{"id":92369,"date":"2020-10-10T23:32:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T23:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-good-representation-hispanic-heritage-skin-tone-backlash\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T23:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T23:32:33","slug":"how-the-sims-4-can-avoid-another-hispanic-heritage-and-skin-tone-update-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/10\/how-the-sims-4-can-avoid-another-hispanic-heritage-and-skin-tone-update-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Sims 4 Can Avoid Another Hispanic Heritage and Skin Tone Update Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static3.gamerantimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-sims-4-hispanic-heritage-update.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>The Sims 4<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been around for over six years now, with many patches and packs being released during that time. Most recently, there\u2019s been a movement from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/the-sims-4\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sims 4<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> community to improve a basic foundation level aspect of the game\u2014its skin tones. The first of these updates supposedly got patched into the game a few days into October, along with bonus items to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, backlash quickly followed after the surprise items and skin tone update were revealed to players. The Hispanic Heritage items didn\u2019t go over as planned, presumably because many <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sims<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> community members found the clothing designs to be stereotypical or completely unrelated to Hispanic culture. While <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-skin-tone-update-new-good-future\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the skin tone update<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was supposed to fix the blotchy, pixelated appearance of darker skin tones in the base game, many players reported not seeing any difference in appearance at all. Both of these issues have left the developer in hot water with fans of the franchise, but there is a way for them to fix these shortcomings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/every-sims-4-game-pack-ranked\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Every The Sims 4 Game Pack, Ranked<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSims\/status\/1308831347239133184\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transparency may sound unusual when it comes to game design, especially because many aspects of a game are kept secret until close to its release date. However, transparency is something <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sims<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> players have been asking of the developers for quite a while now. These players want to be as involved as possible with the ideas and development of the game franchise that they\u2019ve played for so long. The developer has tried to keep players involved by conducting community surveys and formulating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-nifty-knitting-stuff-pack-trailer\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community-voted stuff packs, like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nifty Knitting<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, yet they\u2019re still missing the mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community surveys can be wonderful tools to gauge where audience interest lies and make new content based on what players are interested in. So far, it seems the developers have taken stock of the community\u2019s interest but not done anything with it yet. The new expansion pack is set to be announced within the coming months, but the developer has already stated that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-cars-bunk-beds-babies-cars-farms-not-coming-expansion\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highly requested items from previous games, like bunk beds and cars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will not be in the next pack. Perhaps this means different items that ranked high in\u00a0its survey have made it into the game instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transparency is a slippery slope because no game developer, EA or otherwise, is required to let players know what\u2019s coming in advance for a game. However, the issue for players isn\u2019t needing to know all the new and upcoming <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-expansion-packs-ranked\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expansions of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sims 4<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it\u2019s simply being kept in the loop about highly requested items and how they are progressing. Players would much rather hear that a complete overhaul of the skin tone swatches is taking longer than expected and receive a new estimated date for when it\u2019ll be completed instead of being told the update has been finalized and implemented but see no change in the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-library-best-unique-houses\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>10 Interesting Houses Found In The Sims 4 Library<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimRaven\/status\/1313223209844641793\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To give credit where it\u2019s due, EA did collaborate with both SOMOS EA and Chicano artist Mister Cartoon to figure out what items to add to the game for Hispanic Heritage and how they should be designed. Going forward for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/the-sims-4-pee-fire-update\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">future updates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this strategy of reaching out to people who are part of the culture they want to add to the game and working with them to get things right should be implemented again and again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The issue then lies in how EA goes on to label these items. The statement from the developer mentions that SOMOS EA is made up of a variety of different Hispanic and Latinx people, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-star-wars-fans-unhappy\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">many <em>Sims<\/em> fans were unhappy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and criticized the new items and clothing as being very Mexico-centric. There\u2019s nothing wrong with having items styled specifically after Mexican culture, but they shouldn\u2019t be labeled \u201cHispanic\u201d if the items are only inclusive of Mexico. In fact, it may be better to separate these items into specific categories because it can give the developers time to make sure it\u2019s doing each country and culture justice and not falling prey to stereotypes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sims 4<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> players are very outspoken about what they want from the game because they genuinely love it and want to see it grow. The developers of the game have proven that it listens to fans by promising to fix and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-adding-100-skin-tones\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">add over 100 new skin tones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the game by the end of the year. If the developers continue with that transparency and continue to reach out to other artists and people to create new items to represent other cultures, there may be hope for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sims 4<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> franchise yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Sims 4<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"next-single\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MORE: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sims-4-star-wars-batuu-dlc-review\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sims 4 &#8211; Star Wars: Journey to Batuu DLC Review<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><figure class= \\\"wp-block-image alignnone \\\"><img src= \\\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo2-2.png\\\" alt=\\\"IT\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 java\u88dc\u7fd2 \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b, PHP\u88dc\u7fd2,CSS\u88dc\u7fd2,XML,Java\u88dc\u7fd2,MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2,graphic design\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b78ICT\u88dc\u7fd2,\u4e00\u5c0d\u4e00\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2\u548cFreelance\u81ea\u7531\u5de5\u4f5c\u914d\u5c0d\u3002\\\"\/><figcaption>\u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/br>Find A Teacher Form:\r\n<\/br>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1vREBnX5n262umf4wU5U2pyTwvk9O-JrAgblA-wH9GFQ\/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses\r\n<\/br><\/br>Email:\r\n<\/br>public1989two@gmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\r\n<a href=www.itsec.hk style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.hk<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itsec.vip\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itsec.vip<\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\\\"www.itseceu.uk\\\" style=color:#FFFFFF;>www.itseceu.uk<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Sims 4 tried to incorporate representation of different cultures and darker skin tones into the game and missed the mark, but can fix its errors.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"How The Sims 4 Can Avoid Another Hispanic Heritage and Skin Tone Update Backlash - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"The Sims 4 tried to incorporate representation of different cultures and darker skin tones into the game and missed the mark, but can fix its errors."},"footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92370,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92369\/revisions\/92370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}