The Sims Summit

"Simmingal;c-18182873" wrote:
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

Well hopefully it'll be awesome news for everyone. A continuation of Sims 4 with lots of new content to come and an announcement of Sims 5 for those who no longer play 4 or those ready to move on. Good news for all! ?

"simmerorigin;c-18182896" wrote:

"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.

I've tried going back and playing TS3 on this game machine and it lags worse than it did on my old non-gaming computer. The old software doesn't like my new hardware I guess. As far as 4 goes, I've been lucky and the bugs have been irritating instead of destructive. But things are trending in the wrong direction with wants and fears because they have the potential to totally wreck my storytelling. My mods are working to keep that in check but I had been trying to use fewer mods and mostly ones that are enhancements, not fixes.

I have a bit of eternal optimist in me, that's why on one hand I would hope that 5 might just be good, but if it goes totally multiplayer, then what I have is it. I would look into other Sims alternatives, but there's just something about the current group of sims I have that I've bonded with and I'm not sure I could recreate that magic again in another game. You could argue that there's no guarantee I would be able to do that with 5. As I type all this I'm thinking about the situation. I really think it's my love for the sims I've created that keeps me going. I may have said it once before, it's them I love not the game itself. That's likely why I carry in spite of the issues.

TS4 is starting to smell like TS3. Meaning, my game kept freezing when I was placing lots yesterday. I wound up having to repair my game and reset the TS4 folder. That seems to have controlled it but it gave me some major TS3 vibes where it was constantly crashing in build mode. The culprit was the spaghetti code and I see that happening with TS4. You can only apply so many Band-Aids (without fixing the core problem) until they stop working. TS4 feels likes it's getting to that point. I'm honestly amazed that it's made it so far.

TS5.... I don't know how I feel about that. I was so resistant to TS4 and now I like it. It has never drawn me in like TS3 did but I'm not 100% sure if that's the game or me just bored with playing sims in general. I'm very worried that it will be multi-player/microtransactions. That seems to be the path that many of these developers are taking. That will be where I get off the Sims train. I have ZERO desire to play multi-player. Just let me have my little sandbox where I decide everything and get to play Goddess of my domain. Stop trying to take that away from me!

I don't trust these "insider". They are either an EA plant leaking stuff to get us to pipe down or it's somebody lying and making things up for attention. We will find out when we find out. Till then? Keep your rumors and whispers, I'm not interested.

It sounds like it will be all about Sims 4, but who knows. Personally I don’t expect Sims 5 at this point, but I will be pleasantly surprised if something about new game was included.

For now it seems they are preparing some big changes for Sims 4 specifically. Could be new type of dlc or maybe graphic overhaul, who knows. I know that many players sort of wish for Sims 5 because they are either disappointed with 4 or just want to have something new to talk about. But imo Sims 5 at this point won’t earn as much money as Sims 4 which has many dlc with highly requested content. Sims 5 will need years to get to the point of having so many ad ons. If they ever launch it, it will be probably along Sims 4 so it can mature and slowly get new content while most players will still enjoy Sims 4. Personally I don’t think that moment is now, but I could be wrong. ?

"Olalla1986;c-18182999" wrote:
It sounds like it will be all about Sims 4, but who knows. Personally I don’t expect Sims 5 at this point, but I will be pleasantly surprised if something about new game was included.

For now it seems they are preparing some big changes for Sims 4 specifically. Could be new type of dlc or maybe graphic overhaul, who knows. I know that many players sort of wish for Sims 5 because they are either disappointed with 4 or just want to have something new to talk about. But imo Sims 5 at this point won’t earn as much money as Sims 4 which has many dlc with highly requested content. Sims 5 will need years to get to the point of having so many ad ons. If they ever launch it, it will be probably along Sims 4 so it can mature and slowly get new content while most players will still enjoy Sims 4. Personally I don’t think that moment is now, but I could be wrong. ?

Here's something that occurred to me while reading your post. What if Sims 4 and Sims 5 are going to run at the same time? They keep Sim4 going for the old, loyal fans of the franchise who don't want multiplayer. Meanwhile Sims 5 is the multiplayer option for those who want it. Sims 4 gets updates and occasional DLC. That would keep in line with all the kits, which take minimal effort, mostly modelers. One EP each year, a couple of GPs and/or pack refreshes each year and kits galore. Pack refreshes would be less manpower than a full blown pack, it allows them to address the bugs one pack at a time. The online multis are happy, and us 'dinosaurs' keep our offline sims.

They must be aware of the sentiments about offline vs online here on the forums. @EA_Cade @EA_Mari among others I would suspect are keeping them apprised of the thoughts of the community. I would like to think Maxis and EA both realize that without us loyal simmers the future of the franchise may not be so rosy. So this free them up from having to make Sims 5 both online and offline.

Just some thinking out loud, stream of consciousness style.

What if the "Big News" is they're bringing back cars or free'd babies?

That would certainly be worthy of all the hyping up.

"Chicklet453681;c-18183112" wrote:
What if the "Big News" is they're bringing back cars or free'd babies?

That would certainly be worthy of all the hyping up.

I'd be hyped if I knew they worked well on release. :)

"Chicklet453681;c-18183112" wrote:
What if the "Big News" is they're bringing back cars or free'd babies?

That would certainly be worthy of all the hyping up.

I’m really hoping it’s that cause if not, if they plan on bringing in new players by giving away ts4 for free, they best be ready for more demands on cars and freed babies

"Chicklet453681;c-18183112" wrote:
What if the "Big News" is they're bringing back cars or free'd babies?

That would certainly be worthy of all the hyping up.

plot twist: they are bringing cars... for babies

put the baby in and weeeeee they're free and disappear off the lot

"DaniRose2143;c-18183015" wrote:


Here's something that occurred to me while reading your post. What if Sims 4 and Sims 5 are going to run at the same time? They keep Sim4 going for the old, loyal fans of the franchise who don't want multiplayer. Meanwhile Sims 5 is the multiplayer option for those who want it. Sims 4 gets updates and occasional DLC. That would keep in line with all the kits, which take minimal effort, mostly modelers. One EP each year, a couple of GPs and/or pack refreshes each year and kits galore. Pack refreshes would be less manpower than a full blown pack, it allows them to address the bugs one pack at a time. The online multis are happy, and us 'dinosaurs' keep our offline sims.

They must be aware of the sentiments about offline vs online here on the forums. @EA_Cade @EA_Mari among others I would suspect are keeping them apprised of the thoughts of the community. I would like to think Maxis and EA both realize that without us loyal simmers the future of the franchise may not be so rosy. So this free them up from having to make Sims 5 both online and offline.

Just some thinking out loud, stream of consciousness style.

I’ve been saying this for a while. If they want TS5 to offer a different Sims experience without losing Simmers who aren’t into that, they could keep TS4 going as the single player version with TS5 being the online version. They didn’t drop Sims FreePlay when they introduced Sims Mobile, so they can keep more than one title going. They may spend the time before TS5 releases getting most of the major gameplay content released for TS4, then drop back to a few yearly EP/ game packs, kits and refreshes going forward.