"The intent is to provide creators with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking 30% revenue opportunities"
That quote above was not in any way said by anyone at The Sims Team. It's inspired by Reddit's most downvoted comment in history, written by the EA Star Wars franchise representative.
But the same sense of monetization funneling and questionable sense of accomplishment goes with the recent announcement of The Sims 4 Marketplace's 30% cut for the creators. Making it seem like CC creators around the world have to band together in order to pay out EA's 20 billion dollar buyout debt.
Today, EA has opened up invitations to join and register for The Sims 4 Marketplace and get that 30%. "It pays in exposure" was probably a huge thought process behind the upper executives when thinking of this cut deal. As if there aren't other well established platforms that provide individual creators 83% for their talents. And allow the players to get that content for free after a month's worth of early access initiatives.
Without being too opinionated about this (the featured image was more than enough for a statement), you can join The Sims 4 Maker Program down below.
The Sims 4 Marketplace Maker Program is now open for applications! Learn more & apply today ➡️ https://t.co/Ad6ghMPFEl pic.twitter.com/veU4NjpqZ7
— The Sims (@TheSims) March 5, 2026
Stay tuned to more updates on how the situation with The Sims 4 Marketplace develops in our dedicated News Category.
Let us know your thoughts about the new Maker Program in the comments below!
6 Comments
I clocked “Big Blue” building in that image. You funny LMAO
Reply to Truvey Taylor
that n the ‘celebration of life’ yesterday have gotten some good chuckles out of me
Imagine casting aside your morals during the polarizing buy out of multi-billion dollar company – for a 30% cut. They didn’t even think highly enough of you and your hard work to let you get half of your own yield.
It’s no surprise that the Marketplace has been presented by Graham Nardone aka SimGuruGraham. This is the same person that could not admit 10 years ago during the presentation of the Sims4 that there wasn’t an open world. He only talked about how wonderful the concept of neighborhoods was. With a nervous smile on his face, he lied and lied when asked by a game journalist. Too bad I cannot find the video. It’s on YouTube.
Reply to Bugfixes
Well I’m pretty sure he can’t say what he really thinks as he’d lose his job. At least he wasn’t like Grant on Twitter.
With the latest word from one of the cc makers leaving the program with the info about the nonsense ea pulled on them from said creator(Simandy), yeah no, I hope no-one else joins other than the truly problematic cc makers like c*wbuild
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