EA Called Me OLD?!😲 Millennial Reacts to The Sims News

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

As an old Gen X-er who has played ALL the mainline Sims games and a few of the spin offs, EA is stupid. Millennials SHOULD be there target demographic. The general video game audience is getting older, more people continue the video game hobby into adulthood then ever, and Millennials are at that sweet spot where they have adult jobs and ADULT income. Millenials will likely still be playing games they like for the next 15-20 years. Meaning if they like something, they can just buy it. No asking someone else to buy it for them. EA is very short sighted.

[@JustARandomFio]

Well said. Greetings from a fellow Gen X lifelong PC gamer and Simmer (1-3, skipped 4).

[@vanleetam]

thats exactly what i thought too...i mean are they stupid?? we are the ones who can actually afford their overpriced games of garbage now XD also phones are not as advanced as pcs (yet at least) cause a phone cant have the hardware a pc has and when playing resurce eating mobile games your phone is getting fucking hot cause its just not made for that in the long term...mods would probably also be a problem for mobile gamers...and sims is just surviving by the mod community since they keep giving us ugly buggy shit :P

[@missbilbybadinage1199]

Another genX here who was in her 20’s, but what would we know, just that we’ve paid thousands of $$$$ and now we’re chopped liver.

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

Reminds me of the episode of SpongeBob where Mr crabs tried to scam children for their allowance money. That’s the episode I think of when companies like EA try to target children.

[@p.bckman2997]

I'm in my mid 50s, and playing the Sims 4 (got into it during the pandemic lockdown). I have the disposable income to actually buy the packs at full price when they come out.

[@djmckay4869]

I'm 69 and have played Sims 1, 2, 3, & 4. I've bought every expansion for all games and more. I'm no longer their target demographic and it makes me sad to see the game I love changing and EA moving on. I'm not interested in multi player or mobile games at all. Can't wait for Paralives!

[@MandPKratz]

also started playing the Sims1 as an adult, and already felt EA was aiming for really young at the Sims4, but mobile games, nah, also waiting for Paralives

[@lindamorris8948]

Me too except for the age difference, I am79. my grandchildren would sit on my lap, one at a time of course, while I thought them how to use the computer mouse. I introduced them to The Sims games as well as great mini games like Polar Bowler. lots of squeals and laughter filled the rooms.

[@horsegirl753]

God bless you 🌺

[@sugapac65]

If you change 69 to 59 and Sims 2,3,4, the rest of your statement is me too!! My 35yo son bought me a gaming PC for my 59th birthday!! Keep on gaming!!!

[@charvicper]

I feel the same as you do I too has played all the sims games and for ea to say this they will lose a lot of customers.

[@akinaneon-xz6oj]

No, you're just not exploitable. Kids are.

[@badlie4858]

parents who would pay any money to make their kids shut up for a couple of hours*

[@love420smoke]

Hopefully, as more people take off the rose colored glasses, they wont allow their children anywhere near this franchise!

[@enni_p]

Even popular Sims youtubers /streamers are over 30 (or 25), so EA is just gonna ignore them as well?

[@456loveluck]

Maybe 😅

[@kekekemer9057]

the Sims are never for kids, its too complicated for them like my younger siblings was literally bored cause there's so many words. And what parents will let their kids play a game that you have to consistently pay for every update???Why does EA kept on forcing this demographic???

[@jahanshadi1934]

@@kekekemer9057 sadly many parents pay for Fortnite Skins for their kids, so I’m not even surprised.. and about the complexity, it reminds me of my little cousin when he had his Nintendo 3ds : with a Mario game (I don’t remember which one), he didn’t even wanted to read the small amount of text present in the game. And… then he asked me how to play cause he didn’t get anything He was 10 or 11 … Mario …

[@kekekemer9057]

@@jahanshadi1934 but that still doesn't take most of the players?? its the parent's fault for not monitoring their kids, but don't push the pg13 on an Adult game?? this game literally had sex on it even if uncensored. of course there will be kids playing cause they even go to 18+ website cause kids are just stupid and curious, but its still does'nt change that this is NOT a kid's game.

[@jahanshadi1934]

@kekekemer9057 oh but I'm totally agreed it's the parents fault and not only for the sims, I'm always very disturbed how many primary school kids play GTA or Call of Duty for example...

[@kekekemer9057]

@@jahanshadi1934 true, they really need to watch their kid's media consumption, some parents don't do that bc they dont want to 'control' their children but most of the time these children do not know any better and just be influenced by bad rep from media.

