I think people tend to forget what the starting base game of a Sims iteration is like. It's easy to say that the Sims 5 will have all the things we expected the base game of 4 to have or even the base game of 3. As platforms become more complex, it also seems to become more difficult to code things. Would TS5 at the beginning have toddlers as charming as the ones we currently have? Would it have an open world as detailed as the one for TS3? I'm skeptical.
Personally, I think I'll stick with 4 even if they do come up with TS5. I have a long-range story going -- 10 generations on long, and I'm still only on the 1st generation after 4 months real time. I haven't minded this pause in DLC production because I am still enjoying Seasons. I'm curious to see what the effect of an upgrade of Python will lead to.
