Online The Sims 5 hypothetical poll

If someone from EA or Maxis ever reads this, making the sims 5 online not only sounds difficult but also very expensive. I think you would be much better off focusing on making a good framework which can handle the things that people are asking for like color wheel, create a style, mod support and an open world for example. Then you can please both your shareholders and the players by creating content for that.

Hey as long as it works and it is fun and not a mess like SimCity why not let The Sims Series develop into something new?

This is the only option I would consider from the list provided. Personally I prefer my game on disk, then I have total control over when I play and when I choose to update my game. Having an online element makes me think the next step would be sharing my game with other simmers. That would be an absolute no no so there must always remain a way to play offline.

I will have to boycott. I know how this ride will go with EA. I have watched them ruin other games I played with them for the sake of online gameplay. I am 99% positive the base game will be lacking because they will waste precious development time on the online aspect of the game. Then will come the special items you can only get from online game play and the sim version "loot boxes." Count me out.

They will HAVE to ban all this romance and woohooing business online or they will be in for a serious lawsuit when some kid gets harassed. They have already had an incident with one of the game changers, I cant imagine how online will be. I will keep an eye on the forums and write my I told you so when all hell breaks loose.

The Sims 4 will be my last foray into the franchise (barring of course older iterations) if the sims 5 is online/multiplayer. The Sims has already been severely watered down/streamlined since the Sims 2/3, online only solidifies the fact.

"@logion;c-17558760" wrote:
If someone from EA or Maxis ever reads this, making the sims 5 online not only sounds difficult but also very expensive. I think you would be much better off focusing on making a good framework which can handle the things that people are asking for like color wheel, create a style, mod support and an open world for example. Then you can please both your shareholders and the players by creating content for that.

This! :smiley:

"@SimmerGeorge;c-17558843" wrote:
Hey as long as it works and it is fun and not a mess like SimCity why not let The Sims Series develop into something new?

They tried it and it did not work...

"king_of_simcity7;c-17559547" wrote:

"@SimmerGeorge;c-17558843" wrote:
Hey as long as it works and it is fun and not a mess like SimCity why not let The Sims Series develop into something new?

They tried it and it did not work...

@king_of_simcity7 yeah but it's been a long time if you mean SimCity. If they take a different approach then maybe it could work.

i played TSO all the years that it ran and it was so much different then regular sims it was focused on skill houses and being number 1 house, that being so i did meet a lot of great people one that i'm best friends with still

Those who say they will buy it if it has an offline single player side, must not know the servers have to make enough money to keep them open and no company wants to keep servers if no one is using them. To me that means of course the online side of a game would require more resources and funds to keep people engaged in wanting to play online. Or the company would be wasting money to keep a server up and running. So, it stands to reason there can't be a happy median between the two options. Simport was retired though people still own the pack to play Simport..it's the whole purpose of ShowTime. But the online feature of simporting is no longer possible. Right after TS3 ended.

So, TS5 if it has multiplay somehow will have to have more updates, patches, and content than the offline side of a game to keep the company interested in keeping the server open. So, it should be a big no from those who love single player The Sims. A company can't keep servers running if no one wants to use that side of a game...like Simport they would have to shut it down from lack of use. So, of course more money would be spent on content to use online only.