Is there really a Sims 5 coming out?
🤔 inquiring minds would like to know ...
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Yes, OP, it's true. But none of us know if it will be titled The Sims 5. EA had job listings for Maxis on Glassdoor site a few years ago hiring new developers and managers etc and other positions for a new Sim (by Maxis) Triple A game. They have since listed a few newer positions for this project in the last year or so. Our best guess is the game has been in development for a few years now. But whether EA sticks with it or not is another matter. Sometimes they work on stuff then trash it or pull the plugs on new games. But this one was for Maxis and what does Maxis do? they make Sim games. Our best guess is this is The Sims 5 since this franchise is the only one done by Maxis that gets a AAA budget.
Rumors fly around it's multi player because the CEO hints at multiplayer in a few interviews when he speaks about the entirety of The Sim franchise. Rumors fly around it has to be a multiplayer because EA as a whole has been hard at work building a new AI called S.E.E.D. which is rumored to be used in all future games produced by EA (which would include Maxis)
S.E.E.D. AI is supposed to be a revolutionary AI that we have never seen before, (mainly for RPGs and Shooter games) but would also change world events and every time you loaded a game things would be different...it seems it would be logical that would mean a server world in a shooter or RPG game, right? But what about Maxis games?
Well, logic would seem to suggest, yes, they would also take advantage of this new remarkable AI and use some of that in their own games, too. Since EA wants all their games to use this new AI. (rummors, but many articles about S.E.E.D.)
So, yes, Maxis did hire new employees for a new Sim game (it was stated on Glassdoor) and it's a AAA game..and that can only mean a new Sim game of this franchise and not a spin off...because Spin offs don't get a AAA budget. And why so many of us also believe it's a multiplayer is because they also stressed the position of needing someone who is very familar with live service and how to do that, and maintain that, and or whatever live service workers do. That job offer was listed last year..so it may be closer than we know and we all know multiplayer or microtransaction games love live service updates to buy that little thing you need to get ahead.
Rumors fly around it's multi player because the CEO hints at multiplayer in a few interviews when he speaks about the entirety of The Sim franchise. Rumors fly around it has to be a multiplayer because EA as a whole has been hard at work building a new AI called S.E.E.D. which is rumored to be used in all future games produced by EA (which would include Maxis)
S.E.E.D. AI is supposed to be a revolutionary AI that we have never seen before, (mainly for RPGs and Shooter games) but would also change world events and every time you loaded a game things would be different...it seems it would be logical that would mean a server world in a shooter or RPG game, right? But what about Maxis games?
Well, logic would seem to suggest, yes, they would also take advantage of this new remarkable AI and use some of that in their own games, too. Since EA wants all their games to use this new AI. (rummors, but many articles about S.E.E.D.)
So, yes, Maxis did hire new employees for a new Sim game (it was stated on Glassdoor) and it's a AAA game..and that can only mean a new Sim game of this franchise and not a spin off...because Spin offs don't get a AAA budget. And why so many of us also believe it's a multiplayer is because they also stressed the position of needing someone who is very familar with live service and how to do that, and maintain that, and or whatever live service workers do. That job offer was listed last year..so it may be closer than we know and we all know multiplayer or microtransaction games love live service updates to buy that little thing you need to get ahead.
