If something new is shown at EA Play regarding The Sims Franchise, what will it be?Seasons or The Sims 5? I would like either, though The Sims 5 with a release date of 2020 or 2021 would be good.

The next Expansion Pack. I doubt it woll be The Sims 5, do it amd backlash will start to rise again.

If EA has followed their usual plan about releasing a new basegame every 5 years and announcing each new basegame about 15 months before their release then of course it will be TS5! ;)Many simmers just don’t believe that because they think that TS4 still is missing all the “usual” EPs now that EA has replaced them with GPs and SPs instead. Beside that those simmers haven’t yet understood that it never was EA’s intention to just let TS4 become a new version of TS2 or TS3! Instead it always has been EA’s plan to let TS4 become a new and very different Sims game.So EA planned to let TS4 even become a Sims game without toddlers and also without all the “traditional” EPs. It should be a new game and simmers who preferred the old style were expected to just still play TS3.Later EA decided to release toddlers anyway though because the sales numbers for TS4 had been disappointing. So has EA also changed the plan about not releasing EPs like Seasons or University? I don’t know. But EA still mainly wants to release SPs and GPs because their low prices make them sell better and because they are much cheaper for EA to make. Also I am quite sure that EA wants the GPs to have mainly new content instead of becoming reduced versions of traditional EPs. But anyway all the traditional reasons why EA wants a new basegame to be released every 5 years are still clearly valid (mainly an old basegame not appealing to new simmers, new packs for an old basegame selling less and less and EA being unable to discount old packs without hurting the sales numbers for new packs). So unless EA really wants to stop the whole series soon I can’t see why EA shouldn’t announce TS5 in the middle of 2018 and release it about 15 months later as usual?

"TS1299;c-16347159" wrote:The next Expansion Pack. I doubt it woll be The Sims 5, do it amd backlash will start to rise again.They’ve never announced an EP at EAPlay before, and you’d think Cats & Dogs would have been the first, if they were to ever do so.No I don’t think it will be a pack announcement, it’s either a teaser for TS5, or nothing. No EP is big enough or important enough to break the trend of ‘no announcement at EAPlay.’

Something for Sims 4, I highly doubt we’ll see a Sims 5 any time soon. Creating stuff for Sims 4 is bringing in money now, why would they bother and put their energy into a completely new game?

"keylimepiesims;c-16347238" wrote:"TS1299;c-16347159" wrote:The next Expansion Pack. I doubt it woll be The Sims 5, do it amd backlash will start to rise again.They’ve never announced an EP at EAPlay before, and you’d think Cats & Dogs would have been the first, if they were to ever do so.No I don’t think it will be a pack announcement, it’s either a teaser for TS5, or nothing. No EP is big enough or important enough to break the trend of ‘no announcement at EAPlay.’The topic says if there is something new is shown, so It is just my wishful thinking :) Tho, I don't think that they will announce anything. Not even TS5. I don't think they are ready for announcing the next pack yet. They announced Cats and Dogs on August and it was still on development. Tho, I kinda wish they would announce one, even a gamepack lol. I mean a simple gamepack to wait during the dry content month(summer) is enough for me :)

If something new is shown at EA Play regarding The Sims Franchise, what do you think it will be?

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8rm2
7 years ago
Whatever it is, it sounds like it's going to be special! So hyped! :smiley:
JackJack_Morris
7 years ago
"@mirta000;c-16349256" wrote:
"jackjack_k;c-16349234" wrote:
It literally says in the article that it’s The Sims 4 and Sims Mobile that will be at EA Play.

would you call it TS5 in the article before the announcement is made? Of course not. Either way a DLC announcement in EA event when no other DLC was announced pretty much would be a rather odd decision, so expect at least something groundbreaking for TS4 if nothing else.

Errr, They would just say “The Sims” is at EA Play not “The Sims 4 & The Sims Mobile”

Where are you getting this idea that EA haven’t been at EA Play before with The Sims 4? They have every year.

Also, where do they say an announcement is being made? They just say we’ll see what the furture holds for The Sims 4.

For reference, we got an early preview of Cool Kitchen at EA Play back in 2015. It wasn’t realeased till August.

Hardly a huge deal now was it? :tongue:
JackJack_Morris
7 years ago
It’s like history is repeating itself:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/919749/at-ea-play-they-may-have-hinted-that-a-new-sims-game-is-coming/p1

This exact thread was basically made expecting a new Sims game.

Guys, they’re not gonna use EA Play to announce a new game. EA Play is literally there to give people hands on experiences with current games.
They’re not gonna have a Sims 5 or spin off available to play the same day they announce it.

They’ll save announcements for Gamescon, which they’ve done since The Sims 4 was announced (the Sims 4 was announced with the logo in May but nothing more than a name and that it was being developed, but officially announced at Gamescon as a full game).
keylimepiesims
7 years ago
"jackjack_k;c-16349328" wrote:
They’ll save announcements for Gamescon, which they’ve done since The Sims 4 was announced (the Sims 4 was announced with the logo in May but nothing more than a name and that it was being developed, but officially announced at Gamescon as a full game).

Well, why couldn't they do that at EAPlay, and then fully announce it later at Gamescom?
JackJack_Morris
7 years ago
"@keylimepiesims;c-16349330" wrote:
"jackjack_k;c-16349328" wrote:
They’ll save announcements for Gamescon, which they’ve done since The Sims 4 was announced (the Sims 4 was announced with the logo in May but nothing more than a name and that it was being developed, but officially announced at Gamescon as a full game).

Well, why couldn't they do that at EAPlay, and then fully announce it later at Gamescom?

Why announce a game at EA Play that you can’t play, when the event is centred around being able to play EA’s current games?

EA Play play is literally an event for the public to play EA games on the pop up stands.

If they were to announce a game, they’d want a big platform. They announce at Gamescon because all the press and publications are there. At EA Play, there’s barely a platform. EA don’t have a history of announce any brand new games at EA Play.

They might break tradition, but it’s extrenely unlikely so getting your hopes up about it is kind of silly.

Also, EA usually announce new games in investor meetings. Both the Sims 3 & 4 were first mentioned in the investor conference. They then make a brief official announcement after, and it’s usually just “hey it’s coming soon” not “hey this is it”.
simgirl1010
Hero
7 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-16349064" wrote:
Something is going on with select game changers away to San Francisco for meetings.

This might be an introduction to a free update for the Sims 4 and the game changers are getting a first look. We still have the whole month of March in this quarter and no planned pack.
littlemissgogo
7 years ago
it'll be death by guinea pig finally returning. they received my 376 different mailed petitions and given in to my demands.
graventh8
Rising Novice
7 years ago
It's probably something like Sims mobile or Sims online I'm not getting excited bcus I learned from EA that they're cash cows and won't release a great Sims 5 maybe release even more online cartoonist game and call it Sims 5 and the new generation of simmers will fall in love with it
Sad..
nicklebuh
7 years ago
I'm not expecting to see anything new regarding actual content. Probably just a new way for them to milk the fans for all they're worth.
John_Zonbi
7 years ago
Probably just talking about how Sims 4 is 'oh so great' and 'has more content ahead'. But not show anything off. They'll save announcing an EP for Gamescom if they go there. EA Play will be all about the new Battlefield which will be playable there.

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