The Sims Summit

I do wonder what they will talk about during the summit, only announcing that the game will be free will not be much of a summit, and the people watching probably already own the game anyway.

If this summit doesn't result in finally bringing high-speed rail to Riverblossom Hills, then my faith in SimNation will be shaken for good. Commuter traffic has made Welsh Lane a parking lot at rush hour to the point that it takes me an hour just to get to Belle's Boutique and Tailoring to pick up my dry cleaning. I voted for Victor Feng on the promise that he was going to secure funding for the Myshuno-Riverblossom line, and nothing has happened. I guess special interest got to him too. After all, Appaloosa Plains sure got their interstate exit.


I suspect that The Sims 5 might be the big announcement. No doubt it's been in development for a few years now.

Very interesting, Wonder what they'll talk about i kinda think sims 5 could be announced, but watch it be about kits :D .

"CarpeNocheSims;c-18182559" wrote:

"Gordy;c-18182530" wrote:
Summit = Mountain Summit = Dragons

Time to finally announce that dragon pack.

LOL somebody has been watching too much Game of Thrones. I kid, I kid.

I'd love to see some more fantasy creatures. I miss fairies and unicorns. Dragons would be fun, too.

Well winter is coming so :sweat_smile:
I suppose we can change suits into furs and hope for dragons

An "insider" is claiming it's going to be a reveal for the Sims 5

https://twitter.com/Game_Revolution/status/1570371601656614912

The insider also stated:

Grubb noted that while The Sims 5 is set to be revealed in the near future, it still isn’t close to being released. “Expect to hear about The Sims 5 soon, do not expect to be playing it soon, the game is still a very long way off, apparently,” he said during the videocast.

I hope the announcement is something else besides The Sims 5. I hate to be negative, but TS5 worries me. I have a bad feeling that when that day does come, it's going to be the end of an era, the end of the single-player sandbox Sims. My intuition is wrong about as often as it is right, so that's what I pin my hopes on for TS5 to continue the tradition of single-player offline simming. I'm a realist, and the people I know who fit their current target demographic love mobile gaming and online multiplayer. On the other hand the majority of the Sims community still prefers the single-player experience. I don't feel like loyal players who've been playing this game for the last decade, two decades in a lot of cases, have a lot of sway in the direction the future takes unfortunately.

I don't care if they make it multiplayer, just include an offline option for the rest of us, the one's that stayed the course and got them to this point. Without us they wouldn't be developing a Sims 5. The franchise could just as easily have died after 2 or 3 without keeping us coming back. I hope loyalty means something.

well if they gonna reveal Sims 5
that is not Awesome news about The Sims 4
and I will continue to be grumpy in the corner

and if Sims 5 is coming before they fix The Sims 4
you can expect me to find permanent housing in grumpy corner

"simgirl1010;c-18182837" wrote:
The insider also stated:

Grubb noted that while The Sims 5 is set to be revealed in the near future, it still isn’t close to being released. “Expect to hear about The Sims 5 soon, do not expect to be playing it soon, the game is still a very long way off, apparently,” he said during the videocast.

Yep - hence why I said reveal not release. They usually announce the upcoming games a long time before release, it was around 16 months for 3 and 4 so even if they did announce anything we'd be unlikely to see a new game until probably early 2024. They could potentially do another create a sim demo as early as late next year though ?

"DaniRose2143;c-18182841" wrote:
I hope the announcement is something else besides The Sims 5. I hate to be negative, but TS5 worries me. I have a bad feeling that when that day does come, it's going to be the end of an era, the end of the single-player sandbox Sims. My intuition is wrong about as often as it is right, so that's what I pin my hopes on for TS5 to continue the tradition of single-player offline simming. I'm a realist, and the people I know who fit their current target demographic love mobile gaming and online multiplayer. On the other hand the majority of the Sims community still prefers the single-player experience. I don't feel like loyal players who've been playing this game for the last decade, two decades in a lot of cases, have a lot of sway in the direction the future takes unfortunately.

I don't care if they make it multiplayer, just include an offline option for the rest of us, the one's that stayed the course and got them to this point. Without us they wouldn't be developing a Sims 5. The franchise could just as easily have died after 2 or 3 without keeping us coming back. I hope loyalty means something.

Sims 5 doesn't worry me because Sims 4 already worries me. Personally, I don't play TS4 anymore in favor of TS1-3 so I don't think I could be more disappointed with whatever Sims 5 cooks up.