What does the sims future hold?
I wonder what EA will think of next after those new packs? Next they'll tell us they'll bring back pool tables and pinball machines.
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"bixters;c-17499289" wrote:
The future of the Sims franchise in general is pretty bleak.
Knowing EA, you can expect the Sims 4 to go on for a couple more years with mixed levels of success and failure, then the release of a subscription based, always online, micro transaction laden dumpster fire that will most likely be the Sims 5 or simply the "Sims Online" part 2. If you think the Sims 4 is expensive, just you wait for the next iteration. You'll probably be paying real money for a couple chairs!
I think unfortunately subscription based is the next natural progression of this series. They're probably tired of listening to people complain about the prices of DLC, so why have any? Now you can pay for everything in game!
This is the trend of AAA games, from Bethesda to Ubisoft. And EA knows people will buy it, because EA knows how to make money.
I wouldn't bother holding your breath for this series, look at Paralives, which is very early development but holds some promise.
I think Rod Humble's project at Paradox is the most important thing to look out for. Paradox is the perfect company to make a Sims like game in my opinion.
Part 5. Sims Social, Sims Mobile, and Sims Freeplay I didn't enjoy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online
Yeah I heard about Rod Humble's project too. City Skylines and Planet Zoo have been such successful games to take on monopoly simulation games.
