remember Miis having a very crude version of that, and I’ve seen it in other games from the past few years.
It does the same thing we could already do but worse and with greater environmental impact 😬
@@millenniumkitten4107 and it has a fancy buzzword as a name for marketing! Don't forget that! (this is sarcasm)
I hate this.
Exactly, they were not able to keep up with other companies and redirected Rene to online multiplayer.
This update has done more damage to my game than any other has. My sim will not stay in bed and every time I try to do something besides play the game it gets all these weird graphic glitches and you can't see the game to play anymore. I have to just shut it all down and restart my computer. The more they fix this stupid game the more messed up it gets.
I wish they'd make sims sit down while eating and stop blocking other sims from getting food from the fridge. Gezz, even mods aren't working to make them sit. Fulledit cheat doesn't work anymore...for me. Sims seeing and talking through walls is creepy. Oh and sim playing musical chairs just to talk is nerve racking!
Seen the competition and said why even bother.. the swatch update feels like an afterthought honestly, colorful update but crossstitch and puzzles are still in black and white on console 🙈
The recolors are actually very cool. The new doorframes are very useful too!
However, IF they want to keep sims 4, they HAVE to implement a color wheel and a texture option. This is a must.
INSANE the sims 4 has been around for over a decade and can now access a fraction of the colors we had in sims 3 😍🙏
The Sims is so full of ish because this is all because of INZOI. EA could care less for years about the customers, the players, the gamers but now all of a sudden they're doing all these things.🤔 They're total BS corporate BS. I cannot stand EA. They are gaslighting all of you making you think. Oh wow! We're doing something amazing for this. No you're doing something amazing for your bottom line. It's still all the same and if inZOI goes away for whatever reason guess what? So will all of this be EA BS!!
2:08 this is giving apple keynote😭😭 I kinda love tht for her lol
I’m concerned by their “creator economy” comment. I hope that doesn’t mean they’re gonna start charging us for downloading off the gallery or introduced micro transactions inside the game.
The GPU update is actually pretty good. Also owning a 4090, it feels like the card is being used to it's FULLEST potential
Same I just hope it doesn’t break anything lol
So jealous
Nice!
Feel better Pixelade! ❤
Since the update I can’t go into my saved games. I tried multiple times. I don’t have cc or mods. The game was working fine before the update.
Mine won't go past the loading screen to get into a household after the update. Which really sucks because I just spent hours updating my game
@@drippinmelanin5707 mine wasn’t going past the loading screen for the first two attempts and then after I restarted my computer it gets stuck on loading my saved games
Mine got the awful Items Removed Message. Another reason why I won't buy the two new kits tomorrow. EA had their chance, and they blew it! I hope Inzoi sells well as opposed to Pregnant Ricki. Yes, that was a direct insult to Project Renee.
After updating, the game crashes after 10-15 minutes for me
Here we go again...
Y’all wanna hear something crazy? Of all the things announced in this, I am MOST excited for the continuation and revival of the Mysims series. I literally love Mysims and that game was what got me interested in wanting to play Sims.
Don't get me wrong this all sounds cool...but what about cars.
Never gonna come love the sims is just a cash grab now sadly
Right?!!! They can do all this , where are cars ?
And when are we going to get some stuff from the previous Sims games like Sims 2 or 3, since those games were made a few years before and after I was born I never got to play them so that's why I really been asking for stuff related to that so I can finally experience those things because I know that their classic games meant to be played.
It’s not going to happen might as well get the sims 2 and or 3
@@KhaleedStraw-h5s unless it's a full priced Cars expansion, a Car stuff pack and a few car themed kits as well
The swatches are great but i wish we could get create-a-style. And the color wheel. I been playing around with create-a-style in the sims 3. It been so fun even now
Omg. I'm still trying to update mods because of all the lovestruck patches. I want to yell!! I'm just got it to where I wasn't getting many LE.. Now I have to go thur this again!? Uggghhhh!!
I’m in the same boat. Fingers crossed that this update goes smoother
But you knew an update was coming 😩
@Amacie19 an update is always coming...make it make sense. Just like we got 3 after the last pack. It would really benefit the player if that actually test all the packs together..
Sucks for you 💀
Can they let my dlc and game be cross console? I do not want too rebuy the packs and waste anymor money thing
Hope you're feeling better soon
Is he not doing well? Is that why he is turning into a neckbeard?
Some of what they’re talking about should’ve been expected imo. She mentions that the Sims is a cultural powerhouse. I could’ve told you that cultural weight their #1 asset, especially with games like InZoi and Paralives on the way…
Ambitious project for a team that can't even release a single pack without it breaking the game 😂
didnt even know it was gonna update today, so imagine my shock when the game opted to not open at all😵💫 even removed my mods folder and still nothing. still, this is a really good update and im excited to have it
It's a lazy update.. they should've gave the colors sooner.