[@ureou8872]

I’m Gen Z, 20 years old and I’ve been playing The Sims 2 and loving it so much. Idk wtf they are talking about…a good game is a good game regardless of which “generation” is playing it. I see a lot of Gen Z KZbinrs try older sims games and love them…it has nothing to do with which generation you are born in…it’s sad how they make it sound as if older sims games like the sims 2 are just trash and “outdated” girl the sims 2 still has a strong community to this day

[@rogerdogger6969]

At 64 I'm just starting my 21 year as a Simmer....how dare they😖🤯🤨

[@lindamorris8948]

I am in my seventies yes that's right seventies and in great health, I enjoy the sims, I have Every one of the Sims games 123 and 4 as well as Sims medieval even Spore. I like being able to have the game on PC and can spent an hour emersed in the game without interruption. It clears my mind.

[@lilpaulettenthegang7869]

I'm 53 and my adult children in there 30's and grandchildren all say they can't remember me NOT playing Sims. And they picked my old azz as a tester recently. 😂

[@the14thmoonofuranus]

And I thought I was the oldest Simmer at 51! I've been playing since it came out and it's certainly not a game I see myself growing out of.

[@wendy51765]

I thought I was oldest at 59. Lol. Hello There

[@the14thmoonofuranus]

@@wendy51765 haha hi 😊👋

[@westanimesims]

Short answer: YES. and EA doesn't even care lol. In all seriousness, the way EA is revealing about Rene is pretty clear that this is going to cater to younger audience who is used to microtransactions and mobile gaming. Pretty much they are dumping the older generations that literally grew up with the franchise.

[@sumsumplays]

Nah cuz like im gen z and WE ARENT USED TO MICROTRANSACTIONS. Or not in the way sims are thinking. We dont just play mobile games, only a few games actually are good apps and that’s just genshin and a few other hoyo games were either way u dont have to pay a thing and get what you want by saving anyways. People my rarely use it like at all really. So they’re just not even targeting gen z but even younger.

[@456loveluck]

Wait for paralives and inzoi 😅 to come If you don't like sims 4, if you got really bored of it, even if you downloaded a bunch of mods, wait for these two games to release next year If you hated sims 4, and you missed old sim games, play sims 2 &3 maybe sims 1 if you really into pixelated games like Minecraft If you hated the sim 2 and 3 designs, there are mods to download to make them look better Nothing wrong being old, it's life 😅 I didn't say we should stop playing games but good thing we have technology to bring back old games we used to play as kids, anytime we see something that makes us uncomfortable, we avoided it If the new generation love it, they'll love it

[@janesaunders8001]

OMG, you are a youngster! I’ve just had my 75th birthday, three quarters of a century ancient! I started on Sims (1) in my 50’s when it first came to Mac computers. I’ve played every iteration since, I adored S2, I still return to it occasionally. I now play 4. First time ever I can afford which ever packs I want so I have all of them apart from a few kits. I play other games as well, I have the time now as I’m retired of course. I even run a family generation realism story every day on Facebook that’s been going for more than two years. Old demographic indeed!

[@FantazySimmer79]

I’m 45 and still love the sims still play the sims will always play the sims. I’m not old. I didn’t grow up with the sims I grew up on Nintendo playing Mario bros. I fell in love with the sims as a youngish adult of 29. I’ve been playing ever since.

[@456loveluck]

They don't care about us, they only care about the kids that were begging their parents to buy packs, coins and sim cash for their games 😅

[@LilDiabloRob]

As a millennial, I preordered this game at 26, wasn’t release until I turned 27. Now at 37, I stopped buying stuff for the game at growing Together and never purchased any kits. Yes I’m old and tired of the BS. Sims 5 should’ve been released 5 years ago and we should be talking about Sims 6 atm.😅😅😅

[@Rowanlafolle1965]

I don't get it. I am Gen X, and my kids played the Sims growing up. They are millennials and Gen Z. They prefer Sims 3, and NEVER play the mobile games because they suck. I play the Sims 4, but only because I like to build, and I feel like building things is way easier in Sims 4, even though it doesn't have Create-a-Style. Being able to just drag or move a room instead of rebuilding it is what keeps me playing it. Otherwise I would go back to Sims 2 for the way the Sims look or Sims 3 for the open world and the color wheel. I'm looking forward to InZoi and Paralives because it seems like they have ALL these features!

[@1UPCherry]

I'm 30. The only reason I play sims 4 over 3 is that sims 3 is so ugly I can't stand it. I remember the trailer for sims 3 back in high school, and I was shocked how UGLY the sims were. The packs were fun but sims 4 is just nicer to look at, and the mods are updated and plentiful.

[@sumsumplays]

Yeah like im gen z (19) and i used to play sims 3 on xbox 360 as well. While idm the plastic style id still like a upgrade of detail rather than what it is and a lottttttt more traits. Sims 4 is good atm just far more simple.

