"ULIBABA66;c-18281609" wrote:
Yea no way they would drop Sims 4 just like that, they continue to get easy money and all of you think they would end this series despite it being incredibly profitable for them? What is this...no matter how much any of Simmers keep denying it, it won't change the truth, whether you like it or not, Sims 4 will keep being here for a long long time, even after Sims 5 releases, and it will keep getting new content and DLC as they promised in October 2022...people can keep their wishes separate from the reality, no matter how much anyone wishes this game to finish, it won't happen anytime soon...sorry if this was harsh, but I always had the feeling TS4 is doing better than many people would assume, so yeah...not happening. This game has lasting power <3
It will probably be higher ups and shareholders who would want the sims to reach more people and not wanting EA/Maxis to spend a lot of time making packs that will push Project Rene to be finished. The sims 4 is very dependent on packs to get people to keep playing, if you look at the player count for monthly live players then it goes up a lot when a new pack is released and then it drops down a lot after a month or so until a new pack is released.
And it takes a long time for EA/Maxis to make packs (expansion packs can take over a year according to what the developers have shared) so that's a lot of time they have to spend on a pack instead of making an entirely new game, and then they are spending money on branding and marketing too to make the sims4 stay relevant. They are making money back faster when they make smaller packs and kits, but they don't draw in as many players.
So sure, you are getting money back on the time you spent on making a couple of packs, but you could also spend that time making a new game that will draw in way more people instead of just keeping your existing game alive. And that argument is going to be more relevant depending on how many people that keep coming back for sims4 packs.
