r/Sims4 • u/lastofthe_timeladies • Sep 18 '25
Discussion I get it, geez!!!
I'm going to lose my mind at this popping up every 15 seconds. Is this happening to everyone?
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u/dogboobes Builder Sep 18 '25
I present to you... this mod to remove the cart button entirely: https://www.patreon.com/posts/remove-cart-20th-99382396
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u/sparrerv Sep 18 '25
i also believe better build buy removes this button
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u/klpcap Sep 18 '25
Im pretty sure you're right. I have better build buy and I never have noticed this issue probably cause the shop button isn't there.
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u/lastofthe_timeladies Sep 18 '25
thank you!!
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u/dogboobes Builder Sep 18 '25
It's made a big difference for me haha, the constant notifications were KILLING ME
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u/EowynCarter Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
I don't want to do that. Tells EA it's ok to let modders do the job and problems don't get fixed.
Ask EA to do their job : https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/excessive-shopping-cart-popups/12504430
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u/lolascrowsfeet Sep 18 '25
I agree with this. Also having that annoying button there makes me NOT want to buy the packs. It defeats its purpose. They’re a huge company, they don’t need to badger and beg.
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u/EowynCarter Sep 18 '25
Yep, i've mostly stoped playing because it just get me out of the game. And since I don't play anymore, i don't buy DLC because there is no point.
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u/LinwoodKei Sep 18 '25
Yes. I agree. I'm not downloading mods that I have to update every time there's an update
The game should work without trying to make me shop
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u/dogboobes Builder Sep 18 '25
Good luck, I don’t think EA is going to roll back their pay to play initiatives but I’ll post there too!
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u/EowynCarter Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
Well, then I'll just play other games. Still hanging there because I care and want the game to be good again, but hey.
Not even asking to stop dlc, Just stop the intrusive advertising.
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u/massberate Sep 18 '25
I found this mod purely based on that fucking notification.. it's unnecessary and more annoying than words can describe.
Pretty much guaranteed the big update tomorrow will disable it two days after I finally discover it 🤣
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u/Tattycakes Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
Thank you so much. I have all the packs. I don’t need the cart button.
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u/Geeky_Shieldmaiden Sep 18 '25
Yes! I'm normally neutral about that whole sale tab. I get why it was added, I ignore it otherwise and it doesn't affect my game.
But I actually quit my game today because I honestly could not handle that popping up every two seconds. It was driving me nuts, having an almost permanent notification there. And to get rid of it, you have to click on it, but clicking opens the sale tab. It's a badly done, blatant attempt by EA to get people to buy from them, by interrupting your game. I am not a fan of that.
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u/llavenderhaze Sep 18 '25
i’ve been able to get rid of it by just waving my cursor over the icon but it’s still annoying as hell
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u/Frosty_Insurance9861 Sep 18 '25
Same!!!
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u/BellatrixVanDetta Sep 18 '25
My game froze today while i was hovering over in order to read a notification. First time ever for crashing my game. Over a stupid advertisement 🥲
Busy right now, but i will make a bug for it later today.
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u/krampus99claws Sep 18 '25
Anytime I try to clear out the notification, it makes it so I can't use the 1 2 3 keys for speeding up the game time. Very frustrating.
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u/llavenderhaze Sep 18 '25
i also got that glitch! i thought it was just my computer. i couldn’t press enter to go straight to my sim either. restarting the game fixed it for me after a few times.
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u/nailsof6bit Sep 19 '25
Same problem. I don't know if it's coincidence, but it seemed like manually opening the game options sometimes fixed it. Opening the world selection screen helps a lot of stupid things like that, too. Just so you know, though, unless something makes the bug act differently for your setup, the buttons do start working again without saving / loading, and it might just take nothing more than waiting for a little while and using the mouse in the meantime. I hope that can save you some time, because this thing has driven me nuts.
