I have no idea, but personally, I think it would be better if The Sims had been something built upon rather than made into different generations. Rather than making all new versions, update the quality of the old ones. I keep seeing posts of people missing things from previous Sims generations, mostly things from Sims 2 and 3 and thus some won't even convert to 4. You'll even see people doing mod conversions of objects from the previous versions to implement into Sims 4. Before a 5 comes out, I think 4 could have a lot of tweaks and improvements. Otherwise, I'd hate to see how downhill 5 might go.
While my eldest brother got into the Sims when it first came out and has stuck with it all these years, I never really had any interest because life was already complicated enough as it was for me as a child and adolescent. The last thing I had time for was juggling virtual lives on top of my own. How The Sims and I crossed paths again, I have no recollection, but I was immediately impressed by the growth of the graphics compared to all the previous ones and with the demo CAS to play with, I eventually decided test the waters with Sims 4 even if it meant I might end up wasting money on something that let me down.
I'm still at it, albeit I am going slowly... nevertheless, the more I learn the more I cannot help but think therein lies flaws in the versions system. Sure you'll find familiar NPC from previous versions, but places, options, items and characters the like that Simmers love are never updated and transferred to the newer versions, which has led to a considerable divide. Unless Sims 5 takes consideration of these flaws, I see a Sims 5 having a poorer response than 4 has with veteran Simmers and they will remain strongly footed in the previous versions.
A Sims 5? I'm not really interested in seeing one anytime soon. I'd rather see the 4 version tweaked to the point it does appeal to both veteran Simmers and new Simmers alike. In managing to create that balance, they would have created a good equation to follow and hopefully be able to make a 5 that would have mass appeal again.
