What do you want

I'm not really sure what you mean by 'recode'. They are an odd set of questions.

I'm going to say what I said before....if they can 180 this game into not being an epic bore, and improve it, then I'm all for TS4 continuing. If not just go with TS5.

The community has given thousands and thousands of feedback, if there are problems, and there are, they know exactly what to do.

None of the choices fit me. I don't want five more years of Sims 4, but I'm not ready to move to Sims 5 - IF I do at all. I feel like 2020 is going to be crazy with planned schedules due to the craziness and turmoil the world is in right now, so it may be that 2020 might not be anything at all like what it was planned to be. Before said craziness happened I figured we'd get a full 2020 and maybe a little in 2021. Given the changes...I'd be up for another two years of Sims 4 product, into early 2022. Maybe I've got low expectations but I'm fine with 2020 bringing us one SP, GP and EP each. Normally I'd want more but the world is upside down right now. Expectations should likely be adjusted to what is "normal"

The Sims 2 is superior. When we see lists of what people want, the majority is just old nostalgic stuff from TS2 and 3. Bring me a TS5 with TS2 gameplay and detail (+ babies and toddlers), TS3's open world and color wheel, and TS4's level of graphics and AI.

Honestly no matter what they do I'm not buying Sims 5. The game industry keeps cutting more and more features from their sequels, and as TS3 showed versus TS2, and what TS4 showed versus TS3, that trend is likely to continue. Not to mention the target audience loves Young Adult gameplay, and the devs prioritize that to the detriment of every other age.

I'm also not interested in buying Pets, Seasons, University, Vampires, Magic and Celebrities AGAIN. I'm sick of the constant repeats. We're at the point where SOME of this content should be in the base game already. Pets and weather, if not a seasonal cycle, at the very least.

TS4 isn't a perfect game by any means, but it's better than TS5 will be at launch. It's also still incredibly profitable; why launch a new game when console's been out for maybe a year or so, and people are still buying it on PC?

Mine is kind of a hybrid. I feel the game could refine what made older games so great, as well as add in some new ones that have never before been featured. With the way tech and AI is, I'd love to be able to upload a photo, and have the game make a Sim based on it, without the headaches of DIY.

Having just gotten into TS2, he Sims themselves and their detailed animations are really what makes that game for me. TS3 has open worlds, the cars from TS2, and large worlds (and no short supply of decent lots). TS4 has a CAS that is a bit easier to learn, and Build/Buy is easier to use, and is lacking a ton of stuff. In both TS2 and TS3, one can make worlds from scratch. TS4, you're stuck with the pitiful worlds the game has. Worlds are tiny, Sims are stupid, and they teleport everywhere. It's missing most of the base game features of prior games. Some of it (restaurants, Repo Men) have been bundled with packs, yet the majority of it (esp police and fire NPCs) are still missing. And, there's really no "town" area. What restaurants and stores exist in my game were built by me thanks to Get to Work and Dine Out. I've never gotten just why bars and nightclubs are a base game thing in TS4, but many community staples are not (and besides, I live in a town where there are ordinances banning nightclubs and bars; but restaurants can serve alcohol).

Well, given the list of options, the "bring on the The Sims 5" option is the best fit for me. Have to say though, that comes with a HUGE caveat: TS5 needs to take the game back to elements from TS2 and TS3 that have been cut from the TS4 iteration. I'd like to see an open world and Create-A-Style customizations back, but more importantly, they simply need to put more resources into animations to create Sims with all the little touches they once had in the previous games. (And there were just so many MORE animations and interactions!)

If Maxis is unable or simply unwilling to do this, then honestly, I'd rather change my response to "Just let the series die after TS4." I'm definitely not willing to pay for another whole game and set of packs that can't manage to even do half the things that were possible in the older installments.

Just let the Sims 4 die and start over from scratch.

And above all: Take TIME. Even if it takes years to develop an amazing base game, go for it.

''A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.''

Honestly, since I've become the one that pays for the game: I don't want it to end. When I grew up I played TS1 and TS2 and my parents paid for the game or gave EP's as birthday presents etc, and at that time I always wanted the newest game or iteration. But now as an adult I'm tired of spending so much money on something that's not gonna be improved or have new stuff added to in the end. What I mean is that I won't buy The Sims 5 if they don't completely change the way they bring new content: I'd like something closer to Minecraft that you don't have to buy a new iteration, you just get updates. Maybe a subscription based thingy. I don't know, I just don't see the point in The Sims 5 if it's just gonna be the same content as we have seen in previous iterations. If TS5 comes within the next 3-4 years, I'm gonna feel like I wasted alot of money on TS4 since it's not a complete game by far, and I would not want to repeat that mistake.

Please do not hate :D
I am very happy with the game and imo it could go on forever :).