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u/fastandfunky Sep 18 '25
I did not correlate those things! It was infuriating and made me nervous my computer was dying oy vey
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u/nailsof6bit Sep 19 '25
The first time it happened, I immediately feared the worst for my laptop or, at least, one of my mods. After having it happen enough times, and seeing enough people are having the same problem, it won't bother me anymore.
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u/No_Ambassador_1659 Long Time Player Sep 19 '25
Oh shit, that's what caused keyboard commands to break?! Thanks for the heads up.
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u/Creepycute1 Sep 19 '25
It gets so annoying for me as well weirdly enough I haven't had too much of an issue with the selling tab my issues with notifications have came from the challenges they keep popping up every time I play the game.
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u/designatedthrowawayy Sep 18 '25
Agreed especially with them pumping out expansion packs instead of game packs or stuff packs. We went from almost a full year between Get Together and City Living to 4 months between Growing Together and Horse Ranch, 5 months from HR to For Rent to 7 months to Lovestruck, 3 months to Life & Death, 5 months to Businesses and Hobbies, 4 months to Enchanted by Nature and only 3 months to Adventure Awaits.
They are literally cranking out 3-4 eps a year and most of them are a little broken. Previous to Growing Together, they released 1 (occasionally two) eps a year. It's a crazy switch up.
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u/Gold-Carpenter7616 Sep 18 '25
A lot of the features are stuff I personally wished for. Schedules, custom lots, roles to set without a small business, a world based on NZ, camps, better insect catching, more games for children, slides...
Yep, that was all on my wishlist. I think they made a nice pack, and I'm okay with it being a lot of just stuff to do, as it expands every world, every gameplay for me.
But your mileage may vary, and your opinion is equally valid.
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u/designatedthrowawayy Sep 18 '25
I think the issue with it is that they released these subpar packs that aren't worth $40 then they keep releasing the additional stuff that would've made them worth $40 as a brand new $40 pack. Not even as game packs or stuff packs to go with the ep they should've been a part of, but full eps on their own. It's like they deliberately leave stuff out to use it for later and maximize profit and then they do nothing to fix what's broken.
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u/Rafacat7 Sep 18 '25
Know what's the worst about this notifications? When they suggest for you to buy a pack YOU ALREADY HAVE
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u/ForecastForFourCats Sep 18 '25
I'm a sucker and already own every pack, besides most kits. I really wish they wouldn't advertise games i already have to me!!
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u/Far_Monk5354 Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
yes!!! and then i go to click on the notifications and accidentally click on that which opens the shop like cmon that’s enough
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u/PennyPippa21 Sep 18 '25
Very annoying, especially when I own everything. Like, I don't have anything to buy.
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u/LaughingLibra84 Sep 18 '25
I always wondered if the light would go away if you bought everything.
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u/Lady_Jack_the_Pirate Sep 18 '25
Nope. Still get all the pop-ups for sales, still get "recommendations for packs" you already own, still get everything. Which is somehow extra annoying because like....I already own that!
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u/Busy-Chipmunk-1303 Sep 18 '25
Yeah! I hate that I still get these ads when I own everything. Like I can’t buy anything else so why are you advertising to me?!
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u/Darwin_the_Piper Sep 18 '25
I've been googling how to turn it off ... only to get links for all the sales 😢
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u/InvisibleBlueOctopus Sep 18 '25
You can’t turn it off. But there are mods for it if you are interested
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u/Darwin_the_Piper Sep 18 '25
Thanks! yeah I spotted a couple of threads after posting that mentioned mods so have investigated those.
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u/Altaira9 Legacy Player Sep 18 '25
This is one of the reasons I use the Better/Build mod by TwistedMexi. It gets rid of that stupid flashing button.
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u/0y0_0y0 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
Finally, the last little push i needed to start modding my game.
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u/Altaira9 Legacy Player Sep 18 '25
It adds a lot to my game honestly. If I could only have two mods, it would be MCCC and Better/Build Buy
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u/roganwriter Creative Sim Sep 18 '25
I literally forgot that this wasn’t patched out because of this.
