Hello, I've seen posts from many of you saying you don't intend to go out straight away and buy the next iteration of the Sims game. I am not going to argue against that. Take time to decide where to spend your money. What I am going to suggest is that you take your time buying the Sims 4 packs as well. What I predict is going to happen is that they will release a number of expansions, packs, and kits in the coming year(s). Then they will release a trailer for whatever the fifth Sims game will be called. They will then drop Sims 4 like a bad egg and not make any more patches for it. The team looking at the error reports will shrink down and if there are any glitches in the final iteration, they won't be fixed. This is why I suggest you slow down and don't buy the packs when they first come out. Wait until the error reports come in and read up on how others say their game is running. Get them after you know there is nothing you can't live with, because you might have to. I don't actually have psychic abilities here, though in some time you might suspect that I do, I've just seen this happen three times already. Each time EA gets a new version of the Sims, they drop the old one like a bad fish. I don't know how long it'll be until they release Project Rene, or whatever its final name will be. The clips from the Behind the Sims Lifestream looked like they were a good few years away, but I don't know how recent that was. It may have been old footage from a much earlier stage, because EA still doesn't want to share too much. And Life by You is releasing Early Access in September, so they may feel pressured to speed up.

Aw man. I can't afford to get a bunch of packs for another game lol. I would love to have Sims 5, don't get me wrong, but I also want to have the packs, I don't want to play just the base game.

I appreciate the concern. I have also been playing the sims since the original, over half my life it has been a major source of entertainment for me. I'm going to wait to switch to sims 5 until it appeals to me more than the sims 4. My game runs with rarely a glitch now but I do remember the dumpster fire that sims 3 became towards the end so I understand your concern. I don't play with mods or cc and I have a great PC so I'm not super concerned but if it gets to that point certainly I will get more strict about the packs I choose to buy.

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18283089" wrote:The Sims 5 will be free to play afaik -> see article on Sims CommunityThe errors in the packs were never that worse for me that I regretted to buy them and felt I should have waited. And as sad as it is I don't think there is anything we can do to stop EA from dropping Sims 4 after Sims 5 is out.Project Rene already costed them a lot of money and they need income after release. So making it free to play increases the pressure on the team to make money with Sims 5. Imo there is no way they are going to waste any resources in Sims 4 anymore by then.It’s still incredibly early to tell if it’s free or not, regardless of the listing

sorry but i only buy the packs that i actually plan on using, i do not see the point in buying packs iam not gonna use just to try to get EA to keep updating the game.also the sims 5 being free sounds horrible, they are just going to fill it with microtransactions this is why i stopped playing overwatch and if this turns out to be true then i will be playing life by you or paralives and not the sims 5

I don't think it really matters whether we buy Sims 4 packs or not. When Project Rene/Sims 5 releases, eventually support for TS4 will end. It may be 6 months after release, or a year but it will end. When TS4 came out, TS3's support ended shortly after. Sure you can still buy stuff from the Sims 3 store even today but there are still bugs in that game. Simmers not buying Sims 4 packs will only make the game end faster. If there isn't any money coming in, there isn't any to spend on making packs. I won't be buying Sims 5 on release because I'm still enjoying Sims 4. When Sims 4 came out I bought it on release and it sat on my computer collecting dust for months while I played Sims 3, because I didn't like it at first. I love it now, flaws and all. I also don't want to sink a lot of money into another game, and play the waiting game for specific features. I was naive when I switched from TS3 to TS4, having only ever played TS3 at that time. I have 3 complete games on my computer, no need rush to Sims 5. And if TS5 is in fact going to be free to play, with microtransactions (as @ryouma17 speculates), I won't be playing it at all. I'll either move onto Paralives, Life By You, or find something else to do with my time.

Attention: Those who don't intend to buy a Sims 5 right away

LaunchSneezes
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
Aw man. I can't afford to get a bunch of packs for another game lol. I would love to have Sims 5, don't get me wrong, but I also want to have the packs, I don't want to play just the base game.
meeshwood
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
I appreciate the concern. I have also been playing the sims since the original, over half my life it has been a major source of entertainment for me.

I'm going to wait to switch to sims 5 until it appeals to me more than the sims 4. My game runs with rarely a glitch now but I do remember the dumpster fire that sims 3 became towards the end so I understand your concern. I don't play with mods or cc and I have a great PC so I'm not super concerned but if it gets to that point certainly I will get more strict about the packs I choose to buy.
CaptainMe120
2 years ago
"Lenny_Ogg;c-18283089" wrote:

The Sims 5 will be free to play afaik -> see article on Sims Community

The errors in the packs were never that worse for me that I regretted to buy them and felt I should have waited.

