What do you make of the tweet referencing a "new sims experience" being announced in June at EA Play in Hollywood?

It sounds like they're plugging Sims Mobile.Or by 'new experience' it could mean that they're adding some serious patches to the game. After all, Toddlers came almost out of nowhere.

clearly it's a sign that our sims are going to gain the ability to colonize Mars.

I'm hoping it means they are adding the vehicle system and with that burglars, cops and firemen. I think that would be a new experience. Maybe we are getting more supernatural sims.

If it's a "new" sims experience maybe they mean nothing we've seen before ever. I'd be pretty excited if it was mind blowing."CyrusTheLoser;c-16411011" wrote:clearly it's a sign that our sims are going to gain the ability to colonize Mars.I know this was a joke but a playable sim world that isn't even on the sims planet would be cool. I know we have sixam but that's a hidden lot.Spoiler (Highlight to read)I sincerely hope by new experience they don't mean "we're adding micro transactions to the game!!! Now you can buy a horse for your sims family through the simstore wooo"I sincerely hope by new experience they don't mean "we're adding micro transactions to the game!!! Now you can buy a horse for your sims family through the simstore wooo"

They deleted the original tweet and tweeted out "Here's your chance to play our next Sims 4 experience" to make it more clear that they will be showcasing something for TS4 (and not Mobile or TS5). So here's my little bit of speculation:The fact that they'll be showcasing the "next Sims 4 experience" at EA Play, and the fact that this quarterly teaser is conspicuously absent, I think this could mean one of two possibilities;1. There won't be any paid packs this quarter, but there will be a large patch which is big enough to warrant showing off at EA Play (even bigger than toddlers perhaps??)2. They are changing up their "one EP per year released around Christmas" formula. We could be seeing a surprise EP this quarter, but the marketing team don't want it to be announced in a quarterly teaser, but with a proper announcement (both CL and Cats and Dogs had already been announced before the quarter they were released in, so the few seconds that they were featured for in the quarterly teasers weren't the first we had heard of them). This EP (if this is indeed what is happening) is the only pack for this quarter, hence no need for a quarterly teaser. It will probably be announced sometime in May, with a release around June, probably just after EA Play, where it will be playable before release.Of course, it could be Option 3 - there is no notable new content for this quarter, just bug fixes in small monthly patches. But it would be strange to me that they would be hyping up the fact that they'll be showcasing the "next Sims 4 experience" at EA Play if this is the case, so it seems more likely to me that something notable is coming, we'll have to wait and see what it is.Again, just finishing off with a little disclaimer that this is just pure speculation. We'll see what this quarter brings. :)

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Lizzychicago
New Traveler
7 years ago
"PuppyLuver5;c-16412210" wrote:
> @Loanet said:
> It sounds like they're plugging Sims Mobile.
>
> Or by 'new experience' it could mean that they're adding some serious patches to the game. After all, Toddlers came almost out of nowhere.

Either way, there are a few things I'd like to see changed.
1) TODDLER METABOLISM!! This has been bugging me for quite awhile. My toddler exercises daily, and gets plenty of it, is only fed when her hunger bar is deep yellow, or red, and comes from thin, well bodied descent. Yet she is packing more and more pounds. I may just be seeing this wrong, but it doesn't seem to be happening over time, either. One moment they're regular weight, the next there's a noticeable bump on their stomach!

FYI...Toddlers are NOT meant to be thin or skinny if healthy....they should be chubby. Because that's what they use to GROW.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16414413" wrote:
Proper context is everything, and the difference in wording is there even if you choose to ignore it. 'New' hypes people up for things that probably aren't going to be there (like Sims 5, for example). 'Next' immediately implies the next pack in this game, or the next pack for consoles.

I don't think what their talking about is the console version however there is a gallery coming to the console.
Briana2526
New Scout
7 years ago
I think it will be something new for the game or the next new pack it must be something new for the game is how I see it.
Idontrcall
7 years ago
Ooh -- but I just thought of something.

They did say "next' right? So that would indicate that there would be nothing "new" between now and EA Play? Or is that reading too much into it? Maybe it is reading too much into their use of words.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- because I would like to see something released between now and late June. I was hoping the lack of teaser trailer was not due to no pack(s) being released.
Simburian
New Traveler
7 years ago
Cloud gaming and cross platform? We have already started getting Cloud saving of games with Origin which some say interferes with their game......................................

"During a GDC pre-briefing, Microsoft revealed its new Cloud Gaming division, fronted by Kareem Choudhry. The new division will include all the cloud gaming products that the firm currently offers to developers.

During the briefing, the firm repeatedly stated how its tools and platforms will work across almost all gaming devices - consoles, PCs, Macs and smartphones. The firm's integrated developer environment - Virtual Studio - is Unity's default IDE for us on Macintosh, for example. Microsoft is not abandoning operating systems or consoles, but it's business is not solely focused on them, either. In fact, it doesn't even need them."

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-03-15-microsoft-were-growing-our-gaming-business-beyond-the-console

This is the way the gaming industry seems to be going as apparently Amazon is also interested and I do remember that Sims 4 was one of the two earliest games to be checked for running ok with Windows 10 when I checked when I installed 10 when it first came out.

Could be way too early though.
TheBoyXP
7 years ago
"Idontrcall;c-16416463" wrote:
Ooh -- but I just thought of something.

They did say "next' right? So that would indicate that there would be nothing "new" between now and EA Play? Or is that reading too much into it? Maybe it is reading too much into their use of words.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- because I would like to see something released between now and late June. I was hoping the lack of teaser trailer was not due to no pack(s) being released.

Yes! I think we won't get anything new between now and EA Play but I think we'll get an EP late June. There wasn't a quarterly teaser because the only pack we will get this quarter is an EP and they don't want to tease it from now (if they are going to announce it middle/end April) - this is what I think :) !
babysquare
7 years ago
"Dannydanbo;c-16416300" wrote:
IMO, Seasons might be the next pack, but it isn't new as we have had it in past versions. Farming is new because we have never had a farming pack before, but it might not be the next pack. EA chooses their words very carefully. The tweet said next, not new.

I agree, although seasons would be said to be new in the context of sims 4 specifically, as we don't have it in 4, although I appreciate calling it new in this context is debateable. Of course if it introduced features or gameplay dynamics we haven't seen in previous games then it could be said to be new.
Idontrcall
7 years ago
"Dannydanbo;c-16416625" wrote:

Seasons, IMO, is not new because we have had it in past versions, so no, you can not say literally every pack that hasn't been done for Sims 4 is new. It is, however, a revamped version of a past pack from an older version for this version. So, no, not new.

I respect that. I know you weren't addressing me, but I was having trouble following your line of thought. To me, it's new, because it's never before seen in Sims 4 --but I definitely get where you are coming from with it.

I could also see "next" being used because perhaps the pack they will showcase at EA Plays (if they do indeed showcase a pack) will be released before the event. Therefore, it is not really new but it is their next pack offering. What is your opinion on that?

I am just hopeful we'll see a really nice game pack or expansion pack in the near future.

Also, I want to say I really like the way you do your avatars to match the upcoming packs. It's cute.
Idontrcall
7 years ago
That's really neat, @Simburian

I am very excited for what it might be. Thanks for linking that for us.
monsterfighters
7 years ago
I just want more supernatural, seasons and university then I will be completely satisfied with the sims 4 as a game.