[@456loveluck]

I guess it's not about gen z, it's about early gen alphas, kids who born in 2015, 2019 to 2020 maybe, and late ones (babies and toddlers that are gonna grow up as kids and tweens in the future)

[@bgcrp2005]

No some of Gen z is still young they don’t play sims

[@hermaj2]

I'm a 72 yr old boomer who started with the Sims at the beginning of my 40s. I will hopefully die at my computer playing Sims 2. EA may eff right off to hell and back. The real fan base are keeping the games alive and enjoyable. EA is stupid.

[@SimPolice]

I’m 5 years old. Hail microtransactions, there should never be stuff like cars, open world, or gameplay with depth in my game! Hello??

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Its like when they make a bad movie and say “but its for kids” and I am like “kids shouldn’t like garbage either”. Let all simmers expose the kids to Sims 3 at minimum, they will not be happy with project garbage mobile game after that.

[@SimPolice]

@@TheDawnofVanlife yess! And I think they could exploit MySims for kids and leave the main Sims alone. It's so sad that we'll never have Sims 1/2 level of risqué comedy again.

[@lindamorris8948]

That is what EA wants 5-year-olds on their phones playing the sims and screaming for their parents to buy, buy, buy, just to keep the child happy.

[@SimPolice]

@@lindamorris8948 and they want to move to mobile or PS/XBOX platforms so that they can't be threatened by CC creators who make the game 10000x better w mods and cc

[@yellowcatmonkey]

wow is it common for an english speaking 5yo to express themselves so clearly, write and all?😮🙊💕 looks hella impressive for me

[@oldmanjesus9855]

The scandalous part is that they tried this exact same approach about 10 years ago with Simcity and unalived the series... And this is not just on EA, the current sims devs hated how deep the old Maxis games were so they've been doing their best to destroy everything Maxis once was.

[@Aleksasimulation]

What?! Ok, now I understand why they didn't even bother to answer me.🤐 I would just add that for a game that supports so much "representation" it is obviously not for people over 20, let alone older. Im 55 BTW

[@Zethuzian]

Thats a lot of words from EA for "We're going to openly insult you then expect you to buy our stuff anyways for your kids"

[@EmilyMae]

Yeah, I hate that being 32 is old. Sims 2 was my favourite game.

[@456loveluck]

Don't hate your age Your game you grew up playing as a kid, teen or early 20s 💿 was better than those two project mobile games 📱 and sims 4 💻

[@simsdramahouse]

babe, we're not old it's people at EA who are AGEIST af 💅

[@Wishfulthinking-vp6tz]

The funny thing is, she never said that anything was old this girl’s putting words in her mouth

[@danielklimesch2070]

I’m 30 years old and i stuck with the sims 2 and 3. I’m glad that the sims 2 has still big fan comunity and they do a mods or conversions from the sims 4.

[@refabricationsart]

Can we please just have a Sims 2 with the open world and added customization on bodies & sims of Sims 3? Heck, even just a remaster of Sims 2 for updated PCs would be far better than what EA has been doing!

[@simsdramahouse]

that would be amazing yes ✨

[@magesticalmysterium6856]

Here's the Problem, a Remaster of the Sims 2 Sounds good on paper. and I say this as a Old Player, but there's Far too much that can (And Likely Will) go wrong, to desecrate that game if the wrong people are involved. I want a remaster as much as anyone else. including with features like Improved Create a Sim (Especially editing the size of a sim's body, such as the thickness of a sim's arms or chest) or better build/buy, but I'm worried that we'd just get a broken mass of code, it's Sad, because The Sims 4 DID Deserve to be a good game, it Does have moments where it can actually perform decently well, the problem is those moments are few and far between, between Sim City 2013's Failure, and Sims 4 NOT Being built for what it is now...we can see how it just, didn't go over well, I wouldn't want to see a TS2 Remaster be like that.

[@tonichan89]

If EA is doing it, it'll just be like the GTA remaster fiasco 😂

[@refabricationsart]

@@tonichan89 you aren't kidding. I think the old school people were replaced by woke zillenials and hence the decline.

