A quick note…

I just want to add my 2 cents - No one got mad at the Autumn Kit, the Sleek Bathroom Kit, the Glamour MakeUp Kit - all of those are made by CC Creators, who have Patreon's and charge for early access while we had to pay EA for those kits. Im uncertain how the Marketplace is any different than Creator Kits?

we are never leaving the trenches, see how sims players are coming out of the woodwork to defend EA like its a kid that needs defending. Very disappointed, but what can I expect, its the Sims 4 community.

Y'all are insane. Of course this is an EA cash grab. Of course people have the option to join. EA is a business. Did you think they were going to do this out of the goodness of their hearts? No, because they need to make money. Yes, they are greedy, but you don't have to buy anything. Obviously, the ethics aren't fantastic here, they aren't paying people to make content but they are still getting paid for the content being bought. It's not great. But it's also 100% optional. It's crazy to me that you all will get on your high horse and call an elective form of entertainment run by a game company guilty of cash-grabbing. That is how capitalism works. How dare someone who makes things for free work with a company optionally to make a little more money? It's not even about how many paid subscribers she has. She makes art, she gets to price it. Complain about something that might help the world. This is the most meaningless hill to die on.

Unfortunately your CC is making my game crash even with the new update. :(

hello! do we know if your cc is compatible with the new updates?

ouu this one hurts. most of the creators we knew about from the trailer were people i respected, but no one i followed. thisss however sucks tremendously. i've been a fan for a long time, your cc is amazing, but i just can't get behind the marketplace. "nothing will change" except it already has because it's content that even people who are already paying you will have to shell out $5 more for (of which you only make like $1.25). i really hope you'll reconsider and won't make more content for the marketplace. i'll be back downloading and sharing your cc if you decide that.

lol no

Hey ive redownloaded some of your cc and started my mods folder fresh and most of them are still not working, can you please help :(

Some of yall are doing more damage than the "Greedy" & "Controversial" GAME that you dont have to play. Half the Sims 4 community didn't pay for the game nor any CC they use anyway. If you dont have nothing nice to say dont say anything AT ALL. Leave people alone!

Y'all will be mad at cc creators but will still give money to the company that's the problem in the first place. EA has been paywalling for decades, nothing is new. Nothing will change unless we come together for a true revolution, until then, let small creators have a means of making money. Boycott AI, not creators making money for their hard work. Y'all are truly insane.

BOYCOTT FUCKING SELL OUTS

yikes...

Honestly, I feel like everyone is overreacting majorly. She’s not stopping her content here, all of the content she makes that probably take her hours, You can pay for it if you want to early or you can wait three weeks to get it for free. She is putting in hard work and programming for free, you guys. So what if she joins the marketplace? It doesn’t mean that you have to buy her stuff on the marketplace? It’s another income which is perfectly fine because console players will buy it if they choose to everyone has free will of where they want to spend their money. Serenity has done nothing wrong. She’s still giving you free content or you can pay for it if you want it as soon as it’s released. You guys are acting so crazy.

Your CC is causing the game not to open...I have just skimmed through my entire CC folder to find out it's yours. Is there any way this can be fixed or do you need to know which specific cc piece is breaking it..Thanks

sellout

Let’s just stop it with the “moneys tight” lol. Patreon creators make around 90% of their tier prices. Serenity has 2.3k paid members and the only tier that even grants you early access costs you 4$ which is what majority of paid supporters are paying. EVEN IF everyone was paying the 2$ it’s still over $4k/month. Thats already a monthly income of between $4-8k a month… and then you really sold out for 30%??? Pathetic.

Even though I do not agree with how some of the comments addressed the subject, I do agree with many of them. I am not disappointed in you. I believe all self-decisions are important, and you must have your own reasons. I believe Patreon may not be enough to cover all the expenses you must pay, and that you thought this decision through carefully before making it. You probably stressed about our reactions, which could explain the tardy notice. I will then support you, but not with money. I truly hope it will work in your favor!!

CC is not working for me either.. what should I do??

hey, los cc no me funcionan. Si los tengo en la carpeta que corresponde, no me deja abrir el juego. HELPP

Wow the backlash is real.... how this affect us really? Spoiler alert IT DOESN'T. Let console players have some CC as well. I will still be supporting you.

Is patreon and your members who are willing to support you and give you money not enough?? Why are we working with this greedy company who doesn't care about their community and also their partners? Very disappointed. And paying for Custom Content that's FREE on this website?? Lost all respect. I will not be supporting the marketplace, EA, and any creator who stands by them.