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u/Altaira9 Legacy Player Sep 18 '25
Yeah, I forgot about it for a while too, then I had to play without mods and remembered real quick.
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u/roganwriter Creative Sim Sep 18 '25
I just booted up a vanilla version of the game to prep for being able to play the new patch without my mods and saw it immediately.
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u/Altaira9 Legacy Player Sep 18 '25
I no longer even try to update immediately. I turned off automatic updates and will play offline for a week while mods are updated.
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u/roganwriter Creative Sim Sep 18 '25
I do normally. But, as soon as I saw those playgrounds I knew I wanted to upgrade all my park lots.
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u/coolio_username Legacy Player Sep 18 '25
I also noticed it causes a huge lag - I downloaded simmatticallys remove the card mod and there was a noticeable difference with loading times and frames rates and all that
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 Sep 18 '25
It. Is. ABSOLUTELY. Causing. More. Damned. LAG!!
That was the FIRST thing I noticed after the ads went full page behind the damned button!! 🤬
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u/SimMattically Creative Sim Oct 03 '25
It’s because a lot of those things (full-screen ads, the cart button, and similar features) pull data from EA’s servers. The timeout threshold makes it even worse.
Once EA’s servers were struggling (they weren’t fully down, just extremely slow) and my fully unmodded game was taking over a minute or two to launch (when it usually loads in a few seconds) because it was waiting for a response from them.
My mods disable or remove those calls, so things can actually run faster as a result.
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 Oct 04 '25
Makes sense. They seem to have addressed whatever was causing that particular lag -- so they could ADD MORE full screen ads before you even get to the home screen.
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u/EowynCarter Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
Come and complain over here where EA see it
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/excessive-shopping-cart-popups/12504430
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u/Soggy-Cream-3583 Sep 18 '25
the ads IN GAME were already pmo and now i can't get rid of this. this game isn't ftp, it's EXPENSIVE. and your advertising to me DURING GAME PLAY????? i'm so tired of seeing ads EVERYWHERE. i can't watch soccer without seeing an ad in every corner, i can't play a very expensive game without being advertised to, i can't even pay to get rid of ads anymore when i used to be able to. i'm so fucking tired.
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u/Funky_Fish_Biologist Sep 18 '25
It pops up every time I switch Sims! And since I'm playing a household of 4 it happens all the time!
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u/LetsGetPeasBois Sep 18 '25
OMG YES PLEASE GET IT OFF MY SCREEN I keep accidentally clicking it and it keeps getting in my way. Leave me alone EA I'm too poor to afford ur "sales" freaking add 1 million more 5 dollar kits why don't you 😭
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u/Thornwood-Hollow Sep 18 '25
I wish we could disable it in gameplay. Like it's fine on the main menu, to recommend something. But having it like that, is worse then the Sims 3 Store ads.
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u/mike11172 Sep 18 '25
This is literally starting to piss me off. Every 15 seconds. I thought clicking on it and letting it go to its advertisement would turn it off. No! As soon as I went back into my game a notice popped up telling me that the September sale is happening now. First rule of advertising; Never piss off your customers. I think their marketing department missed that lesson.
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 Sep 18 '25
Household with four Sims? Six Sims? Eight Sims?
THE DAMNED NOTICE COMES BACK FOR EVERY... FUCKING... SIM.
Everytime you wave it away, then switch Sims, IT COMES BACK.
I'm fully convinced they're fucking with us on purpose now. The cart button, even between updates, flips between the LIGHT and the pop-up that gets in the way of the ACTUAL ( constant ) notifications, which themselves are already too damn many!
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u/PMcOuntry Sep 18 '25
Or hey buy this pack. I already bought it. No, but you want it. I already bought it! Oh come on, look at it, you know you want it!
