The Sims 4’s newest replace dropped this week forward of the launch of a brand new Stuff Pack, and gamers aren’t pleased about one of many new options added. A brand new “packs it’s possible you’ll like” icon has been added to the highest of the UI, encouraging gamers to purchase growth packs instantly in sport.
The new icon is in a outstanding place within the sport’s UI, subsequent to the icons for navigating between Construct Mode, Handle Worlds, and the Gallery. Labelled “packs it’s possible you’ll like” on hover, the brand new characteristic suggests a choice of packs accessible for buy, permitting you to purchase them instantly from dwell gameplay, as a substitute of getting to exit to the principle menu.
In my sport, the menu confirmed a choice of 4 packs I do not already personal, together with each main Growth Packs and smaller Stuff Packs. Buying any packs apart from these really helpful nonetheless requires navigating to the principle menu.
“This cart emblazoned button has many makes use of starting from sharing pack presents and gross sales info to recommending packs you could be eager about,” the official patch notes say of the brand new button. “All accessible with out leaving the consolation of your Sims’ houses.” The new addition hasn’t been widespread with Sims followers after it was picked up by Sims Community on X (previously Twitter), with gamers anticipating the discharge of mods that’ll conceal or take away the button.
The Sims 4 initially launched in 2014, and has since added 27 main packs, in addition to a number of smaller Stuff Packs and Kits. The sport went free-to-play as of October 2022, that means pack gross sales are actually The Sims’ sole supply of monetization.
EA is at present engaged on the following foremost Sims sport, codenamed Undertaking Rene, which has been confirmed will probably be free-to-play from launch.