{"id":40981,"date":"2026-04-01T16:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40981"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:53:34","slug":"the-sims-4-mod-marketplace-everyones-mad-about-is-reportedly-exceeding-eas-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=40981","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 4 Mod Marketplace Everyone&#039;s Mad About Is Reportedly Exceeding EA&#039;s Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1752\/17528202\/4675942-cowplantmoneysims.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The controversial paid mod marketplace recently added to The Sims 4 is apparently exceeding Electronic Arts&#8217; expectations, according to a new report from Sims Community. It cited an anonymous &#8220;insider&#8221; who evidently also leaked accurate details about The Sims 4&#8217;s Marketplace and Maker Program before it was revealed to the public.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s not clear exactly what EA&#8217;s financial goals for The Sims 4 Marketplace are, and the source didn&#8217;t provide a specific number, but said that the paid mod marketplace &#8220;has so far exceeded EA\u2019s expectations,&#8221; adding, &#8220;We don\u2019t know what [those expectations] were, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w5K1j1FGP_8\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\">          <\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this month, details about a single-player The Sims title currently called Project X were leaked. It appears that Project X will feature individual neighborhoods that players must pay to unlock. According to Sims Community&#8217;s source, EA has seen the player response online and might be rethinking things.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-sims-4-mod-marketplace-everyones-mad-about-is-reportedly-exceeding-eas-expectations\/1100-6539145\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial paid mod marketplace recently added to The Sims 4 is apparently exceeding Electronic Arts&#8217; expectations, according to a new report from Sims Community&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[10820,18287,19477,9836,3598,18674,3358,3465,3977],"class_list":["post-40981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-ea039s","tag-everyone039s","tag-exceeding","tag-expectations","tag-mad","tag-marketplace","tag-mod","tag-reportedly","tag-sims","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}