The Sims 4 will continue into 2018!

"luthienrising;15665618" wrote:

"BlueBlack007;15665614" wrote:
I went online to try and find info on the next quarterly Teaser only to find a message bout Us helping them with the next stuff Pack? , so where is the Quarterly Teaser for what is coming for April to June? seems odd to me.

General Discussion: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/915660/family-gamepack-and-sports-stuff-pack-quarterly-teaser/p1

Thank you kindly much appreciated.

Don't you mean it will end in 2018? :D Sept. 2014- Sept. 2018 is, after all, four years. Only TS3 lasted longer than four years and that is because TS4 was delayed a year. I really can't see adding more and more with the bad performance this game is already showing for so many. Whether they have a low grade laptop, a midgrade pc, or a monster gaming machine, this game is suffering performance wise, and ten GPs and seven or eight EPs seems like it might just break it for sure. I expect to hear rumors about the next Sims' project late this year or early next year and not necessarily even part of the series for 'pc'.

I actually had a feeling the game would last much longer because I'd throw a fit if it ended on only having 3 EPs and I wouldn't be able to defend the game anymore. I think many of us would be furious, who invested in it.

With the rate they are at with releasing EPs, my guess is we won't get much EPs since GPs fill in spaces. I'd say we get around 7-8 EPs if not less, but 3 EPs is just too little.

And as others speculated, I'd say the game will last much longer than 3-4 years.

"@Ciarassims;c-15710545" wrote:

"jackjack_k;c-15665561" wrote:

"@aws200;15665142" wrote:
So at least another 5-8 stuff packs, 2-4 game packs, and 1 expansion pack before end of 2018. Alright doesn't matter when it ends though. As long as they take their time with the next game and not rush it or attempt to make another Sims Online then realize people don't want always online DRM via Sim City 2013 therefore scrap the original product (Olympus) and make a new game in under a year with excuses as to why its not good as the past base games. Just take the time to make something good, a true sequel. As for Sims 4....eh its not going places after all these years so another year or two of content won't make a difference. Still lack so much base game features/content from past games after about three years. To which I doubt we will ever see in Sims 4 since there's so many issues and limitations as even the developers have admitted to. Such as beards and lounge chairs are harder to make than in the past.
http://i.imgur.com/2yzdF15.png
This is actually upsetting. If a sequel is more limiting then how can it be more fun than the last game?

You obviously didn't understand the context of her tweet, lmao.
The Sims 3 wasn't limited because they used The Sims 2 engine.
The Sims 4 has started from Scratch.

They added beards in Get Together.

*Olympus

Nope.

The person who confirmed Olympus (Patrick Kelly) literally said that Olympus was a 2D game separate from The Sims 4, and was scrapped early on. The Sims 4 was a seperate game. But shared the same "look" which is why people assumed The Sims 4 was Olympus.

Patrick Kelly confirmed The Sims 4 started from a whole new engine :)

It's just a misconception amongst Simmers who have heard about it through chinese whispers.

"joseandchocolate;c-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 :)

In order to get the full input of the community, the decision making processes are taking longer -- I'd expect that in house it only takes a week or maybe two for them to choose a theme, review art styles and choose one, and brainstorm about the type of objects (they can do the brainstorming while the concept artists work on their drawings most likely). Then it takes about 6 months to create the meshes, program the animations (especially for the new gameplay object(s) ) and any new interactions or moodlets for the Sims. Then testing to make sure there are no game-breaking bugs (and even with testing things can sometimes slip through). We'll see other stuff packs between now and when the "community" SP releases, as well as the Family GP and an EP in the fall.

I think TS4 will last at least 5 years.

Well...The Sims 4 has to last longer!
Cause I still need my fairies and a beautiful tropical island vacation spot. ;)

"jackjack_k;c-15710786" wrote:

"@Ciarassims;c-15710545" wrote:

"jackjack_k;c-15665561" wrote:

"@aws200;15665142" wrote:
So at least another 5-8 stuff packs, 2-4 game packs, and 1 expansion pack before end of 2018. Alright doesn't matter when it ends though. As long as they take their time with the next game and not rush it or attempt to make another Sims Online then realize people don't want always online DRM via Sim City 2013 therefore scrap the original product (Olympus) and make a new game in under a year with excuses as to why its not good as the past base games. Just take the time to make something good, a true sequel. As for Sims 4....eh its not going places after all these years so another year or two of content won't make a difference. Still lack so much base game features/content from past games after about three years. To which I doubt we will ever see in Sims 4 since there's so many issues and limitations as even the developers have admitted to. Such as beards and lounge chairs are harder to make than in the past.
http://i.imgur.com/2yzdF15.png
This is actually upsetting. If a sequel is more limiting then how can it be more fun than the last game?

You obviously didn't understand the context of her tweet, lmao.
The Sims 3 wasn't limited because they used The Sims 2 engine.
The Sims 4 has started from Scratch.

They added beards in Get Together.

*Olympus

Nope.

The person who confirmed Olympus (Patrick Kelly) literally said that Olympus was a 2D game separate from The Sims 4, and was scrapped early on. The Sims 4 was a seperate game. But shared the same "look" which is why people assumed The Sims 4 was Olympus.

Patrick Kelly confirmed The Sims 4 started from a whole new engine :)

It's just a misconception amongst Simmers who have heard about it through chinese whispers.

Ahem-
This is by far one of the most exaggerated, and untrue posts I have ever seen from you dude. First of all, PK never said Olympus was 2D and he never, ever, ever said that Olympus was a completely different game than The Sims 4. He actually said quite the opposite, and the visual mock ups we have show what, a 3D game??

Sims 4 as an online game failed during development, so they changed course and made it into an offline game with the scraps of what they had. Seriously, that is what Patrick Kelly shared, nothing more. If you have some sort of legitimate source please share, but your anonymous forum post from another website is not legit. Your theory is not legit, because it does not work with the realities of game development.

The only one assuming anything here is you, and you are assuming that people will buy your fabricated, nonsensical, totally unbelievable conspiracy theory. The Sims 4 started out as an online game, there is code remaining from the online game in the offline game we have today. Enough is enough, instead of using your energy creating stories to deny that fact, how about you suck it up and get over it? Trying to make people think it never happened doesn't make Sims 4 a better game.

Last time I snooped around the history behind the Sims 4, it started out as an online project called Olympus, but ended up taking a completely different direction (offline gameplay) after SimCity 2013 failed miserably.

So yeah, no idea where that "2D gameplay" stuff came from because all the leaked stuff is in 3D and looks just like TS4, but with awful polygon counts and gloomy environments.

And then there's that Sims Icarus thing...

EA has said if Sims 4 isn't enough of a success, there won't be a Sims 5. So if they aren't going to make a Sims 5, they're going to milk Sims 4 like crazy. Why wouldn't they? That's what they always do with Sims games.