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Kiwisim4

@kiwisim4.bsky.social

Warren, He/Him , early 30s , Custom Content Creator, playing since The Sims 1 INFP #EX-EACreatorNetwork #ParaKiwi4 Im the good kiwi 🥝 not that dumpster fire 🔥

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mog ✨@mogsimmer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Don't get it twisted. The Marketplace is PURELY a way for EA to control who is making money off of any additional content made for the Sims 4. It is not about finding a way to support CC creators, it's about making sure if anyone is profiting from the community it is EA first.

mog ✨@mogsimmer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"permapaywalling is bad, just put your content on our super cool marketplace where we make 70% instead and players will always have to pay for it " 😌🤪

Iron Seagull@ironseagull.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Oh boy… 😬 The Sims 4 marketplace situation gets worse. EA left out some details when recruiting creators. One bit of good news is it’s still possible for them to back out, as simandy and at least one other person have done. And the keeping it “our little secret” tactic sounds childish. Sheesh!

They contacted us in the last year about this "project". The idea sold to us creators was something like "do the same thing as you always do and earn extra money from us!". Unfortunately i can't say MANY things about it because there are contracts and i don't want to risk it for being dumb. I've decided i would be OUT of this thing as soon as november and now I read stuff I really didn't know about, all in here and from YOU, i made the last decision. There were many promises as they really do know how to target cc creators who are either greedy or financially struggling and I do admit that they caught my attention, but as the months got by and as they would ask more and more PERFECTION from us (note: i have no idea who else is at the program. They kept us all anonymous to each other by holding us accountable of "our little secret") i noticed this thing wasn't for me at all. I was REALLY just waiting for the bubble to burst or for them to announce it so I could finally be free to AT LEAST talk about it with you guys because i was SCARED of their contracts. This is now a recommendation to all the other cc creators who were caught in their webs: get out. You can just get out. They can't force you to stay. They can't force you to disappoint your community. It's OKAY to not know better. It's okay to make poor decisions based on your needs. But you need to get out as soon as you know better, or else excuses aren't gonna make you more palatable. Just stand up and get out.