Maybe the "new Sims experience" could be optional multiplayer a la Stardew Valley.
definitely unrealistic but what would everyone's feelings about that be?
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Sims really isn’t a good multiplayer platform, and I highly doubt any multiplayer functionality will be brought to Sims 4. A senior producer for TSM did an interview back in Feb where she explained the anonymity required for the personal stories players create. That is one of the reasons TSM’s multiplayer is so limited.
Link to interview (it’s toward the end):
EA wanted a MMO originally and it did not workout. Players also expressed dissatisfaction at the idea of a forced online-multiplayer experience since then, so at the very most I could see something ala Sims Mobile multiplayer. However, there is no playing together there. Your interactions with friends aren’t simultaneous, or the same. You can make 2 sims enemies, but your friend could make them lovers. No connection between games other than a sim design, name, and traits. All in all I think Maxis could focus on better things for the PC game.
Link to interview (it’s toward the end):
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http://www.player.one/sims-mobile-producer-talks-multiplayer-element-live-events-content-roadmap-123685
EA wanted a MMO originally and it did not workout. Players also expressed dissatisfaction at the idea of a forced online-multiplayer experience since then, so at the very most I could see something ala Sims Mobile multiplayer. However, there is no playing together there. Your interactions with friends aren’t simultaneous, or the same. You can make 2 sims enemies, but your friend could make them lovers. No connection between games other than a sim design, name, and traits. All in all I think Maxis could focus on better things for the PC game.
