2024 how would you feel?

I will be very dissapointed if there won't be a new part by 2024. The age of a game is a non-factor to me, I just don't like ts4, so in 2024 it will be 14 years since the last life simulator I enjoy. Even elder scrolls come out more often lol.
I am looking forward to competition, but paralives is nothing but promises, so I don't really believe in it. Sims exist for 20 years and there are still no competition. At this point I'm starting to believe consipary theories about EA working to make it this way. I believe and wait for paradox but as far as I'm aware that will be a somewhat difftent genre.
I really love the first three parts and they still entertain me, so I don't really need a new part, but I can't help dreaming how cool could it be, how much could be implemented with current technology and experience if done properly and with soul (because there are more than enough people who are ready to give more than enough money so that's not an issue). Honestly, I would gladly purchase even a good mix of first three parts with bug fixes - screw actual innovations.

You know, I wouldn't care. If Sims 4 somehow suddenly became a game I enjoyed, if they managed to fix the awful AI and the personality-less emotion system, I'd be happy. Then again, I'm so over the modern video game paradigm of selling a super expensive basegame and then selling microtransactions on top of that, with even more DLC to boot.

OTOH, I am finally getting around to Beamdog's ports of old infinity engine games and enjoying living in the past, back when the goal was to make engaging video games, not good-enough-to-sell-microtransactions games.

Between Paralives and Animal Crossing and Sims 5 going to be online, I'll probably be skipping it honestly. I tried the Sims Social, the Sims Mobile, and Sims Freeplay and got bored of it. I rather stick to a more mature Animal Crossing game than a "safe space" Sims 5 game.

been playing these sims games since 2005 so yes will still be playing in 4 years time.

Keep it as one game, but update it often, do major overhauls, and add good packs. That way we don't have to start from scratch when the new game comes out.