I'm so disappointed the sims is potentially ending next year,

It's just some simmers who play say that when a Adult sim have a child then  they age up to elders and they die before the their child ages up to teen or even a child. 

Also middle age would be better for crossing off the bucket list since they can retire just like elders but at least they are not overexerted like elders be when they do things. Middle Aged would enjoy retirement, go on vacations, like I said scratch things off the bucket list. Also be a young grandmother call it the the Senior Lifestage. 

I agree with wanting a preteen stage. I always thought of the adult stage as the middle age stage. I like that they came up with some new body details for elders, but it's a bit dramatic, in my opinion. Of course, what isn't dramatic about the Sims?

Regarding the end of Sims 4, what I read and understood from the newsletters was that there will not be any more new Sims base games, ie. Sims 5. They plan to continue with the Sims 4, but it will be mostly focused on improvements and occasional upgrades to game play. I would personally enjoy a more refined game. I'm also not opposed to getting a better gaming system to accommodate future improvements and dlc. I would love it if they did a revamp on Neighborhood stories and gave more autonomy to the NPCs. I hate having to use mods to get that.

Would middle aged not just be the adult life stage? Am I missing something here? I feel like there’s not much that sets YA and above apart.. maybe they need a rework instead.

I would like a middle aged life stage as well lol. 

I've been wanting preteens for about a decade and I'm middle aged. Speaking of I'd also like a middle aged life state because that's just as jaring going from 40 to 80 as it is going from 8 to 18. 

These are false rumors being spread by gossips. It's already been dubbed as misinformation by the company.

I didn't say I know more then you do? Like...what? You said and I quote "the one wanting Preteens are childish and most likely a preteen." I said I'm not a preteen and want Preteens in the game. 

Matter of fact I've been wanting Preteens in the Sims Franchise since Sims 2 so the height of Sims 4 teens I don't have a problem with some simmers. 

Of course it depends on who you are and how you wish to play, but I don't think you know more about that than I do. I've also seen sporadic posts about pre-teens, but I wouldn't say it's dominant in any way. The Sims is so complicated as it is now, we have more options than ever and there's lots of things to do without an unnecessary stage of life like pre-teens. 😉

Most of the people got there info from Sims Community on X/Twitter they posted an article about it. Late November early December it was an article about changes coming to the Sims 4 Base Game with Open Neighborhood, and Seasons and I think Milestones.

SimMattically around September, October time said that this will be the last EP for awhile which back in the day it was one EP an entire year with SP and GPs.

Now Sims Community came out with another article saying that the Sims 4 is ending this year but another Sims 4 Base game is updating. 

You can have your opinions about Preteens and I would assure you that most simmers that are asking for Preteens such as myself are not a Preteen. 

 Now have I seen Preteens asking for their Lifestage to be represented in the game? Yes they want to represented in the game just like anyone else which made me add more fuel for wanting Preteens in the Sims PC Franchise. It's the reason why they were put in with InZoi and Paralives when it comes out. 

I mean it's the Sims it's anything but normal as you said yourself you can do other things after elder but Preteens is where y'all draw the line of doing any else?