Players see the free update for Sims 4 as a cheap attempt to get them to buy the next expansion. It’s a blow to a community that has been looking forward to like-minded feet and mechanics.
Yesterday’s free update for The Sims 4, announced at The Behind The Sims Summit in October, added a new life stage for characters. The long-awaited babies, however, it failed to meet players’ expectations, leading them to come to some unpleasant conclusions..
High expectations are the fault of the developers
Where did it all start? The update was introduced by the developers in many streams. As a result, fans of the show have had plenty of opportunities to fall in love with the cute babies.
Lots of little systems and behaviors that turn young Sims into truly enthralled gamers eager to create deep stories from their virtual families. To the delight of fans, this extension was going to arrive in the game completely free of charge.
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The problem is that virtually all gameplays that showed infants in practice were presented with the use of the Growing Together extension, distorting the actual image of the update. Just yesterday, we had the chance to see with our own eyes how free switching works without DLC support.
The result? A big disappointment for the players..
Sims Developer Foul Play
Launching tomorrow, Growing Together was billed from the start as an expansion that deepened family life and relationships between Sims. However, it was always presented, so to speak, with the update.which many netizens said was a dirty marketing ploy.
After briefly playing around with the new update, many netizens got the impression that the free update is an attempt to force players to purchase the next expansion.
“They kept everything we were passionate about, limited to the package. Why should we PAY to have full length babies? They didn’t do that with the little kids, yes they had a bunch of themed stuff for them but that wasn’t the case. Watch Game Features It’s like toddlers free, but options to learn to walk and talk are paid.
In fact, I can’t believe we have to pay to have milestones, personality, and motor skills… Maybe I’m in over my head here, but that’s extremely greedy of him. Babies without the new pack so far are boring, we don’t even have a changing mat or play mat, we have to pay for that too. Also, I forgot to mention that you also have to pay for a DIAPER CONTAINER. Without the pack, your sims drop them on the floor,” Reddit user solarlunaas wrote.
It is important to note that the changes made by the update are not optional.
What does that mean? Each player is in a situation where they must choose: either in all their games they will now have to go through the boring and annoying stage of the life of the Sims, or they will decide to pay.
For those who follow the industry, this situation is not so surprising.
- EA and the publisher’s Maxis studio have been recognized for years as companies that specialize in the extensive monetization of their products.
- This time, however, the fans’ disappointment was mainly due to promises of free changes, which proved to fool players who weren’t ready to pay.
Grow Together costs $39.99. Its release tomorrow will give us a full picture of the situation.