And as sad as it is I don't think there is anything we can do to stop EA from dropping Sims 4 after Sims 5 is out.
Project Rene already costed them a lot of money and they need income after release.
So making it free to play increases the pressure on the team to make money with Sims 5.
Imo there is no way they are going to waste any resources in Sims 4 anymore by then.

It’s still incredibly early to tell if it’s free or not, regardless of the listing
ryouma17
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
sorry but i only buy the packs that i actually plan on using, i do not see the point in buying packs iam not gonna use just to try to get EA to keep updating the game.

also the sims 5 being free sounds horrible, they are just going to fill it with microtransactions this is why i stopped playing overwatch and if this turns out to be true then i will be playing life by you or paralives and not the sims 5
SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
2 years ago
I don't think it really matters whether we buy Sims 4 packs or not. When Project Rene/Sims 5 releases, eventually support for TS4 will end. It may be 6 months after release, or a year but it will end.

When TS4 came out, TS3's support ended shortly after. Sure you can still buy stuff from the Sims 3 store even today but there are still bugs in that game.

Simmers not buying Sims 4 packs will only make the game end faster. If there isn't any money coming in, there isn't any to spend on making packs.

I won't be buying Sims 5 on release because I'm still enjoying Sims 4. When Sims 4 came out I bought it on release and it sat on my computer collecting dust for months while I played Sims 3, because I didn't like it at first. I love it now, flaws and all.

I also don't want to sink a lot of money into another game, and play the waiting game for specific features. I was naive when I switched from TS3 to TS4, having only ever played TS3 at that time. I have 3 complete games on my computer, no need rush to Sims 5.

And if TS5 is in fact going to be free to play, with microtransactions (as @ryouma17 speculates), I won't be playing it at all. I'll either move onto Paralives, Life By You, or find something else to do with my time.
PhantasmKiss
New Spectator
2 years ago
I dropped Sims 2 immediately to play Sims 3 because COLOR WHEEL, but Sims 4 took a loooong time to be playable for me. My daughter had to drag me kicking and screaming away from my potato-faced Sims with multi-color hair and coordinated furniture.

Sims 3 had a decent amount of content right away, even as a base game, but 4 was pretty sad for a few years. We'll see about 5. I'll probably hop right onto Sims 5 (but keep playing 4) while I wait for packs to go on sale. I will not be throwing down money for exclusive pre-order content if the game itself isn't amazing, especially with Rod Humble's upcoming game as competition.
sclevenger08
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
I won't buy/play Sims 5 right away, but I'll continue buying packs for Sims 4. Like SweetieWright said, I got Sims4 immediately and it literally sat on my computer for years untouched because it was incredibly boring with just a base game after playing Sims3 and it's open world for years. After a few years and multiple crashes making Sims3 basically unplayable for me, I decided to check out Sims4 again and I was blown away by how different the game was and I fell for it hook line and sinker lol.

Soo I imagine Sims5 will play out similarly. I plan on enjoying Sims 4 for a long time to come.
mightyspritesims
Rising Hotshot
2 years ago
I only buy packs that (a) are not broken, and (b) I'm interested in enough to spend money on compared to the other things in life I could be spending money on.
Pretty much the same criteria I use to decide on a purchase of anything else in life.
Sheepiling
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
One thing I'm glad for is once TS4 stops getting updates, modders can fix up anything that needs fixing, and those mods won't break from game updates anymore. TS4 is a lot more moddable than TS3, so I'm looking forwards to that. Obviously that's not a solution for anyone playing on console, but I'm personally looking forwards to stuffing my game with unbreakable mods in the future.

I do plan on getting base game of TS5 upon launch to check it out, but I'll probably wait a long time before buying any DLC for it. 'Cuz I didn't like waiting so long between each occult release of TS4, so I'll probably wait until TS5 already has all the staple occults released before I buy any DLC at all. I joined TS4 when vampires released, thinking more occults would also come shortly after, but it takes 3 years in between each occult release for this iteration, so I've learned my lesson and won't be grabbing any TS5 DLC at all until my fav packs have already been released for it.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
2 years ago
I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say?
Don't buy sims 4 packs right away when sims 5 os close to coming out?
Either way, the team has been very committed to fixing sims 4 and right now it's still a smooth running good game with very few issues or bugs for me. By the time sims 4 is ready to end i doubt it will have many bugs or glitches because it's being playing well for 9 years or however long. I'm sure the team will try to wrap up any lingering issues as well as they can before it ends and I'll still be buying the packs on release.