No mobile for me either. I am kinda tired of always being forced into mobile/online activities. From the closing of numerous brick and mortar storefronts, forcing people to shop more and more online, to digital downloads and mobile apps, I feel like we are headed for complete online life soon. While there are certainly advantages to this, there are a lot of people out there who cannot access the Internet/fancy mobile devices for numerous reasons.
I never downloaded my games digitally until sims 4. While I admit that it does make life a lot easier, if given the opportunity, I would prefer to just load a cd like I did for sims 1-3. Toggling between online and offline modes is kind of annoying.
As many said above, perhaps there is a chance that a competitor will step in and buy out the sims franchise...or start a whole new concept of their own. I was an avid Roller Coaster Tycoon player since day 1, and I can honestly say, the emergence of Planet Coaster from a competing game developer really breathed a new life into the game. RCT 1 through 3 were all pretty awesome, but, after 3, their products began to slide. I never even ended up buying RCT World because the reviews were horrific. Meanwhile, along came Planet Coaster, and it is amazing! I put far more time into that game than any of the others now, and it has definitely taken over some of my sims time too.
I have enjoyed Sims 4, and I am pleased with most of the content. While there are many features and gameplay that I think the game still lacks, the game has held my interest and I've had a lot of fun with it. But I do know that I am not quite as excited about new content being released as I was back in the days of sims 2 and sims 3. Back in those days, I sometimes even took a vacation day from work on release day to go buy the product. It was so exciting and it always took several days to really experience all the features that the new expansion had to offer. I am not quite feeling that with the sims 4. I usually wait til the weekend following release to download, and I feel like I can review most of the content fairly quickly, because so much is concentrated in a small amount of features/interactions. Even still, I enjoy the game and hope that we still have many more expansions to come.
