Comments on: The Sims: Attend a Playtest at EA Canada (Burnaby)

By: CeeJay

CeeJay — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:34:00 +0000

The main reason that happens is because certain people on the forums crave attention and will even go so far as to spread false rumors to get it. That thread annoys me so much, because the poster has a habit of exaggerating and making click bait threads just to get views.

By: SimsVIP

SimsVIP — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:46:00 +0000

When I read about someone confusing their Beta Test experience (which I also did for Showtime) and playtesting a game (which can be anywhere from 1-3 hours), it makes me cringe. Yes a few in there are reasonable, but anything that sticks out to me makes my head spin. 😛

By: Babbling Butterfly

Babbling Butterfly — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:32:00 +0000

To be fair, there are some reasonable people in the thread and as long as it’s pure speculation everything is fine. But when I read things like ‘If it’s not going to be anything big, I am quitting this franchise!’, that’s just ridiculous.

By: SimsVIP

SimsVIP — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:16:00 +0000

You’re welcome.

And yes, EA does recruit fans of all kinds. That doesn’t mean they are not going to target a specific group though. Here’s some examples of playtest surveys I get weekly/monthly. Some are very specific as to what type of gamer they’re looking for, but others are not. https://www.flickr.com/photos/simsvip/sets/72157653834858700

I can’t find the Sims survey I received from last year, but the survey was asking specifically for Sims players. Based on what I observed on the forums yesterday, it’s obvious that most Sims players have never heard of playtesting, so it doesn’t surprise me that EA is spreading the word on social media. 🙂

By: SimsVIP

SimsVIP — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:12:00 +0000

It seems they are unaware that companies do basic R&D like playtesting, so the fact that they think this has to be “something big” shows how uninformed they are. That thread is pure ignorance.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:34:00 +0000

Sounds like there are games options–not exclusively a new expansion.

By: Pascal Fernandes

Pascal Fernandes — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:54:00 +0000

Well ther are working on toddlers ore experimenting on them as SimGuruRachel statet so it should take them atlast till end of the year ore sometime snext year to intodruce them to sims 4

By: Pascal Fernandes

Pascal Fernandes — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:48:00 +0000

You understand right and oh but the people who get this ar atleast have a smal look on wher the sims is hadding in the futhur

By: Babbling Butterfly

Babbling Butterfly — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:11:00 +0000

Plot Twist: It’s a playtest for the console version of Sims 4 that already has toddlers…
Oh, I would actually kind of want to see the flame war emerging if that was the case. xD

By: Babbling Butterfly

Babbling Butterfly — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:58:00 +0000

Although it seems really likely that it’s about Sims, I hate how the forums immediately jump to toddler speculation again. It’ll just make them rage again when it turns out that it wasn’t about anything related to toddlers even though it’s these people’s own fault for getting excited over something that no official source confirmed or even hinted towards.