{"id":49520,"date":"2023-06-29T11:28:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T11:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/the-sims-5-appears-to-be-free-to-play-according-to-new-job-listing"},"modified":"2024-07-20T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T03:13:11","slug":"the-sims-5-appears-to-be-free-to-play-according-to-new-job-listing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/the-sims-5-appears-to-be-free-to-play-according-to-new-job-listing","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 5 Appears To Be Free-To-Play, According To New Job Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new job listing for The Sims developer Maxis seemingly indicates that the long-awaited title will be a free-to-play game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a now-pulled job listing for a Head of Marketplace &amp; Monetization, a candidate for the role will&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;own Project Rene&#8217;s in-game marketplace of content and UGC (free and paid_, and manage a data-informed player-centric player purchase journey &#8211; maximizing value to players, optimizing player spend patterns, and minimizing player churn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Own pricing of all content in this free-to-enter game, ensuring we have an optimal pricing and content architecture. Provide guidance to content teams on in-game content needs to meet player demand.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This listing was noticed by<a href=\"https:\/\/simscommunity.info\/2023\/06\/28\/the-sims-5-free-to-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SimsCommunity <\/a>and seemingly shows that The Sims 5 will be a free-to-play title. All of the other mainline Sims games have been paid titles with added DLC content, so this could indicate some worrying things to come for the franchise. 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