Do you think we will get another expansion this year?

"simgirl1010;c-16494020" wrote:

"SimTrippy;c-16494002" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16491924" wrote:
I won’t be surprised if Seasons even becomes the very last EP for the Sims 4. But I expect EA to release both an SP and a GP too this year.

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/status/1000174328682397696

Lol, I'm still waiting for the EA Play Sims 5 announcement with a release in 2019. :p

Maybe he meant the next EA Play ^^

"SimTrippy;c-16494021" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

I don't think this will be the last EP. I can't be sure, no, but neither can you. It wouldn't surprise me if there was still a farming EP, perhaps magic will be an EP with a big magical world. Perhaps not. We will see.

I agree. We can’t know anything for sure because we don’t know if something unusually has changed for now apparent reason. But logic tells me that EA makes the games not just to please us but to earn as much money as possible. Also TS4 has been targeted even more at young new simmers than the earlier big Sims games were. We can see this from all the omissions and simplifications in TS4 and also by the fact that the gurus now so clearly prefer to give information and discuss TS4 on Twitter instead of the forum as they used earlier. But those young simmers become older and most of them stop playing the game after a few years and TS4 has already become too big and with too many packs for the next new generation to start with now. Therefore sales numbers will go down and EA will lose most of a generation of new young simmers unless EA soon moves on to TS5 and start over once again. But it would be very unlike EA to let something like this happen.

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

Your guess is as good as mine. But Grant isn’t EA’s CEO or even on EA’s Board of Directors. So I don’t believe that EA’s top have told him that he can continue to just make EPs for TS4 at least 5 years more ;)

"Erpe;c-16494147" wrote:

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

Your guess is as good as mine. But Grant isn’t EA’s CEO or even on EA’s Board of Directors. So I don’t believe that EA’s top have told him that he can continue to just make EPs for TS4 at least 5 years more ;)

No but he probably knows more about it than you or I do xD

"Erpe;c-16494147" wrote:

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

Your guess is as good as mine. But Grant isn’t EA’s CEO or even on EA’s Board of Directors. So I don’t believe that EA’s top have told him that he can continue to just make EPs for TS4 at least 5 years more ;)

He didn't say at least 5 years more.

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/status/1000174328682397696?s=19

I'm thinking 2-3 years.

"simgirl1010;c-16494162" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494147" wrote:

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16494015" wrote:
@SimTrippy I know. But in EA’s terminology “soon” usually means about 8 months and “for years out” could just be some wish he said deliberately ignoring what he knows about TS5 because he isn’t allowed to talk about TS5 yet. If he could guarantee that TS4 still will get new packs at least until 2020 then why doesn’t he say so?

Yes, he knows that simmers always have wanted more and also about everything from TS2 and TS3. But instead everything has been simplified and there is no way that he suddenly can guarantee that it all will come anyway. He also has to encourage us to buy more though. So is this just what he attempts with loose promises that he knows he won’t fully be able to fulfill anyway?

So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

Your guess is as good as mine. But Grant isn’t EA’s CEO or even on EA’s Board of Directors. So I don’t believe that EA’s top have told him that he can continue to just make EPs for TS4 at least 5 years more ;)

He didn't say at least 5 years more.

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/status/1000174328682397696?s=19

I'm thinking 2-3 years.

Yes. But even 2-3 years don’t sound likely to me. The reason mainly is the picture I have in my head about EA’s CEO giving a financial report to the stock holders and then being asked about EA’s plans for the Sims games. “How is sales numbers going and will you soon be ready to release the Sims 5?” and then I just can’t imaging him answer: ”Sales numbers for the packs have begun to go down. But we don’t plan to release the next big Sims game very soon anyway because we still earn a little money on the Sims 4 packs although the older packs sold better when we released them a couple of years ago.” because I imagine that some of the stock holders then would ask for a better explanation of the fact that they pay so many millions to EA’s top and board members in yearly salaries if they really don’t have higher goals than this. EA’s top are under constant pressure to show results and to have ideas about progress instead of being satisfied with just status quo (or even with small reductions in EA’s income and sales numbers).

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:
So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

@Erpe should start preparing some excuses, such as “TS5 is just experiencing last-minute development difficulties guys! That’s the only reason why it’s not announced yet!” or “Don’t worry TS5 is just having a minor delay! Just wait one more month I promise you it will get announced this time!” cause time passes fast and it won’t be long before we’re in 2019.

"elelunicy;c-16494210" wrote:

"IceyJ;c-16494076" wrote:
So this is what being in denial looks like, lol. Grant literally said 'expansion' in the earlier tweet and has made it clear TS4 isn't going anywhere for years. Too proud to concede, huh? :D

@Erpe should start preparing some excuses, such as “TS5 is just experiencing last-minute development difficulties guys! That’s the only reason why it’s not announced yet!” or “Don’t worry TS5 is just having a minor delay! Just wait one more month I promise you it will get announced this time!” cause time passes fast and it won’t be long before we’re in 2019.

Why? I have never expected TS5 to be announced before this summer and EA Play, E3 or Gamescom seem to be the best places to do that.

But maybe you are right that TS5 has been postponed at least a year more. But if it hasn’t been announced before September then I will sure start wondering why not? ;)

Yes I expect another EP this year around November. This is out so quick cause it didn't come with a new world. I'm also expecting another Gamepack next quarter and maybe a Stuffpack as well.