Hi! As someone who loves your CC, I have some mixed feelings about this post. While I understand the benefit of having the marketplace for console players, I do feel that it is yet another EA cash-grab. I also wish this announcement post went up when the marketplace was first announced as opposed to the literal day before; it feels odd personally. I do wish you the best of luck with this new endeavor, but I will personally not be purchasing creator content with the marketplace

You're earning next to nothing from the marketplace while EA gets to take 70% of your earnings.... not to mention you'll lose money from the amount of people who are choosing not to support you through patreon anymore because of this. EA is a greedy company and you and other marketplace creators are just helping them get richer.

As your content here is free after the set period will you be utilizing the free tab on the Marketplace. Is there a way to set a price as something for a time and after so many months and so many additional releases are they able to be set to "free" eventually?

As someone who has sung praises about your work and been a longtime follower, I am really disappointed to say the least. Your decision to join the EA marketplace is, in my opinion, incredibly short-sighted and foolish. From choosing to further line the pockets of a company like EA (amidst the buyout among other things) and only receiving 30% of the profits for YOUR OWN work, I simply cannot understand how one would come to this decision, especially for an already well-known and respected creator such as yourself. You show your true colors, and you will reap what you sow.

Participate with a company known for its unnecessary greed and especially its recent controversies is genuinely disappointing 💔 was patreon never enough? I would literally support you once i got a card or e wallet in the future because your ccs are genuinely so top tier. The greed and sellout is so sickening

Best of luck, but this is very unfortunate.

I understand your reasoning! I will still be supporting you 💚

Congratulations on contributing to the enshittification of the game... I will stop supporting your patreon as well as any other creator I support that decides to join the marketplace. Hope you're happy with your choice to become a sellout (to a company that won't even pay you as much as patreon for that matter lmao) and choose a greedy company over a loyal community.

So I've read though a lot of comments and everyone has very valid points. You have a greedy company with a broken game and now bringing in creators for this new marketplace. I can see this as something good for console players but I also see this as a sad cashgrab for more money. I'm not going to hate on any creator that decides to join, if that's what you wanna do, then go for it. But let me tell you that EA does not have your best interest at heart, and they don't care about you. EA will target people that they know who will fall for their trap, because that's what it is. I do wish you luck and I hope everything works out and I will pray they don't suck the soul out of you because I believe this will end in disaster.

Hi. I’m a long time follower and supporter. I wonder if you would reconsider your decision or be a bit more transparent about your decision. I’m sure you understand that the frustration of followers has less to do with content changing and more to do with us as a community finally putting our foot down. This is what communities do, stick together and advocate for real change. Would you reconsider full transparency and addressing some of the concerns?

I think the marketplace is a good thing. Everyone doesn't play on PC or have access to custom content. This gives console players the option to experience what we experience on Patreon.

This is so disappointing lmfao

If this is going to remain your main platform, then why even join the marketplace? You are one of the greatest CC creators in The Sims community, and you are indulging EA in their greed. The point isn't about you being paid; you're already on Patreon. I think you should be paid; your work is fantastic, and joining this diminishes that. You're not even getting 50% of the money your content is making EA from the marketplace. You aren't even getting publicity from this, losing mass long-time supporters for 30% is NOT worth it... Instead of giving in, all these CC creators should have pushed back on this. This proves you all can work together, so why lean into EA? All new players who don't know about CC will be suckered into giving EA more and more money when all the packs already amount to $1,500 and counting. This is honestly very sad and disappointing to watch. I hope you take the feedback well and reconsider. -Long time supporter <3

wishing u the best ~ you are one of the greatest creators right now for sims 4 CC so it makes sense you'd go for this. we ain't foldin over here, but TRUSTTTTT, with all love imma miss using your CC.

Very disappointed in this tbh we should not be supporting EAs greed

Wish you the best of luck but this is going to hurt the community *sigh*

For everyone raging, complaining, insulting, etc. any creator who has decided to be a part of the marketplace, I think it'll also be a good idea to let EA know your grievances as well. This doesn't all fall on the creators. It's not their responsibility to do what EA should have/should be doing. At the end of the day, it's ultimately up to everyone to decide how they'd like to continue moving forward with The Sims 4. So, if you don't support what EA is doing, you have options: boycott, uninstall the game, etc., because not supporting the creators yet refusing to unplug from the game doesn't make you any better than the creators you're criticizing.