[@sumsumplays]

Imo as a gen Z (im 19) i think if a game series is old they should continue to cater towards both people who played it in the past and now. They don’t have to choose one or the other. Its like what’s happening with the Minecraft movie, they’re for some reason focused on the new rather than the people who grew up on it and made the games what they are today. Its ridiculous to abandon the gamers who played it since the start just to get kids. Im really confused with the idea that gen z likes what they’re going for, mobile games and sims are separate and different. Majority of apps are ridiculously clunky and really only genshin works and its not even the same way that they’re suggesting since they can get free stuff anyways as they play and eventually get what they want. Also WHY DO THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE SIMS 4?? Its fr like pokemon, mario, sonic ect never making another game…

[@howvery_]

exactly, look at baldurs gate 3! the first 2 games were old as hell, im 29 and didnt even know about them, then bg3 came and it pleased everyone old and new players, ppl who play dnd and ppl like me who never touched it. thats what i expect for the sims franchise but ea is traash

[@sumsumplays]

@@howvery_yeah baldurs gate 3 is a very good introduction to the younger generation who can’t afford, don’t have friends who play dnd ect without necessarily excluding anyone and it will probably catch peoples eyes without even knowing what it is.

[@tonichan89]

@@sumsumplays Heck, I had tried to play DnD a few times before and just couldn't grasp all the systems and everything, but playing BG3 was like the BEST warmup tutorial for me to learn the basic gist of it. I'm way less intimidated now at the thought of joining another DnD game.

[@wendy51765]

What? I'm 59 & have been playing since first one & SimCity. Crzy

[@AnonymousLioness_97]

As a millennial, yes I agree with you! My sims can gain this singing skill but can't get a singing career?! 😤

[@buddywriggles]

This is honestly so funny because thinking about Gen Alpha and below aging up to the ''spend money consistantly" era and expecting that the sims on your mobile is gonna be what grabs their attention? The only reason the Sims has continued to be so popular is because it is iconic enough that people question similar games that look too different, but big enough to have everything trademarked the house down boots. The sims is a hard game to make and maintain, sure. But it's not something that has been out of other game company's reaches, they just haven't had the ability or the willingness to risk it. Which is why we end up with indie games that don't often pan out. Honestly, let them burn their bridges. Hopefuly Eaxis will lose so much money that someone will buy the copyright and create "the sims 4, but it works" because honestly, that could sustain them for a long ass time. Thank you for coming to my disjointed rant. I have a lot of thoughts and too much ADHD to compile them efficiently lmao

[@simsdramahouse]

I appreciate the disjointed rant

[@tonichan89]

Oh I FEEL YOU about that rant, I write comments like that all the time! 😂 They'd never give up the Sims franchise of course, but I agree with the fist two paragraphs, actually you make a good point. Those who feel a connection to the very unique iconography The Sims have, who are they? THE OLDIES. THE VETERANS. The iconography is the thing they have that sets them apart from any other lifesim that can crop up, because the Sims iconography is so unique and charming... or it used to be, anyway. Those of us who lived through the peak eras, we're the ones who are weakest to that unique charm, the lore, everything that's uniquely The Sims. So you'd think they'd wanna hold on to us more. But I also know that pleasing us is harder, because we are old enough to remember very well what used to be the standard for the series... The new players they can con easier if they entered the franchise at Sims 4. They don't have a reference to understand how we're being ripped off, selling us one 5th of an expansion 40 USD at a time.

[@kronostitananthem]

I'm Gen-Z but I agree that this change is unwelcome and depressing. I didn't really get introduced to the Sims franchise until I found out about #4 (though I had heard of #2 before then). A few months ago I got the Sims 2 running on a modern PC and I think it's so much more interesting since things actually happen without the player being the only one to drive the story. The Sims 2 is so much more spontaneous, random, exciting; the Sims 4 is also fun but you have to decide exactly what should happen. You're the narrator in the Sims 4, but in the Sims 2 you actually get to PLAY the game.

[@MylingCyrus]

Adult's have adult wallets But they're going for roblox microtransactions

[@tonichan89]

I feel even older whenever they're releasing those videos where they talk about "what's next" for the sims or whatever. The set and the host are both like from something out of a kids programme for ages 7-9. That's not even touching on the game itself being unofficially downgraded from PG13 to PG8, handling its player with kid-gloves. Even burglars are too scary to put in the game! 😱 (I know many of us would have our blood turn to ice when we heard The Burglar Sound in the Sims 1, but that wasn't a BAD thing!!)

[@NovaTheSinger]

Tbh, many of us Gen Z, Gen enjoy the older games, I was born in 1997, when Maxis and Ea partnered to make The Sims in the 2000’s, I’m going to be soon, 27 yrs young. I even found out that I’m adhd, yes The Sims 4 hooks me in at times, I asked my dad to always tell me to not buy the new packs, I already have some that makes me happy at times, sometimes I play this game just to make the characters, I picture in my head. Even though there’s this timer of how much when you play, in reality I often just leave the game running lol!

[@xeyesofstardustx]

My only regret is not fully exploring every feature in Sims 2 while I still had a chance.

