"ULIBABA66;c-18282312" wrote:
"SheriSim57;c-18282306" wrote:
I have no idea how long they will be making content for the sims 4. And I’m sure there are several factors to consider whether they keep making content beyond when Sims 5 is released. One factor is that as we get more packs we also get more bugs, and many have not been able to be fixed. I’m still having problems with dine out and gardening. Another factor is the performance on computers, if performance from too many packs on a computer starts causing many people problems and people stop buying packs because of that, then I doubt they would keep making packs. As far as I know, they haven’t set a date for the release of sims 5 or a date for the end of sims 4. The two may overlap for awhile, or they may not. .I figure 5 probably won’t come out till at least the end of 2025 the way success of these last packs is going. I can see them coming out with quite a few more packs if performance is not an issue, and people keep buying them. But, of course you never know, because they will be having competition with life by you and paralives, so they may try to bring out sims 5 sooner. These are some future packs I can see them making still for sims 4
Cars w/ mechanic career and hobby
Bands
Fairies
Hotels and Casino’s
Medieval
Into the future
More careers…. I really need more and I love the option to go into a work place, work at home, or get unpaid time off, all in the same career or job. I also like the side jobs, freelance, doing paid favors for other sims, etc. I would also like to see our sims be able take off unlimited time off to raise children and such without penalties.
Possibly:
Hobbies
Zombies
Amusement parks
Zoo’s
Water parks
Super Heroes
Malls
Another generational type pack as they go over so well.
Maybe another world with beach lots, surfing, …..houseboats, etc.
The addition of more life stages such as preteen, …….younger elder, and/or a stage between toddler and child.
Maybe some things similar to strangerville like
Castaways
Probably lots of kits hopefully more stuff packs. And hopefully refresher on Get To Work, Dine Out, Outdoor retreat, and Jungle adventures ( the last two making them open to residential, or at least visiting without having to pay for a vacation rental ).
I am sure while EA has been aware of Life By You and Paralives for a few years now, that doesn't mean they are scared of them. Just check the Life by You character designs like omg! So far looking atrocious…Sims is so much better…but hopefully everyone (LBY, Paralives & Sims) can complement each other and the ”competition” can inspire Maxis to do better with future plans with this franchise. The fact that I may seem very upset is because I can't believe how many times people on this forum have been so ”surprised” whenever content like toddlers, infants, horses etc have been confirmed or announced. It's not that impossible to believe they would announce these things as Sims 4 is a computer base game made for paid DLC, it's not a miracle from the sky or something, and yes while I may have disagreed with some here in this thread, they do have good points and concerns about this game's performance issues the more they keep adding new content to the game…I am going to stay cautiously optimistic for Sims 5 but still, they really need to play their cards right this time and not make the same mistakes they did with 4 before launch, the cross platform thing is already making me and some concerned, but we will see…
I agree, hopefully a little bit of competition will make each of the simulations work harder to please their customers. And you are right some of the simulations don’t look great, at least not right now, but it also depends on how much content there is at the beginning of each of them too, some are supposedly going to start with cars, pets, swimming etc. the price, and the amount and quality of free future updates will matter too, as well as whether we are going to have to pay a monthly fee to use them, rather than out right buy them. I can see a bit of cross function between mobile, pc and gaming systems. I used to love viewing the gallery on my phone, and download the lots to my library. If the cross function is pretty good I might even get myself a new I pad. I already plan on buying a new gaming laptop for the sims 5, but I may not get the sims 5 till I see what’ it’s like on the let’s play’s, I bought my last one in 2018, and of course they’ve added so much to them since then. I’m not shocked myself that they have come out with infants, toddlers, horses, and updates to personalities etc. I’m quite pleased with most of the updates, and packs, and I still see many other things I want as well, such as cars, hotels, casino’s, Medieval pack with world, , malls, and fun things for our sims to do to have fun and/or to make money, like hobbies and amusement parks, concerts, zoo’s etc. so far I have all the packs ( I don’t use mods or CC ), and I certainly want to have many more as long as performance is not an issue.