Grats that you add to the changes that keep making the game worse. I really can't imagine that a 30% share is worth that. I love your cc but that is a descision I really can't understand or even mildly support.

Honestly I appreciate you posting this but the timing is a problem for me and I can't just let that go. If you genuinely wanted to be transparent with your community, this conversation should have happened the moment EA announced the marketplace, not the day before it launches. We've been in an uproar for days, dealing with a broken game, and this is when we're hearing about your involvement? That's not transparency, that's damage control, and I think deep down you know that. Again, nothing against you personally because I do respect your work. But you knew about this the whole time and stayed quiet while the community was losing it. That matters. And beyond that, the marketplace itself is just indefensible to me. $5 for 8 items? $3 for light switches? I'm sorry but that is genuinely unhinged pricing. The CC community has spent years proving that amazing content doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg, and EA is now trying to make us act like this is normal. It isn't. But what really gets me is that EA explicitly said there would be no permanent paywall, and yet here we are. That IS a permanent paywall. You pay or you don't get it, full stop. There is no free release after a few weeks, there is no community access, it lives behind that price tag forever. So not only is the pricing predatory but they flat out lied about what this would be, and participating in it means lending your credibility to something built on a broken promise to this community. Participating in it, even occasionally, even with good intentions, still puts your stamp of approval on a system designed to squeeze money out of a community that built itself on generosity. And let's not forget that all of this is happening while CAS CC, build/buy CC and mods are broken for a massive portion of players. EA pushed this monetization platform on top of a community that is currently on fire and couldn't be bothered to fix anything first. The audacity of that is honestly breathtaking. I wish you nothing but the best genuinely, but I won't be supporting the marketplace or anyone participating in it until EA does a serious rethink of what they're pulling here. 💚

i love your cc and will support you in the future

Glad to see it! I love your work and I'll be happy to support you there since Patreon doesn't accept my card. I don't support all the drama about the marketplace and I personally like the idea. And if someone doesn't - well, nobody forces them to buy anything there

Unfollowing now...

Well...hope that 30% is worth it 😑

cringe

I don't think it's possible to combine the two platforms. Patreon will definitely fade into the background

Just a reminder that CC is never "free." Creators have to spend time, energy, and resources to make it, and still need to pay the bills. If you get it "free," it's because someone else paid for it, probably the creator you are criticizing. So please be kind to them as they make the choices the need to make for themselves.

This is exciting for those who play on console. I have a few friends who love the sims but aren’t able to get cc’s on their PS. Knowing that you’re on the marketplace as well as other great creators is exciting. To those in the comments that are going to attack this comment. Please note that not everyone can afford a gaming laptop or the latest computer. This is a great way to meet new creators who love the game just as much as we do.

Excited for the marketplace. This is gonna be a good way for people that don't like downloading cc or like myself don't or can't support through patreon. I look forward to seeing your work.

So youre still gonna have early access AND join the marketplace? How greedy can one be?

I’m glad someone actually is, sad to see so many of my favorites not going with it. Because of EA drama…

I am disappointed, but I understand that money is tight and that inflation is going up. At the end of the day, I choose to believe that what matters most is that you keep making beautiful and (after 3 weeks) free CC for people who don't have a lot of money. As long as your work on the marketplace stays occasional and doesn't replace the free CC like you said, I will still be there.

So disappointing...

This is your decision. Ultimately, you're the one only getting 30%. EA has been acting shady, you have not. You're one of my favorite cc creators and I'll support you no matter what!

Just big and greedy honestly.

I don't think anybody was worried about content changing but rather the issue is supporting this marketplace because it harms our community, amongst other criticisms. I very much respect those CC creators who have stood up and declined, along with others who have said they won't support it and giving honest explanations, but it's pretty disappointing to see someone like you, who's been in the community for a long while, to participate in this. I understand many CC creators aren't really involved in the community itself, more just acting like a business, but you didn't really feel the need to explain anything about your position? No transparency? No pointing out about the problem the community has with it? Idk it's kinda crazy to me to stay silent and then all of a sudden say you're participating in it and not even talking to those who support you about it.

