Comments on: The Blue Plumbob: The Sims 5 and the Future of the Franchise https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/ Sims 4 News and Game Guides Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Bri10 https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-767095 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:47:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-767095 But this game in particular being accommodating to the LGBTQ+ community is catering to a community they are already popular with, theee’s nothing wrong with that same with allowing for a wider range of skin tones and so on, it’s a life simulator, surely trying to accommodate as many different communities as possible is only natural.
As for people being upset over video games, I’d argue it’s less to do with the culture they are born into, and more to do with corporate culture around what is expected for games, developers spend too much time trying to replicate reality without really considering games have to be fun more than anything, a lot of games are expensive, and made worse by the fact they often aren’t even complete

]]> By: Mental in Texas https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-767093 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:28:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-767093 Maxis maybe smart but EA, who holds the purse strings and can fire at will, have proven they don’t understand logical thought if they’re still wanting Sims to be online.

]]> By: Mental in Texas https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-767092 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:15:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-767092 Believe he may have meant to say culture. The way culture is demanding the normalize of everything, that was odd is overwhelming and continuing to pander towards it with games will only feed the beast.

I am odd. I’ve seen others odder than I who would disagree with Normalizing everything. Seriously seems like normal is bad (with all the crap cis genders get) but everything must be normal (and therefore become bad? I’m confused).

FYI I fit into alot of protected/abnormal classes but I find that normalizing things is far more damaging than education on topics that aren’t normal and acceptance of what it is without “normalizing”.

You can’t force acceptance, but you sure can make people reject any forced attempted even more.

Bringing a horse to water so to speak

]]> By: Mental in Texas https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-767091 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:09:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-767091 Love how you assume it doesn’t pertain to the author while I choose to believe it might in some way.

Why be specific? So you can identify the person? Or make a more personal harassing comment?

You’re mental.

]]> By: Mental in Texas https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-767090 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:06:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-767090 Soo your saying Sims is going to be like SimPlay or every other online game? Monthly subscriptions and what not?
Yea no, I’ll stick with the old games before I play Sims online or pay a subscription fee.

I played the sims to get away from others and live in an idealized world I controlled. Putting it online gets rid of all of that. This also means most of my family wont play as I’m the Sims sales person. And as most people already have enough subscriptions why would we want one more from a series that was previously all about creating YOUR OWN world.

Who ever is in charge of EA and directing Maxis is/are idiots. They don’t know the game and are unaware of what their decisions are going to cost.

Did they don’t pay attention to the backlash after Sims 4??

If I’m mental they’re even more so.

]]> By: SimsPrime https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-766980 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:57:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-766980 I hated TS3 because of all the extra work it made me to just to play with EVERYTHING i paid for in one save game. Then TS4 came along and by god TS3 is a freaking angel

]]> By: Cowboy Joe https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-766954 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:08:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-766954 You poor little snowflake.

]]> By: Cowboy Joe https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-766953 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:07:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-766953 Thank you.

]]> By: mdreezy https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-766914 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:48:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-766914 What toxic effects of “PC cancel culture” on creative expression are you talking about? Be specific and for the love of god make sure it pertains to you. I’ve had enough of the opportunist advocates bringing their obsessive behavior to inappropriate places.. like a video game news website.

]]> By: mdreezy https://simsvip.com/2021/02/27/the-blue-plumbob-the-sims-5-and-the-future-of-the-franchise/#comment-766913 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:21:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=129276#comment-766913 Spore is a game about evolution. I get you are mad about the garbage you choose to focus your attention on, but if you knew anything about that game you’d understand how silly your concerns are.

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