The scariest thing about everything that's happening in the Empire is that it's so outrageous that I can't tell what's real anymore. And your timeline could be telling a vastly different story depending on where you are in the world.

So, at the end of the day, every creator drama boils down to people wanting all the benefits that come with associating with EA, but none of the responsibility. At least when it was bigger influencers, they already had a team or an agent to help them navigate. Which is why I still think it's

The marketplace math: creators do all the work for free, company invests nothing, takes 70%. That’s a 100% margin built on independent contractors with no job security, benefits, or employment protections. it devalues game developers and artists too, and I really hope this blows in their face.

I don't think I'll ever be a legacy player. I grinded the kids into young adulthood on short lifespan and it wasn't fun. Now I've got an in-game born sim and no clue what to do with her. I just can't get attached to sims I didn't make in CAS myself. How do you guys do this? 😭

i just have to laugh.

If I see lilsimsie propagandizing how this benefits creators 🤡

Well we knew it was coming but EA taking a 70% cut is wild 💀

Some new builds I also finished those last days 🤗 #TheSims4

This game will always have my heart 💚

Do we know of any independent YT creators posting or planning to post videos on the pack? I would love to watch a review/gameplay but not anything that's sponsored.

TLDR; EA has decided to battle piracy by creating a game thats not even worth pirating

There is now no demand for each pack to explore new styles. There is now no expectation for consistency in application of textures, weight, density. And there is now no requirement for custom content to ever come out from behind a paywall. What does it matter now that EA is getting its cut? 🤑

This. I hate to be a hater but this is an instance of where the creators' short-term success leads to long-term enshittification of official content. You just can't let a massive corp like EA print money like that. Once they get a taste, that's all they'll ever want to do.

They're turning The Sims into slop and started with Royalty & Legacy. Everything in this article is so depressing. I genuinely never imagined it would end like this but I guess EA was bound to kill it eventually. But the disrespect for the player base is jaw dropping.

Wow, I think this is the first confirmation of what we all knew, that My First Pet Stuff failed. Even though a sim guru at the time claimed that it sold well.

EA saw simmers willing to throw money at frankenmeshed creator kits and the result was the state of BB in Royalty & Legacy :/

Unhinged things you can do with your infant pt.2—tomb exploration.

I will never tire of seeing my sims on the main menu, it's so cute 🥹

Zee: okay, cause of death: EP exhaustion. Kenny's body couldn't handle another messy update. Slabet: Cause of death logged. Please collect soul. Remember to file your LEF.

So I blocked the EA*partner tag and they started using SimsPartner instead. I personally don't judge anyone for staying in the CN but the least I'd expect is that you’d have the courtesy to let others curate their own timeline in peace instead of inventing new keywords to farm views and engagement.

Breakfast time - for the most part, demons of the Vale feed off the emotions of Lingerers, trapped souls that roam the Vale and are neither here nor there. They are usually overcome with bad emotions, so they leave an unpleasant aftertaste.

Also the church has a nectar cellar! I channelled my inner World Adventures building this—I just wish we had hidden doors like in WA, I would have loved to build a whole secret catacomb system underneath. Right pic is the main interior of the church. The lot is on the gallery if you wanna grab it!

The photo bug got me. Luckily I wasn't too invested in those pictures because I knew it was going around. I wonder if it had something to do with me messing around in manage worlds while my sims were on vacation in Selvadorada..

I find the countryside area in Innisgreen exceptionally boring so I've planned a bunch of builds for it, first of which is this small parish church! I've zoned it as a community space and will probably use it for different community events and meetings (and funerals ofc). #showusyourbuilds #sims4

ben is a socks with sandals kind of dad 😌 #sims4

everyone stop and look at my baby 😭😭 #sims4

To be fair Tybalt was always going to usurp the throne, it was just a matter of getting rid of his sisters. Juliette was obviously a traitor and I'm guessing Hermia's crime was being her accomplice? Or maybe she ran away from her mad family, I wouldn't blame her.

i'm sorry guys this will forever be my comfort game, i will never hate it, it's just not physically possible for me to hate it 😭❤️

love is in the air 💘 #sims4

you know what, simblr being the most active and chillest online sims space rn is so funny to me. we've really come full circle (bonus pic of maya's baby daddy)

When you've had a biiig lunch 😌😏 #sims4

So I did the survey yesterday and one of the options said something like "If [Project X] doesn't launch without cars I don't want it" — you can't convince me that cars were not in development for TS4. This was such a random thing to ask for a supposedly "unpopular" feature. So I'm sure this was

wip of maya's future home 🤓 #sims4 #showusyourbuilds

I wish the devs had given the treasure hunting theme another try, I love this type of gameplay! #thesims4

I always fail legacies when I try too hard to stick to a theme that isn't fun anymore, so this will very much be a super casual anything goes save.. #sims4

I'm still not over the fact that The Sims 4 will most likely go down in history as the only major Sims game without cars 💔

Coastal towns under snow cover >>>>

Maya Braveheart, the grave robber. Wait, no, treasure hunter! All above board, perfectly legal 🫡 (..she's currently doing odd jobs until we can afford the trip to Selvadorada) #sims4 #showusyoursims

My toxic trait is restarting the rags to riches legacy challenge over and over. So, new year, new sim! (This time I'm dropping all my failed sims into the save, so maybe we'll see some familiar faces around..)

Gotta stay warm out there in the icy January cold! ❄️🔥❄️

Weirdly, I kinda like the royalty theme. I'm not into this kind of thing irl, but I feel like it fits perfectly inside The Sims universe and will be useful for legacy players. That said, I'm not sure I trust the implementation. I have system fatigue, there's too many..

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, The Sims team pivots to sloppy product placements full time 😀

merry winterfest!! 🌟🎄☃️💖

I think someone in Aldi got me with the super flu. It's not looking good. Those 5p potatoes weren't worth it. 🤒😪

Such a bitter end to TS4, it makes me so sad 😔

#sims4 #showusyoursims bill, the midlife crisis guy

Somewhere in Foundry Cove ❄️ #thesims4 #sims4

that's right, don't do it, elle 🤣

i have the woohoo partners always reject woohoo bug and it's kinda complicating my plans for this sim.........