[@laureverlinden686]

You can still play it

[@ninaandianfan21]

@@xeyesofstardustx same! I wish there was a way to get it all back :(

[@KixngSims]

The problem with a mobile game is the micro transactions and wait times to even play! I don’t want to have to pay a few bucks or wait hours every day just to continue the story. It doesn’t work for a game like the sims. I am 24 and won’t ever pay for a mobile sims game again. Sims free play was the best they could do with a mobile game but still has the issues I mentioned. The sims mobile was honestly a terrible experience all around.

[@halane4790]

It is so insane that every company is trying to monetize millennial nostalgia, even McDonald’s with the Friends menu, and cozy games aimed mostly at women are having a moment, yet EA, which has The Game that raised most millennial women (not that guys don’t play it), wants to move on from that audience.

[@simsdramahouse]

THIS 👆

[@giaxoxo2405]

THIS!!! Everything you summed it up perfectly!!!

[@cait6461]

What kills me about all of this is wasn't their last mobile game an absolute disaster in which people were trying to file a class action lawsuit over?

[@miravlix]

Everything is fine in the beginning, until people find out how incredible stupid we are and optimize how to make money off us, why would they try to sell games to us, when they can exploit kids to make content for them, I'm already looking to set up a kid sweat chop for modern game content creation. Now that is where the money of tomorrow is coming from and it seems rather evil. tldr; You are basically upset that EA said you weren't stupid enough for them to make easy money off you.... Sick compliment...

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I started with Sims4. Guess who just booted up Sims2? 😂 I had no idea how exciting the OG games are compared Sims4 and the mobile games. I'm glad I bought them because I nearly missed out! If I ever get bored of the old games then I'd definately try out Paralives.

[@SokkingBTtulaj]

EA tried the mobile game nonsense back in 2009 and we hated it because it was cashgrabby garbage with key features of lifesimulation being locked behind a paywall. They are trying to gaslight us. Ironically the "popular thing of the future" they are trying has been tried long ago and it sucked because it's EA. The mobile and online life simulation gaming genres are not new (they've been around when millenials were teens) EA just sucks at creating a model for it that people want to play because they paywall literally EVERYTHING, including key game features, instead of the shopping mall model where you go to an online store separate from the rest of the game. Like in an instanced zone/building or on a separate page and the it bombs you with optional, fashionable, colorful cosmetics that signal your wealth to other players. I'm not saying getting people addicted to microtransactions is good but if I was a corporate leech like EA I would do it way differently than they did. Basically use the Riot model, free base game, gazillion paid cosmetics that only change looks. However, that is a matter of the free mobile sims games and the mainline sims is a paid PC game and people like it that way. I feel like it's the heads of EA that are old, like gen X old! IF they really think we oppose online gameplay and mobile games because it's too new then they are out of touch. I suspect they are just greedy and trying to insult us for not taking the hook in corporate speech. They try this every time: EA 2009: Online gameplay, multiplayer and mobile games? Players: NO! Single player, offline! EA 2014-2018: Online gameplay, multiplayer and mobile games? Players: NO! Single player, offline! EA 2024: Online gameplay, multiplayer and mobile games? Players: NO! Single player, offline, fix the bugs! EA 2024: Fine, y'all are shrivelled up, old hags anyway! We gonna do it regardless like the last 2 times it flopped and it will be great, you'll see!

[@Tigerstarr9]

What I'm hearing from EA is: "Your phone is now as powerful as a computer from 20 years ago, so instead of making a better game, we're just going to stick with quality from 20 years ago...but make it worse."

[@ilhambudi95]

The Sims franchise is already 24 years old and they call us too old for that. 😅 Not to mention The Sims 4 has been around since 10 years ago.

[@Chiriri123]

The way no one would be mad if they made sims 5 alongside this new mobile stuff. Some of the things in project rene could be interesting and fun to try out, but why should this replace the og sims experience. They have no idea this will even be successful. Players have been asking for a new installment built stronger from the ground up without all this online baggage.

[@VickiDee88]

What they need to understand is we who grew up with Sims, are the ones who are BUYING all their games and packs. We made them. We literally made them. Way to shit on those who actually GAVE u a career. So that being said, I simply won't purchase anything more. Kids dont have money yet..they cant buy your products so good luck. They'll have to beg for parents to pay

[@vingedheart]

Omg - I so agree! Why should The Sim be about changing trends? We are not all teenagers - most of us, I bet, are not teenagers.... I get so tired.....

