"Erpe;c-16391802" wrote:
"ebuchala;c-16391208" wrote:
"MissNightOwl;c-16358866" wrote:
I'm a little confused with the whole TS5 idea. Didn't Graham said that now when the big Pets expansion pack is done, they can work on new exciting packs, or something like that? I don't now, I got impression that there's a lot to do with TS4 (and I think so myself), but everybody suddenly talks about TS5... Anyway, it'd be rather odd if they annouce now the game to come in few years, the Sims Mobile is not interesting to me at all, so I hope it's about a new expansion.
I wouldn't worry about it being TS5 yet. I think some people who really dislike this version have their wishful-thinking caps on, is all. Maxis has been pretty clear that they're following a different release schedule/pattern for dlc with TS4 and, even more recently, that they'll be offering plenty more content for this game. I really do think they plan on continuing with this version for awhile yet to come.
There is no doubt that TS4 will get another EP, a GP and at least 4 more SPs which is quite a lot. But this doesn’t prevent EA from announcing TS5 in a couple of months and then release it about 15 months later in the second half of 2019. So I think that the wishful thinking is mostly done by the dreamers who want TS4 to continue to 2022 or even later ;)
Graham said the they follow a different schedule with the packs for TS4. But we already know that because we have seen that at least half of the usual EPs now are replaced by both the new GPs and by many more SPs. Again the wishful dreamers instead overinterpretate the statement to mean a guarantee that TS4 will continue forever until TS4 even has more EPs than TS3 got ;)
But, this is the speculation section so, like everyone else, I'm just speculating. Either way, I'm interested to see what they're planning next for the Sims.
I have followed this debate closely and I am not especially interested in TS5 even though I don’t play TS4 anymore. The reason is that I don’t think that the release of TS5 will stop the changed schedule with many smaller packs instead of a lot of big EPs. Actually I fear that TS5 won’t get even a single EP but only GPs and even more SPs than TS4 got.
We'll have to agree to disagree on when they're planning on releasing TS5. I've suspected since they released TS4 that they were planning on trying to extend it for at least half again (if not double) the normal life span of the previous Sims games, though I'm sure it's all dependent on how well the expansions continue to sell which is essentially what's been said--they'll continue to make packs for TS4 until it doesn't make sense anymore, which, logically speaking, implies that they'll do it until they feel like releasing a new version is going to make them more money than continuing to extend the current version. No "overinterpretation" involved. But it makes sense to slow down the release schedule of EPs and beef things up with SPs and GPs for content with a longer life span on the base game. I guess we'll know more in a 3 months or so, though.
To be honest, with this iteration, I prefer the GPs anyway. Though I think that speaks more to their EP team than EPs in general. I think the GP team has been spot on with most of their packs while the EPs have been kind of meh. I don't know that I'd have a problem with them sticking with GPs and SPs and releasing more of both for TS5. I feel like we get more options that way, anyway, to customize our game. To me, the EPs have felt almost like slightly beefier GPs and with the price being double, I'm more inclined to feel like I'm getting my money's worth with GPs than with EPs this go around.
