The Sims Competitor inZOI Sells 1 Million in a Week, Krafton Declares It a ‘Long-Term Franchise IP’
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The graphics are much better tbh
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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How is it based on UGC if the game wasn't out when they imlemented the GenAI? As far as I can tell they're using a whole bunch of ML-based tools built on Unreal for animation and model creation and what seems to be run of the mill Gen AI for textures. I could be wrong, but hey, I'll hold you to that being cool when EA or Ubisoft show up with their version of the same thing.
Yeah, I guess don't quote me on that. That's just what everyone on the reviews was saying on Steam.
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I was really excited for this game until I find out they use genAI features.
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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.
It was my favorite for artstyle/graphics, but I was not pleased when I tried to stir up drama by kissing a Sim's partner in the same room. That would have gotten the partner racing over to slap someone, an argument, and a Furious status in The Sims 2. In The Sims 4, they just didn't notice, no consequences.
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I think you can scan real world items to import them as 3d objects, and they use AI for that ?
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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.
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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I was really excited for this game until I find out they use genAI features.
You can simply not use any of the AI features. The studio claims the genAI is a model trained solely on material their artists and devs created for this exact purpose and it runs locally, and as far as I know there is nothing in the game that uses genAI other than what the players can generate.
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You can simply not use any of the AI features. The studio claims the genAI is a model trained solely on material their artists and devs created for this exact purpose and it runs locally, and as far as I know there is nothing in the game that uses genAI other than what the players can generate.
I still don't feel good supporting it, personally. If everyone else is enjoying it, that's cool, but I've got plenty of other games that don't dip their toes into areas I'm not personally comfortable with. So for me it's a non starter.
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It sold almost 470,000 copies on PC in its first week 11 years ago. The number of PC gamers has dramatically increased since then, so comparing launch numbers between now and then isn't really an apt comparison.
https://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41889/Global/
If you can't fathom why I compare a game's total sales to its competing newcomer, maybe you're missing the whole point of the specific comment thread I responded to. If you want more recent numbers for a better comparison , EA claims they sold an additional 15 million copies in 2024 alone.
The main point is, I do not think EA is sweating quite yet. They're a shitty, massive corporation and I'm sure they'll pump out a sequel if they determine the newcomer is actively taking large enough chunks of their player base.
Great points I retract my previous statement.
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It sold almost 470,000 copies on PC in its first week 11 years ago. The number of PC gamers has dramatically increased since then, so comparing launch numbers between now and then isn't really an apt comparison.
https://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41889/Global/
If you can't fathom why I compare a game's total sales to its competing newcomer, maybe you're missing the whole point of the specific comment thread I responded to. If you want more recent numbers for a better comparison , EA claims they sold an additional 15 million copies in 2024 alone.
The main point is, I do not think EA is sweating quite yet. They're a shitty, massive corporation and I'm sure they'll pump out a sequel if they determine the newcomer is actively taking large enough chunks of their player base.
Small correction - they said they *gained *15 million players, not that they *sold *15 million new copies - the Sims 4 base game is free to play. Also, there was some recent backlash around how Inzoi handles LGBTQ characters and EA seemingly capitalized on that by releasing a big LGBTQ update for free, months ahead of pride month. So, they might be sweating it a little. But, Sims is on a whole other level culturally than a lot of games, it's got a lot of players that play only the Sims franchise, and it's been doing well enough to keep a steady stream of DLC coming out for years now.
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I wanna buy it but gave my gaming PC away. I'll get another eventually then get it
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