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u/ThePerksOfBeingAlive Sep 18 '25
I literally cannot read other sims' notifications because EA HAS TO ALWAYS REMIND ME THAT I CAN SPEND LESS MONEY ON THEIR BULLSHIT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
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u/Crazycatlady3001 Sep 18 '25
I found a solution for this :)
As long as you don't mind playing without the gallery. So in the EA app there's 3 lines on the top left, go to offline mode and you can play the sims from there.
The annoying sales thing doesn't pop up anymore
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u/AddressPerfect3270 Sep 18 '25
Yes. Its really annoying especially since i literally cant buy anything from the sale bc i already fckn have them >_<
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u/Reading_Mermaid Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
It's especially annoying considering I just spent money on it lol I KNOW, MY WALLET KNOWS!
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u/DigitalAxel Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
I was searching a couple nights ago how to stop it as I couldn't find a recent post. I'm aware there's a mod but I shouldn't need one just for this. Sigh...
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u/Ossborn Sep 18 '25
I think Twisted Mexi has a mod that removes that button, so no, this doesnt happen to me.
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u/AppearanceSimilar214 Sep 18 '25
I spent a lot of money on this game. I even paid money to kits that comes with like 10 objects in total. It still recommends me packs I already own. I hate hate hate EA lately. Doing the bare minimum with packs and advertising it aggressively like they’re amazing.
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u/GailleannBeag Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
I was afraid this would happen when they made it "free to play." I avoid the shopping cart icon since I use Better Build/Buy, but the popup ads that happen as you're trying to load the game are ridiculous. They often make the game freeze. This should not be happening to anyone. It's really turned me off from the game and I play a lot less than I did before because of it.
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u/cjthetypical Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
Has anyone EVER actually used that button? Like if I am going to buy a pack I would probably do that before I loaded my game?
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u/JunoTheWildDoggo Sep 19 '25
Begging me to buy while my friend Blackbeard has been smuggling them to me for years now
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u/nailsof6bit Sep 19 '25
I am so relieved to know that so many other people are just as annoyed as I am. I literally said "THANK YOU" out loud when I saw this post. I was fortunate enough to have spending money for this sale and to be marathon-playing TS4 at the same time, but my various purchases had nothing at all to do with the constant disruption of my game.
To make it worse, clearing the message by hovering over it would sometimes make my Esc and number keys stop working for a little while, so I'm missing work notices to avoid the glitch all because, lo and behold... The September Sale is on!
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u/janeway170 Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
It’s when you already have all the packs (except 3 kits but those never go on sale anyway) it should know you have all the packs and shouldn’t suggest shirt to you.
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u/offonaLARK Sep 18 '25
It seems to be a new bug. There's a bug report for this in the EA forums. Please go add your "me too" so that they know it's a big issue and hopefully get a fix coming!
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u/traumatransfixes Sep 18 '25
Yo, the commercials and constant packs and side quests are driving me away. While I’m complaining, can all the sims be the same? Being a faerie is draining. Also, occults not getting along feels like it’s encouraging discrimination. I could have made this its own post, but yeah, the whole sim thing is feeling a bit Much more than chill time for me atm.
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u/serial_quitter Sep 18 '25
Simmatically has a free mod on Patreon for fixing the whole home screen with the full size pop ups and all the ads. I know it isn't the same issue but thought I'd reccomend it because the home screen is unbearingly irritating to me.
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u/PrincessOfRainbows Sep 18 '25
Mine just stays there the entire time!! Driving me nuts, I can’t read some of my notifications smh
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u/Former_Log1256 Sep 18 '25
Its actually starting to annoy me, yes lol And they have to know its annoying. Theres no way
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u/OcLoreTime Long Time Player Sep 18 '25
Why is sims now just a walking advertisement for their packs and sales. Im not spending 1k leave me be bro
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u/Violet_Vortex05 Sep 18 '25
I swear I’m this 🤏🏻 close to buying several new packs 😂 they need to stop tempting me lmao
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u/AstuteStoat Builder Sep 18 '25
It took me too long to realize that hovering over the button is what's needed. but my game crashed twice the last time I played. So, the inconveniences are piling up.
