Regarding $40 price tag vs. The Sims 4

[Xafron Chi]

The Sims has spent years building up a reputation.

It has the reputation of becoming an increasingly lazy and lacking game due to basically zero competition, and with the help of trusty Andrew "Dynamic Ad Insertion" Wilson milks its player base for every single penny they're worth. Many even felt that The Sims 4 was a big step back from The Sims 3.

Currently there's $898.88 worth of DLC on the Steam store for Sims 4, and that's with a lot of it being on sale and in some cases even free. The Sims 4 was also $40 at launch. It's free now, with the exception of all that DLC.

Frankly I think the modding community probably helps keep The Sims 4 alive more than EA does.

InZOI is $40 now, and the price will go up when it hits 1.0. In part, people are buying this because as another user suggested, they want a good competitor to The Sims. And this has the potential of being that. Competition is good. Seriously, what other options are out there for people besides The Sims? Life by You was canceled. There's a couple other upcoming options out there that could be ok, but there's really nothing else available right now.

So buying in early access gets you a reduced price, plus you get to play as they introduce features, and help provide feedback. And seeing as how the game isn't even out yet and they've already listened to feedback by removing Denuvo, I have some confidence in them. This is also just frankly far more visually appealing than The Sims 4 which is ELEVEN years old now.

While I do play an EA game from time to time, I find them to be an awful company. EA was voted Worst Company in America two years in a row by Consumerist, and named 5th most hated company in the US by USA Today for a reason. So I'll absolutely jump at the chance to throw $40 at a promising, beautiful looking competitor over supporting The SIms 4.

[Xafron Chi]

Nguyên văn bởi Potato:

40$ is very reasonable. I was expecting it to be AAA price like 60 or 70$

I thought at least $50.

[Xan84]

If SIMS would make a bundle with all the DLC up to date with a price tag of 60 I would actually buy that. Now considering I can buy a car with how much they ask with all DLCs I will never buy it.

[WarLyric]

Nguyên văn bởi RmX ☠:

Might be a hot take but in my opinion Sims4 is the most pirated game ever. Just imagine spending $800 on a game

You are not wrong The Sims 4 itself is free to play now, but if you were to purchase every piece of DLC at full price expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs, kits (and the optional Digital Deluxe Upgrade)—you’d be looking at spending roughly $1,200 USD in total.

[SirTelamon]

Sims had a reputation and sims 4 ruined it. I am fine paying for Inzoi instead of spending £1000+ on a up to date Sims 4 that is still lacking in features.

[Anastasiyayar]

I think 40 is quite reasonable! sims 4 at the release was higher in price and had veery limited features

[🅱⭕🅱R⭕D⭕🅱R⭕🍷]

Just ask your mom for some pocket money

[PrimusNephilim]

no way is $40 too high for a new IP in this market.

[🅱⭕🅱R⭕D⭕🅱R⭕🍷]

I'm not rich or something, but man... Whining about 40 bucks? Really? How old ard you? If you are older than 20 you should be ashamed of yourself at this point and reconsider what you're doing with your life...

Jeeee... Its just 40 buck, not your kidneys...

[Rob]

I have played The Sims since 2000 when Sims 1 was released , I have got over a thousand hours on TS4 , BUT , I am buying Inzoi simply because it looks way better and more immersive and also the fact TS4 is now a huge buggy mess and the powers that be there have decided instead of starting afresh with TS5 and make an updated version they are continuing to throw more expensive packs at TS4 , each one of which will simply add more bugs as the players now are their game testers , Also they are so bad at bug fixing some of the bugs have been in for years and if it wasn't for modders a lot of them would never get fixed

[Xafron Chi]

Nguyên văn bởi 🅱⭕🅱R⭕D⭕🅱R⭕🍷:

Just ask your mom for some pocket money

Nguyên văn bởi 🅱⭕🅱R⭕D⭕🅱R⭕🍷:

I'm not rich or something, but man... Whining about 40 bucks? Really? How old ard you? If you are older than 20 you should be ashamed of yourself at this point and reconsider what you're doing with your life...

Jeeee... Its just 40 buck, not your kidneys...

Who's this directed to?

[Kat]

Sims 4 was a big disappointment for me, it was a big step backward from Sims 3 imo. I got the base game of Sims 4 when it came out, but I lost interest and never even bothered with any of the expansions despite me owning all the Sims 2 and Sims 3 expansions on disk (yes, I am old) including, shamefully, the Sweet Treats pack

Sims 4 didn't have have an early access if I recall correctly, and was $40 at release, and also lacked a lot of features at release (for example, it took almost 4 years for the Sims 4 to get seasons) So InZoi releasing for $40 and including more features than the Sims 4 did at release is already a win for me.

[Xafron Chi]

Nguyên văn bởi Kat:

Sims 4 was a big disappointment for me, it was a big step backward from Sims 3 imo. I got the base game of Sims 4 when it came out, but I lost interest and never even bothered with any of the expansions despite me owning all the Sims 2 and Sims 3 expansions on disk (yes, I am old) including, shamefully, the Sweet Treats pack

Sims 4 didn't have have an early access if I recall correctly, and was $40 at release, and also lacked a lot of features at release (for example, it took almost 4 years for the Sims 4 to get seasons) So InZoi releasing for $40 and including more features than the Sims 4 did at release is already a win for me.

Agreed. Canvas and Smart Zoi seem pretty interesting too, on top of everything else it has to offer.

[Myst Leissa]

Nguyên văn bởi RmX ☠:

Might be a hot take but in my opinion Sims4 is the most pirated game ever. Just imagine spending $800 on a game

I don't have to imagine...I also think a lot more people spend as much on games than they realize; since it's all "nickel and dime" with expansions/dlcs/subscription fees/etc.

[MrFluffyBottoms]

Nguyên văn bởi RmX ☠:

Might be a hot take but in my opinion Sims4 is the most pirated game ever. Just imagine spending $800 on a game

*Cries while wearing my Star Citizen Concierge Top Hat and Monacle*

[Sero]

I think you have alreasy touched the issue I see.
Sims 4 fans have already spend almost 1000 bucks on their game. They are not going to switch to the competitor to get the barebones experience. It needs more than better graphics.
And you are wrong if you believe that Krafton will not try to get a piece of that low effort DLC money.

PS: Lets see if that still insults people or maybe it's censorship.