The Sims 4 custom content creators are now prohibited from charging for their creations.
For creators who earn a living modding the game, this could result in significant financial losses.
On July 21, EA published anupdateto The Sims 4’s policy regarding modding and content creation.
While this might be an inconvenience for modders, the second set of terms is proving far more controversial.
According to the post, all content created by modders must now be distributed to the public free-of-charge.
This is something I don’t think EA should remove.
For some, that compensation has proven vital to their day-to-day life.
Another modder, ChewyButterfly, has found themself in the same situation.
But until then, no more early access."
If they didn’t do that, this wouldn’t happen…
However, there are quite a few creators who are choosing to maintain current business practices.
Lastly, bothCowBuildandPixelVibeSimshave come under fire on Reddit for finding “loopholes” in EA’s terms.
They are artists at the end of the day and I support artists' work where I can.
However, KawaiiFoxita also brought up another good point.
“However creators may still run a reasonable early-access period for their content.
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