The Sims 4 Expansion Pack
Release Date: March 6, 2025
An expansion pack for the fourth installment of the best selling life simulation series from EA Maxis. The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies focuses on being able to run our own small businesses tied to the hobbies of our sims - this include things like deg & applying tattoos or making pottery.
The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies is an expansion pack for the hugely popular life simulation game, titled The Sims 4. The development of this DLC was handled by EA Maxis studio, which initiated the series and has been overseeing its development ever since.
The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies introduces new activities for our sims. They are their hobbies, but simultaneously become their sources of income.
The first of these is tattooing, for which a number of ready-made designs have been prepared, as well as a painting mode, allowing for the creation of our own tattoos. Moreover, we can layer tattoos and enrich them with dedications, as well as share our designs with the community using the Gallery. There is also nothing to prevent us from using designs developed by other players.
The second activity created for this expansion is pottery. Working on a potter's wheel, we can create various vessels - from decorative ones, like incense holders, to practical ones, like flower pots or tea brewing sets. Of course, the whole process is not limited only to the potter's wheel, as the products created on it still need to be covered with glaze and painted in the chosen color. They can also be fired in a kiln, if that is our vision.
As we progress, we develop skills related to our hobbies, unlocking stamps and tattoo templates, or things like the Japanese art of kintsugi, which allows for the creation of vessels from broken ceramics. The management of a small business based on the hobbies of our sim is also linked to the possibility of designating a space for it in the house (which can be converted into a dedicated premises as the business develops) and hiring employees (chosen from among household or foreign sims), as well as benefiting from various bonuses (dependent on the style in which we conduct business, and consequently - the reputation of the company).
The icing on the cake is the ability to share our ions with other Sims living in Nordhaven, Gammelvik, and Iverstad, made possible by special hobby meetings. They provide an opportunity to meet mentors and develop skills through participation in lectures. When the abilities of our sim reach a sufficiently high level, they themselves can become mentors and take on the task of ing on knowledge to others.
The Sims 4: Profitable Hobby is a non-standalone expansion, so it requires the base version of The Sims 4 game.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: EA Maxis / Maxis Software
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Age restrictions: 12+
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The Sims is a series of games created by Maxis studio and published by Electronics Arts since 2000. The games in the series can be described as life simulators, in which, directing the avatars we create, we act out scenes from everyday life, but also build them houses, which they can then furnish according to their own vision. The series has sold more than 200 million copies, making it one of the world's best-selling games, and has twice made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
With the Businesses & Hobbies DLC for The Sims 4, you will set up a tattoo studio, even in your own home.
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Sonia Selerska
February 7, 2025
System Requirements for The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 128 MB GeForce 6600 / Radeon X1300 or better, 26 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommanded System Requirements:
Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 650 / Radeon HD 7750 or better, 51 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.