The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’

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• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was really excited for this game until I find out they use genAI features.

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• asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The graphics are much better tbh

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  • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m not a huge fan honestly. I think the stylized graphics are a better fit for the genre, and you get into uncanny valley a lot faster with realistic graphics.

    But I mean, that’s just MY taste, I’m not going to tell anyone else what to think.

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  • redhorsejacket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Higher fidelity for sure, as one would expect when comparing games released 10 years apart, but idk if it’s “better” per se. Of course this is totally subjective, but I feel like there’s no style to inZoi, unless we define “generic AI output” as a style.

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• TommySoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve seen some people play it because it seems pretty cool. Although it doesn’t look amazing and seems pretty shallow, but at the same time it’s only $40. The price tag alone is almost enough for me to give it a try. Any of the Sims games are hundreds of dollars at this point if you wanna buy the DLC. And that’s on a decent sale, too.

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  • bundes_sheep@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s also early access, so it will presumably help with it being a bit shallow. There are a surprising amount of things locked behind various mechanics that I’m starting to stumble across. For example, if you’re a jerk to people enough your karma score will fall and now you have access to rifle through vending machines looking for loose change or robbing an ATM. I have a feeling there are a lot more of these kinds of things to discover.

    Just getting out of the Sims price hell is worth it for me. I’ve had some good experiences with early access games in the past so I’m reasonably upbeat about what may come down the line.

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• Red_October@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Maybe see what player counts look like in a few months before making great and grand plans? People want a fresh take on The Sims, but maybe without the backlog of a hundred DLCs and other EA shittery. But, inZOI may not be it. Apart from the pervasive and distasteful use of generative AI, it may just not have that special something.

  So give it a while, lads. Maybe it really will be a hit, but sales in the first week mostly just say that people wanted a fresh swing at The Sims, not that they really want what inZOI is.

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  • Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    People already made nude patches. The second there’s official mod support, this game is getting a permanent reputation as a porn game, I guarantee it

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• XEROAARON@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Isn’t the new Sims game supposed to be coming out soon? Or they still riding on their outdated version with more DLCs 😅

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  • TheBest@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Last I heard they cancelled work on the next sims, doubled down on “improving the health” of The Sims 4 with improvements instead. Truly transformed into a GaaS, being 10+ years old.

    Which is crazy. Just make a new game.

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    • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Which is crazy. Just make a new game.

      To be fair, their predatory DLC model for Sims 4 means that their primary customer base has hundreds of dollars invested. Abandoning it at this point might piss a ton of them off. It’s also worth considering that a lot of their users aren’t normal gamers. They typically have basic devices that aren’t really geared towards gaming, so a newer game that’s more demanding might further alienate their base.

      A million sales is a lot, but it’s nothing compared to over 85 million copies sold that Sims 4 has achieved.

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    • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Screw them? Move to competition…make these longstanding companies that don’t care suffer so they maybe start caring again.

      Any chance you get to play something that isn’t AAAAAAAAA developers…DO IT. Most of the time, they are better games anyways

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    • TommySoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Which is really unfortunate because The Sims 4 was my least favorite of the franchise. Probably only played it for about 20 hours over the years while I have hundreds in 2 and 3.

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    • XEROAARON@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ah, didn’t know that. I thought I’d seen a teaser or something for a new game years ago but didn’t know if it was true as I hadn’t seen anything new about it in ages.

      While it’s not a game I’d play, they should just made a new game I agree.

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The Mr Bean and Wallace characters oh my days.

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• secret300@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I wanna buy it but gave my gaming PC away. I’ll get another eventually then get it

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