💚 I would love an update where the two sims can enter a bed from one side (the bed is placed next to a wall)
💚 trash cans under the kitchen counter/island
💚 toilets can be placed next to the bathtub
💚pets sleep on the bed. A dog house
💚pet turtles and birds. Option to have rabbits inside the house with an indoor bunny cage.
Hope you feeling better soon bro. Thank you so much for letting us know the update wasn't sure when it was for today thank you so much feel better soon buddy
I always watch your video for updates as I update, you are honest and funny and always help me to prepare myself for the dreaded updates. Thanks.
Taken Mods folder out and now testing whilst watching this video . I must say that my game is running the best it has been since I can’t remember. DX11 switch took place as I loaded the game. I was happy to see that as I was worried it hadn’t happened before now. So no crashes/laggy game and I’m about 3 hours in. Great video by the way. Hope you feel better soon. ❤
For me I have been playing since the sims 1 came out. I’m actually happy they’re not doing a sims 5. I have dished out a lot of money over the years for the sims. I would rather them work on fixing the sims 4 since I have already spent thousands of dollars and hours on that game.
Same thoughts.
Also for me personally it wouldn’t feel good if they would start a new generation as sims 4 is completely wasted.
It would be like „okay just put this in the trash we start over new. Don’t know if we make it better. Don’t know if we figured out the problems but hey just start new and probably crash the new game as well“
You are surprised because they are trying to have innovative features without fixing the core game
I get so surprised when people are shocked the sims 2 is more popular than the sims 3. Sims 3 was great but sims 2 imo is peek good sims content
Sims 3’s performance issues weigh it down, Sims 2 is a much smoother experience and so many stories have been made and shared with it over the years to keep it alive
Yes!!! People seem to forget how fing boring the sims 3 base game was. You barley had any clothes. Any hair style. Any furniture. You needed to buy so many packs until it got existing and in the end (at least for me) sims 3 was not really playable as well cause it was full of bugs and slow (especially the world which came with the island pack was unplayable for me)
I was so addicted to sims 2 and was so excited for the sims 3.
But after a first play I was honestly little bit disappointed cause it was so boring so fast.
Meh. Sims 3 is way better!!
@@nameless953I felt the same way with the sims 2. Peope kept saying how good it was or how it was rhe best but it only disappointed me.
1: Social enhanced tools for the game? We had this conversation before, pass.
2: Sims movie? Isn't the whole point of the game to make our own stories? Pass.
3: Wow, I'm genuinely impressed by the text reader, not bad, not bad
4: RECOLOURED OVEN HOODS AND CURTAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SWAG CURTAINS MY BELOVED FORGOTTEN NO MORE
5: Okay that sounds like a lot of nice sounding optimization, but it's so long overdue, I hope it doesn't interfere with old saves.
6: Long list of fixes, but how long until they break again i wonder
7: ALL THE RECOLOURED ITEMS, THERE'S SO MANYYYYYYY
8: Sounds like a lot of wonderful promises, but they did say they'd update other languages with the pronouns update (yes yes i know it's not easy, some languages don't have alternatives, but at least mention progress or smth) and so far nothing, and were pack refreshes actually promised or are we just assuming it? because some older packs need a boost to make them worthwhile, but so far it doesn't seem likely that they'll repeat a refresh.
9: tentatively optimistic, but I'll wait a few more months at least to reinstall the game, but ngl the swag curtains alone very nearly convinced me :V
Same I currently have the game uninstalled and plan to wait till I'm truly 'wow'd' or a few more updates come out (specifically concerning toddlers) before I will reinstall.
@@SynSyn4EvaYoung I was waiting for the game to be abandoned and stop being updated. The Sims 2 modding scene became its best when the game was dropped because modders didn't have to worry about their work being wasted in a half dozen months by a new pack. With Sims 4 everything is temporary, there's often two patches a month or more, and for someone working long hours it's pointless to spend one hour updating mods and one hour playing only to have to do it all over again next time i have time to play which may be next month. But now it seems I'd be waiting a long time for that, and Paralives II would probably have come out by then, so maybe if the game does get better (many comments here say it broke for them instead) and if updates slow down i might try again.
Also for the movie, I hope it will be like a horror movie of an invisible and unknown 'god' controlimg the sims lives and only one person really aware of it while the others go along with things mindlessly. 😂
They saw all the response around Inzoi & realized they need to go back to the drawing board for their next game is my honest guess.
I'm not bored yet. I can see myself downloading this (after the major mods have been updated) if and only if people report that this update is not gamebreaking.
They got some friendly competition and finally decided to step up
I just hope this patch fixes the 10fps slideshow bug when switching from build to buy mode
I really hope they take these bug fixes and updated features seriously. I really hope they update stuff like occult customization. For example the mermaids, i dont think they even have a nail section. Lmao so id be surprised if they even have an eyelash section.
Every occult should have every customization option, even other occult options.