I hate the way EA is operating but understand that you and many other creators have been doing this for us for years without even asking for a dime (and even when yall do it's like under $10) So it's nothing against creators like you, be sus you guys definitely deserve to get smth for your creations. I wish you would be getting everything you deserve instead of whatever EA decides to Give. The idea now that it's available for console players is great, I just wish the system wasn't corrupt. But to say I'm not supporting you is just dumb. I do not wish to use the market place at any time. But I won't stop supporting someone just because they decided to. Unfortunately there are things in this world that we like and don't like but sometimes have to do to get by. There are bigger issues to boycott. Thanks for sharing with us.

Respectfully, supporting the EA marketplace and choosing to participate supports a system that in the long run will effect everyone negatively. EA is taking advantage of creators by claiming 70% and while you might be making a sliver of earnings, ultimately you are supporting a corrupt system that is making everyone life harder. Very disappointing, I wish u the best of luck but I will no longer be a supporter.

I appreciate the clarification, but I want to be honest about why this announcement feels extremely disappointing. Not only to myself but I would assume a host of others who have said something or are afraid to say anything for fear they are kicked off a bandwagon so to speak. Many creators — including those participating in the marketplace AND those not participating — communicated their decisions early, clearly, and transparently. That gave their communities time to process, ask questions, and decide how they wanted to move forward. This is the part where you need to understand that we do love you and respect the work you do. I just wish I wasn't paycheck to paycheck so I could afford to finanically support you and the rest of my Top 10. This is the part where we can love you but side eye your words vs your actions. Announcing participation the night before the patch, after weeks of public discussion and concern, reads less like transparency and more like damage control. It puts your supporters in a position where it feels like the timing was chosen to minimize backlash rather than foster trust. You 100% have every right to participate in the marketplace, and I respect that. But as a long‑time supporter, I also think it’s fair to say that the timing of this announcement undermines the trust and openness that many of us value in creator–community relationships.

I can't wait to see what you're offering on the marketplace 💜 I don't like the virtual coin crap, but that's not your fault and I enjoy your content and I'll certainly be getting it.

go for it! <3

I support you ⭐

you can do whatever you want with your creations and console players will be grateful! no one has the right to judge you for your decision.

I'm sad you're getting critical messages here. 😢 There are legit reasons to be part of the Maker program, as flawed as it is. Fans withdrawing financial support from creators now only makes it MORE beneficial for them to be part of EA's program, not less. Since I'm old and have the income, I protested EA by supporting a bunch more creators. I hope anyone who can does the same.

I adore your content but this is just so disappointing, I dont want to come off as rude by any means but choosing to do this is just giving money and free content to an already horrifically greedy cooperation, its a bit disheartening in all honesty :(

Fam, two things can be true. We can be against the marketplace as well as respect cc creators decisions to be on it. While I won't use the marketplace, I still will support cc creators that choose to be on it ❤️

Although I can understand your choice, I have to admit I am disappointed in this. I never thought your content would change nor that you'd stop posting here, that was never a worry. My slight wavier in this is due to the fact you waited till the evening prior to announce your attachment to the project while releasing content in the meantime. It feels...icky. I can understand your choice and appreciate the transparency, but to wait this long simply does not sit right with me while still releasing content perceiving to us followers that you are not part of the program. Along with that, I have to agree with Gavin with saying a lot of creators do not support the buyout or moral behind it, but partake in this marketplace. I'm all for getting paid and earning your rightful money, but this doesn't sit well with me. The Sims is still part of EA, no matter how much you separate the two. I don't mean any malicious or mean intent with my words as I do admire your content, it is just very disheartening.

Will we see your content tomorrow on marketplace or will it be later on?

This is disappointing ngl, at the end of the day your work will be putting money straight into EA’s pockets and after the buyout situation I can’t pretend it’s ok. I don’t mean to rude or anything, I do love your cc and appreciate all the work you do on here but I hate marketplace as a whole and it’s just frustrating

I mean get that bag. EA makes tons of money might as well get some of it.

I understand your view point completely. It’s just disappointing. Especially with everything going on with ea- and now that the buyout is gone through. It feels like a slap in the face. Especially from all of the content creators who say they don’t support the buyout or the moral behind it- but then work for and with the exact thing you are so against. It’s hypocritical. I’m sorry you have been put in this position. The last thing I want to do is send hate towards an incredible artist like yourself- I just truly did not see this coming.

Thank you for being transparent with us. I am happy to know that you’re gonna still be on Patreon. ❤️

Thank God 🙏

Quick question though, will you be putting old cc on the marketplace or is it going to be entirely new stuff?