Comments on: Maxis Working to Add Non-Binary Pronouns to The Sims 4

By: Bradley

Bradley — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:40:00 +0000

toooooo bad lol we won

By: Bradley

Bradley — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:25:00 +0000

L + ratio + we won

By: Bradley

Bradley — Wed, 26 May 2021 21:38:00 +0000

That’s a title, though. That’s not how pronouns work.

By: Buzzvesley

Buzzvesley — Mon, 24 May 2021 20:12:00 +0000

Mmmm, yes? Why would I believe a non-scholar in a topic just because the person identify as trans? Being cis erases all of the academic background of someone to you then, wow. So much for education.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Mon, 24 May 2021 14:47:00 +0000

Firstly, I’ve never seen my sims autonomously romantically interact with another sim in the multiple years I’ve been playing the Sims 4 unless they had already established a relationship. Maybe it has to do with the flirty emotion or trait, but otherwise you’d have to have either flirted with that sim before or installed some kind of mod for that to happen. That kind of seems like it’s on you. And since all sims are set by default with a completely neutral gender preference, unless you’ve modified your game somehow, the notion that they are somehow biased towards same sex interactions is objectively & demonstrably false.

Second, like I said, there are only five premade same-sex couples in the entire 20+ year history of the Sims. If you think that “more traditional” characters are in the minority, you would, again, be objectively wrong. You’d have to be intentionally looking for things to get offended by.

Finally, I think you’re fundamentally misunderstanding what pronouns are. They aren’t talking about Mr. and Ms.; those are titles, not pronouns. All that would change would be that people would have the option to have their sim referred to as “they” instead of “he” or “she”. This would not interfere with your gameplay in any way but would be nice for the many, many, many players who don’t share your so-called ‘traditional’ views and want to make sims that represent themselves.

By: Sharon Nuña

Sharon Nuña — Sun, 23 May 2021 00:03:00 +0000

It IS politics and full of agendas. There are other things they can add to the game that makes it fun other than this kind of stupidity.

By: Simbo Dad

Simbo Dad — Sat, 22 May 2021 18:11:00 +0000

Ah yes, TS4 a game in which the characters speak only gibberish and most of text comes from invitations to Batuu and descriptions of toilets definitely needs an update to its language so it can “inclusive” of a group of people that regardless of language acrobatics, would be exactly the same group of people and just as represented as they are now in every conceivable substantial way.

By: Gab Gab

Gab Gab — Sat, 22 May 2021 14:26:00 +0000

So you think articles and linguistic studies made mostly by cis people are more important than the actual language that nonbinary people already use themselves? Wow.
And no, unfortunately I don’t believe they’re going to actually make it happen in the game, not until people stop defending them when we call them out for the fake excuses they’re making.

By: Kathy Orahood

Kathy Orahood — Sat, 22 May 2021 13:37:00 +0000

One can also just add it to the Sims first name slot too, first name would have to be short ones though 😀

By: MLB

MLB — Sat, 22 May 2021 10:17:00 +0000

Actually the solution is simple, but the execution might not be. There could be a place in game settings to let every one type in their preferred pronouns. Once you move away from standard masculine, feminine and neuter pronouns there is too much variation (which is ever changing due to the new combinations people are constantly making up). It will be impossible to make everyone happy if they hardcode it. So create a dialogue box with what they have now as the default and then have a text box or boxes where you can type in the pronouns or other language you want the game to use.