The company released no other details about the game, but said more information would be forthcoming.
On another note, the new Sim City will arrive on the Mac June 11th.
Article Link: EA Says The Sims 4 Will Be Coming to the Mac in 2014
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EA Says The Sims 4 Will Be Coming to the Mac in 2014
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The company released no other details about the game, but said more information would be forthcoming.
Article Link: EA Says The Sims 4 Will Be Coming to the Mac in 2014
They can keep their DRM-ridden game to themselves.
Besides, to own the entire series (expansions, "stuff packs", and whatnot) one must spend hundreds of pounds (dollars, whatever you use).
One must be insane to keep investing in EA Games after what they demonstrated with SimCity, they just do not care about the gamer, they care about their money.
Yes, EA is a business and they need money, but they could at least be fair and decent. Their games are not worth it anymore. They are the only company that thinks it's normal to ship broken products by design. If you buy a carton of milk and it turns out that it was sour, the vendor won't say "no refunds" to you, yet EA ships broken games and doesn't do refunds as fair as their TOS goes. What aggravates it more is how they are selling something intangible, they could create a free demo with no financial loss to them and let users try it before they buy, unlike the milk, which you couldn't try without opening the package first. Goes to show that this company should stop being trusted.
Besides, to own the entire series (expansions, "stuff packs", and whatnot) one must spend hundreds of pounds (dollars, whatever you use).
One must be insane to keep investing in EA Games after what they demonstrated with SimCity, they just do not care about the gamer, they care about their money.
Yes, EA is a business and they need money, but they could at least be fair and decent. Their games are not worth it anymore. They are the only company that thinks it's normal to ship broken products by design. If you buy a carton of milk and it turns out that it was sour, the vendor won't say "no refunds" to you, yet EA ships broken games and doesn't do refunds as fair as their TOS goes. What aggravates it more is how they are selling something intangible, they could create a free demo with no financial loss to them and let users try it before they buy, unlike the milk, which you couldn't try without opening the package first. Goes to show that this company should stop being trusted.
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Probably this game will be crippled by yet another always-on DRM. Brace yourself for another launch disaster.
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The Sims and Simcity were pretty cool when I had Windows 95 and games were limited to what your computer could run (and store on your cramped hard drive). That ship has sailed for me a long time ago.
Coming out with PC version! - DELAYED
Coming Spring 2013! - DELAYED
Coming late 2013! - DELAYED
Coming in 2014! - NEW
Coming Spring 2013! - DELAYED
Coming late 2013! - DELAYED
Coming in 2014! - NEW
"A spokesman from EA told Macrumors that the game will be released in 2014 and be playable in 2015."
EA is horrible, I mean... they're a company that's actually making games for the Mac.
We shouldn't support this sort of thing at all.
Let's prove that the normal PC, and maybe Linux, is where gaming truly belongs... by being whiners.
We shouldn't support this sort of thing at all.
Let's prove that the normal PC, and maybe Linux, is where gaming truly belongs... by being whiners.
What sealed this for me was the atrocious AI that's in this game. It's one thing to reverse some "political" DRM decision in the future, but I've seen few, if any, games from EA that have reworked such core concepts. This is one game where I'll look in the history books to make my decision.
I'm sure it won't be released at the same time on both platforms. So I'm guessing late 2014 release for Mac.
Unless this game is incredible, The Sims 3 will be my last stop. It's been a great 13 years but I'm ready to get off the Sims upgrade treadmill. x_x
No, EA treats all customers on all platforms equally poorly. Check PC gaming forums and you'll see the same (completely justified) whining.
I'm just surprised that I'm not alone anymore. I've been complaining about EA since 2004 and officially started boycotting their products in 2007 when I realized it wasn't just a few bad games or a few bad managers, but that the entire company is dedicated to making money by selling BS it calls "games".
Your argument is so flawed. People are whining NOT because they're porting the games to the Mac. People are whining because EA is the worst company on Earth because all they care about is money.Just wait and see the 247,311,249 expansion packs and item sets, and 318,022,112,381 DLC items that they'll release after Sims 4's release.
The Sims dev team is different than SimCity's. That said, they are both controlled by EA...
I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be so hilarious watching EA screw up another popular franchise, I really can't wait.
And yet tons of people enjoy those games.
A lot of EA games are fun.
And no, not all whining on the internet is justified. A lot of EA hate isn't.
Just wait and see the 247,311,249 expansion packs and item sets, and 318,022,112,381 DLC items that they'll release after Sims 4's release.
Wait.
A company cares just about money? I mean, it's like you're telling me that the main purpose of a company is to make money or something.
Nah, that can't be true. It's just EA.
No thanks, if it is anything like Sims 3 then it will ramp up my fan constantly to 100% and superheat my MBP...
This is what we call a 'valid complaint'.
I hope that it doesn't turn out to be that way. Maybe they'll have learned their lesson. We can only wait until the first reviews show up (after release) and hope for the best.