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

A lot of us play on long life, or with aging off so the much needed preteen stage would be wonderful. I'd also hope to see a true middle aged life state, but that's not as crucial as preteen.

That wasn't who I was referring to to

Well considering Simmattically has been more correct about everything then wrong I'm going to trust them for now especially since Project X is on the horizon

Again that's your opinion I however don't think it's not unnecessary and would most likely add more fun like I and many others asked to bring back water slides, blenders and add a summer camp of some sort and that turned out to be a big hit. 

A "reliable insider" that is anonymous, is not reliable at all.

Last I heard, they're keeping Sims 4 and not making anymore sequels.

But they're working on another spin-off, Project Rene - The Sims multiplayer.  I don't know, I don't work for EA.  lol

I think this :

• The game needs time to be fixed, a break from broken packs is required.
• If Project X is very popular, Maxis will abandon TS4. If Project X is failure, Maxis will be forced to keep TS4 alive.
• Maxis doesn't know what Saudi Arabia has planned yet so the game could be in Standby mode until further notice.

It could also be a scenario like in 2019 with The Sims 4 (32-bit) aka Legacy Edition and EP07 Island Living as the last pack.

I've played all The Sims games since the first one was released, so I'm not a youth, and I don't want any preteens in my game. Totally unnecessary like I already wrote. 😆

Ending? Though The Sims 4 is looking very dated graphically, Even if you take into account that they are trying to aim for a larger range of hardware (not just high end). Things like the lack of proper grass just a flat plane and the low-poly modelling.

I see the problem. I usually turn off aging to combat that. I also agree that elders seem too fragile for life activities and Adults should have the option to retire, as well. I'm really disappointed with the bucket lists. I don't mind getting a suggestion for my sim, but I don't like that it automatically fills it in. Also, I thought the life fulfillment meter was supposed to be connected to that, but it just automatically fills up, as well. I have a teen sim that has reached their peak life fulfillment and there is no possible outcome than to be given the option to be reborn with Life and Death. The whole thing is just a waste of code. Truly disappointed. It could have been so much better.