The Sims 4 will continue into 2018!

That seems silly.. We just started 2017, is it really going to take a whole year for them to release a new stuff pack? Sims 3 ended in 2013 but they had a new expansion pack just around that time. That might mean something. I really wish they would lay off the stuff packs and focus more on expansion packs. Plus, didn't they release a new stuff pack every month for some repetitive time? I hope they work hard in these two years, and deliver something awesome :)

"joseandchocolate;15662868" wrote:
That seems silly.. We just started 2017, is it really going to take a whole year for them to release a new stuff pack? Sims 3 ended in 2013 but they had a new expansion pack just around that time. That might mean something. I really wish they would lay off the stuff packs and focus more on expansion packs. Plus, didn't they release a new stuff pack every month for some repetitive time? I hope they work hard in these two years, and deliver something awesome :)

People don't realize how long a simple Stuff Pack takes, I guess.

It should take 2-3 months to make a stuff pack and around 5-6 months for an expansion and game pack the same as an EP, so we must be getting an EP soon then and possibly another GP, who knows what EA's doing these days!

Bare in mind that 2018 goes up to 31st December 2018.

So that's almost 1 year and 10 months to release the Stuff Pack.

People seem to forget that they are working on multiple packs at the same time...

Different packs are in different stages of production, and @SimGuruGraham confirmed that this Stuff Pack is not the next SP we'll get, so there is plenty more they are working on.

I don't know why people were thinking this was the last year for TS4. It's making them enough money to continue developing this one, and I think there is still A TON of stuff missing that they can bring into the game.

I like the idea behind this community focused project, but I just hope they will do something similar with an EP. Maybe the last EP of the series can be community focused project like this? Yes please!

I think there would be a sims fan uprising if they decided to forgo the series, this early on.

Anyone who thought TS4 wouldn't continue into 2018 has no clue what's going on.

I'm going a step further and say that I'd be very surprised if TS4 doesn't have the longest lifespan of any Sim games.

The gurus have made it pretty clear they intend to support this game longer than any other in the series. Obviously other circumstances can come up to change those plans at some point, but part of the whole live service thing is to make updating easier n all that. The gallery has done a lot to promote creativity within the community as well.

I get the feeling a lot of the doom n gloom is propagated by people not wanting/not liking the idea of further support, rather than any actual evidence to back up such claims.

I hope they keep going with this for a COUPLE of more years because I really dig this version of the sims the most and yes there is definitely a lot missing but they keeping updating and adding, and it continues to work really well so they mainly just gotta keep going :)

"jackjack_k;915616" wrote:


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I don't why people expect otherwise, but a lot of people have said they think the Sims 4 will end this year, which has prompted Sims Community to advise the new Stuff Pack that's being worked on now, as part of the group project, will be released in 2018!

http://simscommunity.info/2017/04/03/the-latest-sims-project-proves-the-sims-4-is-far-from-over/

Not sure regarding the reasons why, but I have seen quite a few threads on here that the quietness, that The Sims 4 could be ending soon, just want to confirm, packs are coming in 2018, so definitely not "soon".

:)

There was never no doubt TS4 would end in 2018 as the big releases hasn't come out yet. We don't have Seasons,Vacations,Pets or Universities. To release all these would take us atleast into 2019 or later.