Secrets Post #915

[francinefrenski]

WARNINGS -> NSFW Sims image -> Fairies -> Enchanted by Nature -> Tragic Clown -> Paralives -> Gnomes

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Comments

Re: 🚨 RUMOR about potential future TS4 🚨

[(Anonymous)]

"Maxis want to do more cultural worlds and have been trying for years to get a world based on Africa in the game, but higher ups at EA prefer culturally ambiguous worlds as they sell better"

but are the worlds we're getting right now culturally ambiguous? seems like maxis is pretty clear about what cultures they're based on. how is a world based on an african country/area less ambiguous than a world based on ireland or japan?

Re: 🚨 RUMOR about potential future TS4 🚨

[(Anonymous)]

It's probably because it's too much of a risk for several reasons.
Africa is politically volatile with several regions of the continent experiencing war. EA isn't going to touch that, especially after what happened with My Wedding Stories.
Maxis is a US based developer and there's probably going to be endless debates over cultural appropriation, authenticity and some group is going to offended because one African culture had more representation than another. This has already happened with Snowy Escape and a free East Asian New Year update.
The people that are interested in diverse worlds in TS4 could be a vocal minority. There's now a huge backlash in gaming and media in general over anything perceived as "woke". I highly doubt this would happen in the sims community but it's EA that has the statistics. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of TS4 players don't engage with the more active parts of the fan base and don't care.

Re: 🚨 RUMOR about potential future TS4 🚨

[(Anonymous)]

"what happened with My Wedding Stories."

What happened?

Re: 🚨 RUMOR about potential future TS4 🚨

[(Anonymous)]

"one African culture had more representation than another"

It is a very Western view, isn't it? Everytime people ask for an African world they don't even point out a country or culture they'll like to see represented. They just say Africa like it's all the same. And the cherry on top, that the African world has to have a safari. Nevermind that safari tourism is not a continent wide experience but something limited to a dozen African countries in the south. Africa has more than 50 plus countries and its political borders are messy. Within countries there are more often than not several ethnic groups, some in deep conflict and even civil war with one another.

Re: 🚨 RUMOR about potential future TS4 🚨

[(Anonymous)]

the majority of people really are like 4 year olds or something when it comes to international geography culture and politics it's fucking sad