I just realized that I haven't been playing/ building restaurants that much or having weddings for that matter
they saw inzoi and those specs and realized they could lose tons of cash because these days and times people cant just run out and buy new video cards just to play a game, I KNOW i can not. mobile games mans i can play on my phone or laptop which is good i guess, i just know today is patch day my mods will be removed until fixed, if they broke, and i wait to see what is new in this patch
13:23 but the generate frm the picture thing could become an issue if it’s connected to the gallery. Unless you just can’t upload those specific sims.
Feel better, drop a lemon halls in some tea with honey works for me. ❤🎉😁
We need a Q&A. Tons of us have questions 😢 I am all for the color updates though. Because how is it that Roblox has better color options than Sims?
While there are good things in Sims 4 that I think we'd all love to see carried forward, I can't imagine it's a good place to start from going forward. I mean, are they going to rework the entire game engine, go back and update all packs to ensure they work properly and function with all the other packs, AND rework the honestly broken/schizophrenic emotion system to make it worth starting from? Does this mean they are saying we'll never have open worlds, cars, etc?
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I know how it feels to have everything hurt even your hair
Why cant we get bed swatches ! Let me choose the color of the bedframe and the covers 😭😭
I had a disk, for the first sims were you could scan a picture and they made a sim that looked a little like the picture. But it was really low tech. I have been waiting for this to happen I cannot wait.
Still no fix about not being able to follow more than 1 teen to school☠
Is this a common problem, I've never had this problem I use the high school thing frequently.
@@nicolelewis8975 It is. It's been a problem since the Lovestruck update. If you try to follow 2 or more teens to highschool, the UI will treat the second one onwards like they're at the rabbit hole high school. They can still walk around the school, but the game will treat them like they're not at school. If you try to send them home at the end of the day, they get the red briefcase that says they're late, even though it's already after 3. Confirmed to be happening without mods as well.
They are so money hungryyyyy. They think oh look how many people watch sims video's. Lets make a movie and CASH CASH CASH. It's so obvious. Same for all those kits and packs.
What a big surprise thank u Pixelade for going through a video being sick. You get better.
I hope they know men also play this game as well.. I know it's 20% more women but wow.. it not just women.. and I'm a woman ssaying that
Stuck on a loading screen for quite some time now
Wow the bug fixes are soo good! I'm impressed!😍😍😍
Considering past anniversary gifts, I'd say this haul of build/buy content is above and beyond.
I feel like project rene is going to be somthing like a new engine that will be implemented in the sims 4 and their other games. Idk tho... since they're going to keep working on the sims 4 they might ss well start updating the game itself to be modernized to fit in with the gaming culture we have now. That would be nice for them to update the game as a whole.
Sims 4 did better than sims 2 and 3 combined so its too late. They will keep the sims 4 model with free to play and endless kits and lackluster expansions. Project rene will be sims 4 online but way worse.
Pls get tested if you feel ill and hope you feel better soon!!
I thought you were about to go over Dragon Age too for a second when I saw it. I was about to say LET'S GOOOOOOO." lol
Get better soon 💜
Aaaww Matt feel better!
They're investing in all the things players don't want. Make it make sense. Funny for the creative side, they only show gallery downloads, not actual creation hours. They know live mode is the more popular one, yet they still are doing more build/buy stuff instead of gameplay stuff. It's wild to me.
I just want the "News" section back on the gallery...I miss communicating with fellow Simmers.
Yall make sure to back up your folder before you update
Maybe since they’re going to be marketing to younger players with my Sims, they can finally make the Sims 4 at least for teens.
Get well soon Matt!!
I'm both sad and annoyed that EA decided that they couldn't compete with the new kids on the block and canned The Sims 5... 25 more years of Sims 4, though 💀 Good grief!! 😂😂😂
Why didn't we get like a color wheel? more swatches? who wants that?
Why is EA/Maxis allergic to purple, especially lavender?
0:16 why did I think she looks like Rashida Talib 😅
Years ago, during the TS2 years, Fox (I think?) had the rights to The Sims Movie and were planning a movie about kids who realized that their new neighbors were actually their sims and that everything they did with their sims happened to their neighbors IRL. I wonder if they kept that script...
Its broken my CC wont load and stuck at loading screen so annoyed. Even when I select CC and restart the game it wont work so sad :(
Why can we NOT get autosaves?? Like it does not have to be the main game. Could be a seperate save just for autosave. I don't get it.
Also, for the "kids change out of clothes after leaving school" I wish that was a parenting thing. I was told many times to change out of school clothes. And then maybe even the next day have to wear dirty school clothes for getting the dirty the day before 😂
Definitely one of, if not the best patch we've received. Also 650 new swatches, I only have two words to this and they are: Hell Yes!
Looks like Im going to still be playing sims 4 when I am 80 - I'm 55 so been here since the original Sims. 😂😂