Maybe the "new Sims experience" could be optional multiplayer a la Stardew Valley.

I actually wouldn't mind OPTIONAL online multiplayer. I was just thinking how cool it would be if we could have our regular save games and when we decide to be in multiplayer mode we could invite other players to our homes or community lots and vice versa. We could get the typical loading screen when jumping to a new active lot but jump to other player creations and get to know them. It would be like alternate universes of all the Sim towns existing at once. I have a cousin in Guam who loves Sims too and this would be a really cool way for us to chat and spend out time whenever we felt like playing that way. I never complain about MORE options in the game and I'd actually enjoy doing this every once in a while.