How many more years of TS4?

That's the irony of people claiming the Sims 4 is not half-baked. When people want the game to bake twice as long, they prove that theory right of the Sims 4 being half-baked. Like don't claim the Sims 4 isn't half-baked if you want the game to be developed longer than previous Sims games. That just proves your point of it not being half-baked as null and void. Funny when the claim that Sims 4 packs are full of content when it will have the most number of packs of any Sims game, yet people still feel like it is lacking more packs. Yet people are claiming they can't run the Sims 4 on their computers, yet still beg for it to last longer. It is like uh, if you can't afford to play on a decent system now, then why are you asking for more packs that will further tax on your computer? I guess it is the whole irony of the microtransaction system. At what point will people move on to allow Gurus to develop other Sims games? I like the five year trend. It is a good milestone to see how much Sims content can be produced for an iteration within that time frame, allows for future musics, fashion, and technology to be used for the next Sims game, and allows for a whole new batch of backstories for premade Sims to be written. I know it is tough for Simmers to move on to a new iteration, but the reality is games only last so many years. Mario gets a new batch of games, Zelda gets a new batch of games, Tomb Raider gets a new batch of games, etc. and that is every few years. I think five years is more than average how long an iteration in a series last. I actually could see the console version being worked on longer while the PC version is being developed for the next iteration. Plus as shown by Gaiaonline's failure to update with technology, if you don't advance with progress with technology ever so often, you get left behind in the gaming industry. Why cell phones and computers go out of date every few years. Games get aged too.

I think what people are most scared of is because graphics are one the strongest point of the Sims 4, a newer Sims game will overshadow it because with technology usually comes better graphics. Plus I'm pretty sure it will have a better world system too. Story progression, well that is something Maxis still has to improve upon. I really would be interested to see height adjusters and gradual aging progressing with the series next. I also think there is potential for side game progression too. Like although I don't want to see VR for the PC series, I could see it working really well with a Sims Castaway sequel that will be more interactive with building things and survival. I guess I'm hopeful for the future of the Sims and its advancements. I do have a feeling if an iteration does extend too much, that it makes it easier for competition to sweep in and take a lot of customers away. So that's the thing waiting too long can cause a shift in the market too. If a company doesn't provide a decent new product we see things like what City Skylines did with SimCity. City Skylines is years ahead of technology now than SimCity and a much bigger world system.