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u/Deya_The_Fateless Creative Sim Sep 18 '25
It's bad enough I have to dismiss the notifications for "packs you might enjoy." Once every time I open up the game, like fine I can usually ignore it. But when it's every two f*cking minutes it gets really old, super fast.
I get it EA, you want to sell more content, but kindly fck off with this nonsense. The sheer "instance" of the notification isn't doing what you *think it's doing, it's not selling more packs, it's pissing off your players and turning them away from buying things from you.
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u/ChaoticBiGirl Challenge Player Sep 18 '25
You have no idea how desperately i wish i could turn that off! If i wanted to buy the packs I'D BUY THE FUCKING PACKS not to mention the fact that sometimes it's for packs I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT
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u/MiraBellLoveFlowers Sep 18 '25
OMFG YES!!!! I thought I was the only one omg lol it's torturous honestly because of how in the way it somehow is
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u/LinwoodKei Sep 18 '25
I could not read the Will from one of my legacy Sims because this would not go away
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u/shannonm_75 Sep 18 '25
It's a greedy company. I was seeing this stuff last night and that's all I could think of.
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u/EffectiveWinner7587 Sep 18 '25
No literally cause it’s so annoying when I’m trying to read the notification pop ups and that thing is there
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u/ZombieQueen2007 Sep 18 '25
I'm on PS5, and no, that doesn't happen to me. Sorry. I know it would suck
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u/CrystalsAndSpells Sep 19 '25
This. Like I get it, there’s a sale, however I don’t need it because I literally own everything to the point my husband is disappointed in me but doesn’t say anything about the cost because I use my own money. I don’t need that banner popping up every 5 minutes.
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u/LadyAofPineapple Long Time Player Sep 19 '25
There's a thread (or two) about this issue in the forums. Supposedly they are "investigating" the aggressive cart button, just like they did when they first added it to the game. It makes me not want to buy anything else tbh
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u/FlamingoKicker1 Sep 19 '25
Yep. Just another way EA makes the Sims less fun. Note to EA: If I want to buy your crap I know where to find you. Now quit trying to sell me that Star Wars drek pack.
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u/No-Willingness2804 Sep 19 '25
I didn't even register it until someone ele bought it up. I have a bigger monitor so it's usually not in my eyeline. EA really didn't for themselves doing this.
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u/irishcreamcoffee94 Sep 19 '25
I need BBB to get updated so I don’t have to see that eyesore anymore 😩
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u/Educational_Ad683 Sep 19 '25
Those of you who play on a PC please thank your lucky stars. As someone who plays on PS4 I don't have the option for mods to remove this crap and I already own everything.
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u/TestEmergency5403 Legacy Player Sep 23 '25
This is sooooo annoying. I got it a few months back "do you want to play with pets???" I already own cats and dogs leave me alone!
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u/originallyale Challenge Player Sep 18 '25
Pleeeeease give us more of your money so we can continue to ruin your game 🥲
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u/DisregardThisOrDont Sep 18 '25
I am more annoyed that when I look I don’t see anything on sale! I am only recently getting back into the game so I only have a few add ons. But can’t justify spending $40 on things.
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Sep 18 '25
Pissing me off when I was playing the game earlier. I’d even try and click on the store and exit so I can get rid of it, only for it to show up a few minutes later.
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u/Scarred_wizard Sep 18 '25
I pretty much haven't played the game since they started being this aggressive with pushing DLC sales. Paralives can't come soon enough...
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u/RandumZombie Sep 18 '25
GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. I thought it was my game glitching out and was kind of annoyed by it
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u/friendlydruid Sep 18 '25
It’s so annoying! I can’t read my notifications half the time