Online The Sims 5 hypothetical poll

I wouldn't play it honestly if they attempted online again. I've done Sims Mobile, Sims Social, and Sims Freeplay. I got bored of them all within a couple weeks. If they want to try it with a side game I'd be ok. I mean they already brought augmented reality to the Sims Freeplay. EA just has never had a good reputation with online servers and even with Twitch streams I see servers constantly kick players from their games even the ones the Sim Gurus play. If they brought back MySims I think it would be a better competitor for Animal Crossing. Sims well just doesn't have that cute or risky factor to make it in the MMO world unless it is mobile which they have two successful games of it. It is like leave the PC games alone and let the mobile games be the cash cows. Plus with Simmers not being able to afford decent computers, EA thinking they can afford decent internet too is a total joke on EA. They'll lose easily like they did with SimCity.

Very rarely devs pay more attention to an offline component of a game if there is a multiplayer version of it, latest offending game is Resident Evil 3 + Resistance, while the prequel of it Resident Evil 2 didnt have multiplayer version and it received many content as well as the free dlc.

I voted that I would still buy it, (though possibly not right away) if there is the option to be offline and if both are treated the same. However I have a feeling that would not be the case. I life it usually becomes that one thing takes dominance over the other.

I recognise that there are many people who would love to be able to play collaboratively with their friends, and it would be lovely if that could be accommodated. However I worry about griefing etc if just anyone could come on to your save and do as they wish. That seems completely different to how things are games like Stardew where it is an option.

I can’t answer as I need more information like how extensive is the online elements? I mean if it’s just memory’s and milestones that you can put online and a gallery + a create a world tool where you can build your own world and put it on the galley that’s fine. Otherwise no thanks I will get a different life simulator.

If the Sims 5 is online I will NOT buy it. Online is just an excuse for them to turn the Sims into a giant, online cash cow, filled with microtransactions and subscription fees. All the content will be sold desperately while your playing.
Look what Fallout 76 did to the Fallout series? It got rid of everything interesting from the game in favor of "multiplayer." No story, no characters, no voice acting, no plot. If the Sims 5 goes online it will go like this as well.

Lootboxes, sub fees, you like this shirt but want in blue or pink better pay up $$$! I would not be surprised if the Sims 5 introduces a "Creation Club" type of feature where they can monetize mods from popular simmers.

The Sims 3 had a bunch of online tie in nonsense, but I was easily able to ignore it.

The gallery is really the only online aspect to the Sims 5 that is a must-have for me.

As much as I want a Sims5 I do not want a Sims on line I can’t images how the eco system would work at the moment we are drip fed co tent but not everyone will have every pack how will that work if some one come to my world in an out fit for a pack I don’t have or something?

I really don’t want the Sims online it failed last time and it will fail this time too.

For me, a big decider, other than not having the usual single-player suffer in favor of online play, is also what exactly online means. There are things I don't care for in the slightest (socializing, community challenges, etc) but things I would like (ability to build together, better Gallery follow/sharing options).

If the online side is MMO, then I'll happily ignore it as long as I can have my usual hermit-style mode that's unaffected.