[@JustARandomFio]

Well. If EA and the other big infamous publishers think it's a wise move to dump their old loyal fan and customer base in favor of a quick exploit of the kids sticking on their phones (and their parents' CC), good luck competing with the myriads of Asian/Chinese mobile knockoffs. There are still valid alternatives for us oldies who used to spend their money on real AAA games. Larian with BG3 and Microsoft with AOE4 come to mind. Not limited to the Sims. Which is (was) one of the games that lasted the longest and that I spent the most cash on expansions. Up to 3, which I still enjoy (and works fine on a decent PC). Skipped 4 and surely won't come back for stupid mobile games. The same applies to Sim City and Dragon Age (and Total War). - Liked and subscribed. Good luck with your channel!

[@Woo-ya]

i miss birds in the animal dlc .... budgies

[@Andy00H]

I've always had a special connection with The Sims. I was born on February 7th, 2000, which (if you don’t know) is the exact same date The Sims was released! My first experience with the game was back in 2006 with The Sims 2, and from then on, it was love at first play. Like most fans, I had some performance issues with The Sims 3, and I remember being really let down by The Sims 4 when I was 14. Now, at 24, I still mainly play The Sims 2 and sometimes the original. The later games just don’t feel the same, The Sims 4, especially, feels off to me

[@arieltales8952]

Not surprise. I would have really love a new game based on Sims 3 and 2 with Sims 4 build mode, but it is highly unlikely to come true.

[@lindamorris8948]

When The Sims (1) came out I bought it, it was great for its day, to make a long story short I own sims1,2,3, and 4, as well as their expansions, etc. I was disappointed that the Sims 4 because it was not bigger and better than sims 3. Not wanting a game for those over 25 is ridiculous. As for my age I am well over 65 years old and made my own content for the sims 2. Playing the game helped keep my mind busy through some rough bad health. I was really hoping for a great Sims 5 for PC. Maybe The Sims VR?

[@laceyfeatherston9020]

Fellow old hag here playing sims since conception

[@simsdramahouse]

hello there 💞💞

[@laceyfeatherston9020]

@@simsdramahouse:)

[@ninaandianfan21]

totally felt that as a 30 year old who has played the Sims since 2004 and a little bit of the Sims 1 before that xD. And yes to 5:21 ... instead they give us a DEATH pack ... the trailer alone made me tear up ... I already know that I'm gonna hate that pack but will not be able to resist buying it eventually ... after you've lost someone in real life you want to escape this shit and play it the funny way or not at all and now my Sims will stand by the bed and wait for someone to die ?! WTF are they kidding us?! Like what the actual hell ...

[@simsdramahouse]

THIS!! I know many people are really into the trailer for the new EP but after watching it I was like... this is feeling a bit too real (and a bit too late btw, being the 10000th EP)

[@yYSilverFoxYy]

Same, it’s actually triggering my most terrible memories… No, I don’t want realistic death in Sims games. They love making mountains out of molehills like changing the name of the “insane” trait and not even adding the possibility to find physical traits unattractive. …And now they suddenly make the heaviest topic more realistic? Wtf…😭💔

[@EyesWideOpen91]

Oh I’m here 🙋🏻‍♀️and i definitely agree with your video. I’m still playing the sims 3 because I couldn’t figure out how to play the sims 2 lol graphics are important but play game is more important to me. So while I don’t mind the sims 4 clear art style I missed the game play!! Why do I need to download a ton of mods to make a game (I spent a ton of money on after buying all the DLC) fun?!

[@clairemercer3099]

That;s rich considering EA just created a pack based on sex.

[@sageplaysthesims]

Can't wait for Paralives!! :) PS: I hope you'll play some Barbie games!!

[@simsdramahouse]

yaaas that's exactly what's on my list 💖😏

[@tonichan89]

A clip from The Nanny? A woman of culture! ... Or just from the same generation as me.

[@simsdramahouse]

probably both but I'll gladly take "woman of culture" 😏💖

[@tss337]

Yes yes yes to this entire video! And for EA, my 9 y/o Alpha gen daughter almost cried because there will never be a Sims 5. She plays mobile games but she loves this play style too. My gen Z brother is an avid TS3 player. So EA can really save all that board room talk for someone else. We’re not dumb. Its obvious that they want to jump ship and make brain dead games

[@SithLadyDarhVamp]

My mom played Sims 2 more than I did when it came out, and she was in her 40s... so no. You're not too old for Sims, the developers just don't understand their audience.

[@JustAndreaEdna]

I'm right there with you 38 years old and I owned every single pack and continue to purchase each release. Let's just say my feathers are ruffled to say the least.

[@fearlesslife21]

@@JustAndreaEdna I’m exactly the same and my feathers are fully ruffled!

