EA Play Live 2020

"elelunicy;c-17522316" wrote:

"@auroraael14;c-17521552" wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the sims 5 could come out next year and the sims 4 could also still get packs. Why not add more packs to the sims 4 and sell the sims 5. They will make more money too. Especially if the rumors are true and it's a multiplayer online game that they know not everyone will buy. So they will continue with the sims 4 and also sell the sims 5. They already have two teams right now. They have people working on sims 4 packs while having another team making the sims 5 base game.

They don’t have two teams. What they have is one team capable of full production, and several small teams capable of pre-production (team members of those small teams are mainly limited to designers, producers, concept artists, etc., and they work on initial concepts and designs of a game).

For example TS4 started pre-production in early 2010, and did not enter full production until early 2013, when most of the team was done with Island Paradise, the last TS3 EP made in Redwood Shores (Into the Future was made by a different studio in Salt Lake City). This tweet from SimGuruTrev in March 2010 is when he was done with Island Living and moved onto TS4.

https://i.imgur.com/zhSUOMb.png

From job postings we know that they hired a handful of devs to join what’s likely TS5’s pre-production team. What they didn’t do was mass hiring a full team capable of full production. They need over 100 developers at a bare minimum for TS5’s full production, and that’s not happening until most of the team is done with TS4.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
I think it is actually possible for a second big patch during this month. Back in 2016 we had 2 patches and 2 packs- ALL in June so i wont count that out

They only released Dine Out and Kids Room in the same month because Dine Out was delayed.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
Also, im pretty sure there will be something new/announced for TS4 because they literally tweeted it with the words "See you there" .

It doesn’t mean much as they didn’t specify they’re going to have Sims news (last year they specifically told us we were going to hear Sims news at EA Play).

In 2018, they tweeted about the EA Play conference, even though The Sims was completely absent from the conference.

https://www.twitter.com/TheSims/status/1005494811887955969

Well, they announced Eco Lifestyle before EA Play and the pack is releasing even before it. Why not announcing it on EA PLay and releasin it shortly after that (like Island Living) if u have nothing else for EA Play ? Also, for this EA Play one of the gurus also said something like "See you there/Will see you there ;) " so we will definitely hear something for TS4 "there" (even if its only the theme for the upcoming game pack). But as u said, i also think TS5 or the next ep announcement is kinda off the table cause....(hyping for a new "EP" 4 days after the release of the latest one...naah)