[@Spanish101class]

I am a 38-year-old woman, and I still play The Sims. I still play TS2 and TS3. I had TS4 but had to uninstall it because it was so boring.

[@veronicamaine3813]

Making poor decisions is pretty much the norm for the big gamer houses right now - honestly not made about it. They need some humbling

[@ayrouletsophie3689]

I have 43 years old. I play at the sims 4 again.

[@mattyumlm1985]

I been playing The Sims since the Sims 1 when I in my late teen and I still been playing the Sims for 22 years. And I can hardly wait for INZOI and Paralives. I have already thought about moving back to the Sims 3 because The Sims 4 game keep crashing and I'm just fed up with it. And I didn't bother buying the Life and Death expansion; because the game that keep crashing and what the point throwing more money at the game that just a big mess from the very start.

[@AlexSwaine-x6l]

I first got into the sims in middle school because of youtube. I got sims 3 supernatural and maybe late night

[@mel_issa__]

Hi, I'm from 1984 and ñove the game and have 75 of the +/- 80 packs because I'm old and have a job. Teenage me could never.

[@determineddi2044]

If you're too old, I'm ancient. They like our money, though.

[@JaynaeMarieXIV]

Ah, it’s good to see people my age that miss the olden days when this game was for “mature” audiences only. By that I mean, not all these silly quests and wild DLC in kits that should have been in game packs or part of expansions. Sure, I occasionally bought something off the Sims 3 store, but that was when it was an option rather than a sales pitch the second you send the kids off to school. The DLC in the Sims three was where it belonged out of the gameplay section. And I’m about done with quests because, this isn’t in life, who gets sent on quests for a new hairstyle or a recolored item you already have. I am 52 and I am waiting for Paralives and InZOI. The problem with EA is the fact that they forget that children have a very short attention span. It will be bored of their crap faster than us old folks. 😂

[@shariking4392]

So, I'm from not the OG Sims, but the OG video games generation. I'm 58 years old and have followed the Sims from console games like The Urbz to ALL the Sims PC games. Oh! And MySims! I think it's stupid to crap on your loyal fan base. I am NOT buying the mobile games!

[@robertwilber3701]

yes it is true mods & cc kreators help carry this old broken game to what ever future awaits it & us the forgotten demographic,

[@JuliHoffman]

I'm 50 and own every pack, kit, etc. Who do they think are buying all of these packs? Who do they think are throwing down $40 for their upcoming expansion? The Sims 4 base game is free (now) but if you want more, it's not a cheap game to play.

[@thetanz8111]

43 year old Simmer here. It sucks to see my favorite game franchise turn into what it has. I'll stick with Sims 2/3 and try out Inzoi when it comes out.

[@adriannajedwabna5072]

Amen to all you said. Damn, it's making me really sad sometimes, the thought of how much they keep to screw up such a phenomenon of a game. Ofc that's how the world works, money is on top of everything so what else to expect then EA taking this perticular direction. I guess I'll have to stick to what we got to this point. InZoi or Paralives are just not it for me for now, especially inZoi with those too realistic graphics, Paralives might actually get a chance with me. I got this thought that this new EP might be death to the franchise as well 🙃 but no reincarnations for us?

[@simsdramahouse]

so trueee 👏👏

[@donnaroberts4141]

Well said I also have played Sims since 2 on PS2 I started playing video games late Iam also way out of there target age I am 70

[@ej13012010]

-gasp- at my 36/26 age not they calling us old how dare they... we are...well the community im not apart of that ....majority are older gamers uh uh this is why i dont support anymore

[@Mistysmudge1]

If your old what does that make me, born in the 70’s hehe 😂

[@DozerfleetProd]

They're doing a better job of selling InZoi than Krafton is.

[@horsegirl753]

I'm 24 and sometimes I feel like Sims is calling me old...

[@w00denh3arts]

I'm Gen Z and I grew up with The Sims 2 and 3. It's honestly garbage how EA treats its players and how people praise The Sims 4 as such a good game when it has so many flaws. The Sims 4 without mods and around 20 packs feels... not even baked, for me at least. (Plus the amount of packs it has is insane.)

[@Imani73l]

As a gen Z if they move forward with this and I wake up one day to my game looking mobile I will be PISSED

[@JudesSims]

I was born in the 40’s. I must be ancient! ROFL

[@LaleeGirl1992]

I was with you until you said 1992..... Don't come for us 1992 Babies.

[@lynareantoinette]

I’m 56 and have played & streamed the Sims! I no longer play Sims 4. EA is becoming extinct!

[@myte..9170]

neather sims mobile nor sims freeplay ever chated my like the sims on pc. I love sims 3 and sims 4 was quite nice. I started into Sims with sims freeplay and one year after the release of sims 4 i bought it. And it was my first pc game ever. And still i only have sims as pc games. And i spend a lot of money. I gave up sims freeplay realy fast and i never paid money on mobile games so i don't know why they plan to do a third mobile game. And i think our age about from 18 to 30 should be their focus because we earn our own money and spend it more likely then kids who don't have money.

[@CapitanNaufrago]

this..... means..... WAAAAAAAAAR

[@verobass_arts]

😂😂😂😂🤭

[@AN-yv8qi]

EA, thanks for making it clear you don't want my money, my wallet is very happy to hear it too 😂

[@XenIsWhen]

"These days, it's all about DLC's and micro-transactions and F**K YOU, YOU WANT A CHICKEN NUGGET?"

[@regeneratedwitch]

I’m 27! I grew up playing the sims 2 and 3 and I hate the Shit 4 with passion. Not because I grew up but because the game is shit since 2014. So how about offering a decent, old-school gameplay with improved technology? I think that would cover all demographics.

[@fearlesslife21]

*raises hand*

[@magicmonster6877]

I would not mind a properly designed mobile game that allows me to play the game as much as I want to with out the time limit they imposed on doing things without paying to do them now. I attempted to play both sims mobile and sims freeplay. When they just took so long to do the next step of what they were wanting you to do, that was it. Uninstall. Its not just their games it's all of them on the free to play but micro transaction. For example I tried one of the Hogwarts gamges for mobile and got the samething. If i want to spend 6-7 hours on a good game after working hard all week then the game should support how we want to play it. Setting up like these mobile style is a terrible idea. I am not opposed to paying for a game. Even paying for a full mobile game as long as it does not have these limits in gameplay.

[@audreytwo]

EA should keep Chappel's name out of their thin mouth.

[@CRUA_Sims4]

I’ve seen InZoi described as suitable for older gamers. As in, relaxing and less geared toward young players. 🤷‍♀️

[@Lovlyb35]

Yeah they basically threw OG simmers gens the 🖕 and that's been 8yrs ago basically.

[@Kristyle187]

8:06 Oooh! Oooh! 🙋‍♀️ Yep, I’m old enough to have been obsessed with the very first Sims game when it first came out back in 2000. I don’t even want to know how many hours I sunk into that game… but then Sims 2 came along (which I sank even more hours into), and nothing has ever come close to the experience that game provided. And I never even owned more than two of the expansion packs! The base game alone was THAT good.

[@simsdramahouse]

The Sims 2 is THAT girl ✨✨

[@ryuku1903]

they should need to do apologize us to called old, but we are the one that make you rich like decades, honey. * sip tea*

[@peachy_lili]

you called me old :sob:

[@impishrebel5969]

As a millennial... and very close to 40... I'm just going to say same hate-on-millennials crap, different decade. They just find different ways to "dislike" millennials. First, it was because we were living with our parents, not getting jobs, eating avocado toast, and killing whatever industry of the week because we couldn't afford splurging on things like houses or nice cars and somehow that was our fault. Now it's because we're "old" when we're finally getting in charge of things. Kate looks like one of those girls who were in the cheerleading mean girl squad and is completely out of touch with anything outside of yuppie mainstream corpo-life, let alone pop culture.

[@Eling58]

OG here. But for how long?

[@TheBlackdragon-f9w]

But we're the only ones that can afford it

[@natalidaydream8584]

I'm confused. read the news: "over 25 years sims is a part of people lives througt many generations". I think this is manipulation of youtuber...drama...

[@shuraamano]

Ahhh yes. Woohoo is for 7 years old.

[@Barzarel]

Well I guess they wont mind those "old simmers" leaving for games like Inzoi or paralives then when those comes out then. Also aren't they a little too old many of them to work at Maxis then, because if "older" persons opinion about the game doesn't matter forward target audience, how will they really be in touch with that target audience themselves as developers, shouldn't someone younger be making games instead then? Also want to ask them if they happen to watch comment field, if the sims 4 is targeted for Gen Z and Gen Alpha, why do we keep getting so much boomer and dad humor. I can't possibly see that I would be able to find many in that age group that would find that funny and I work with gen Z, working closely with many gen Z on regular basis. So aren't the developers kinda out of touch with their audience and should make way for developers that understand their audiences then? Less this is all just deflection on their part and not really true.

[@MegaVyruss]

Who do they think can afford the sims

[@TwilightT-j1s]

Ea will eventually fail hard on sims invzoi and paralives are the new generation

[@narcisoflores5207]

Solo quiero decir que a tus treintas no eres viejo

[@simsdramahouse]

gracias 🥰