When Do You Think Sims 4 Will End?

"somethingstellar;c-16297188" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16297135" wrote:

"Prink34320;c-16296227" wrote:
I just don't think I'll be investing in The Sims for a fifth time, The Sims 4 has given me almost everything I've asked for in a Sims game and I likely won't be enticed to buy everything all over again for a fifth time. I honestly hope that they just continue The Sims 4 for many years and make it one of the biggest and best games of the franchise and in the entirety of EA's history. TS5 will come out and people will just be asking for everything we had in previous games again and frankly, I'm over waiting on doing laundry in a life simulator again.

At the risk of unintentionally getting this thread move to Off Topic section, I would invest in TS5, because i like to think outside the box, and there is one trillion more things they can do with Sims and the animations that we have never seen yet. :) (jumping a low level fence to cross a yard, just as important to me as was sitting down by the pool's edge)

I'm truly hoping they wont work on 5 until they can make it VR capable. Just imagine for a second. Virtual. Reality. Sims.
I would just die for this.

I hope they make it optional as not everyone can play VR even if like me they have a pc fully capable of it. I get motion sickness badly in VR use I discovered while testing some VR (HTC Vive) for another company last year. I mean real bad. Never felt that bad ever. So definitely need that optional.

One other thing is keep in mind VR wants a stellar pc system that not all Simmers have either. I am definitely running the system - the problem was me, not the pc. LOL. I know it was awesome though as I couldn't handle it but on the other hand hubby took over and I had to practically fight to get my pc back. He loved it.

"Writin_Reg;c-16297240" wrote:

"somethingstellar;c-16297188" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16297135" wrote:

"Prink34320;c-16296227" wrote:
I just don't think I'll be investing in The Sims for a fifth time, The Sims 4 has given me almost everything I've asked for in a Sims game and I likely won't be enticed to buy everything all over again for a fifth time. I honestly hope that they just continue The Sims 4 for many years and make it one of the biggest and best games of the franchise and in the entirety of EA's history. TS5 will come out and people will just be asking for everything we had in previous games again and frankly, I'm over waiting on doing laundry in a life simulator again.

At the risk of unintentionally getting this thread move to Off Topic section, I would invest in TS5, because i like to think outside the box, and there is one trillion more things they can do with Sims and the animations that we have never seen yet. :) (jumping a low level fence to cross a yard, just as important to me as was sitting down by the pool's edge)

I'm truly hoping they wont work on 5 until they can make it VR capable. Just imagine for a second. Virtual. Reality. Sims.
I would just die for this.

I hope they make it optional as not everyone can play VR even if like me they have a pc fully capable of it. I get motion sickness badly in VR use I discovered while testing some VR for another company last year. I mean real bad. Never felt that bad ever. So definitely need that optional.

Ooooh i never considered that. I have to be already sick and dizzy to get motion sickness.
I guess VR would be super intense for some people.
I wonder if it effects people with epilepsy too

"@drake_mccarty;c-16296658" wrote:
A 35% increase to the active players would be talking about those who bought The Sims 4 base game on console. The PC game is definitely not moving at that rate, it’s almost 4 years old.

Except the last quarter (July-Sept 2017) had a 40% year-to-year active player increase without the console release.

• In The Sims 4, monthly average players are up more than 40% year-over-year, and anticipation is high for the console game launching in Q3. As these communities and many others in our top franchises continue to thrive, our subscription services like EA Access and Origin Access are bringing more players from across our network to join in.

So a 35% increase is actually a smaller growth compared to the last quarter, even if the number is strictly about PC players.

"somethingstellar;c-16297256" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16297240" wrote:

"somethingstellar;c-16297188" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16297135" wrote:

"Prink34320;c-16296227" wrote:
I just don't think I'll be investing in The Sims for a fifth time, The Sims 4 has given me almost everything I've asked for in a Sims game and I likely won't be enticed to buy everything all over again for a fifth time. I honestly hope that they just continue The Sims 4 for many years and make it one of the biggest and best games of the franchise and in the entirety of EA's history. TS5 will come out and people will just be asking for everything we had in previous games again and frankly, I'm over waiting on doing laundry in a life simulator again.

At the risk of unintentionally getting this thread move to Off Topic section, I would invest in TS5, because i like to think outside the box, and there is one trillion more things they can do with Sims and the animations that we have never seen yet. :) (jumping a low level fence to cross a yard, just as important to me as was sitting down by the pool's edge)

I'm truly hoping they wont work on 5 until they can make it VR capable. Just imagine for a second. Virtual. Reality. Sims.
I would just die for this.

I hope they make it optional as not everyone can play VR even if like me they have a pc fully capable of it. I get motion sickness badly in VR use I discovered while testing some VR for another company last year. I mean real bad. Never felt that bad ever. So definitely need that optional.

Ooooh i never considered that. I have to be already sick and dizzy to get motion sickness.
I guess VR would be super intense for some people.
I wonder if it effects people with epilepsy too

I don't know but there is a warning for people with epilepsy. I know if you had that issue they did not allow you to test the VR. So that says to me it is probably an issue.

"elelunicy;c-16297346" wrote:

"@drake_mccarty;c-16296658" wrote:
A 35% increase to the active players would be talking about those who bought The Sims 4 base game on console. The PC game is definitely not moving at that rate, it’s almost 4 years old.

Except the last quarter (July-Sept 2017) had a 40% year-to-year active player increase without the console release.

• In The Sims 4, monthly average players are up more than 40% year-over-year, and anticipation is high for the console game launching in Q3. As these communities and many others in our top franchises continue to thrive, our subscription services like EA Access and Origin Access are bringing more players from across our network to join in.

So a 35% increase is actually a smaller growth compared to the last quarter, even if the number is strictly about PC players.

Well I just know Andrew was real pleased with the Sims 4, live service and the long term future of this franchise.

"Writin_Reg;c-16297240" wrote:

"somethingstellar;c-16297188" wrote:

"Cinebar;c-16297135" wrote:

"Prink34320;c-16296227" wrote:
I just don't think I'll be investing in The Sims for a fifth time, The Sims 4 has given me almost everything I've asked for in a Sims game and I likely won't be enticed to buy everything all over again for a fifth time. I honestly hope that they just continue The Sims 4 for many years and make it one of the biggest and best games of the franchise and in the entirety of EA's history. TS5 will come out and people will just be asking for everything we had in previous games again and frankly, I'm over waiting on doing laundry in a life simulator again.

At the risk of unintentionally getting this thread move to Off Topic section, I would invest in TS5, because i like to think outside the box, and there is one trillion more things they can do with Sims and the animations that we have never seen yet. :) (jumping a low level fence to cross a yard, just as important to me as was sitting down by the pool's edge)

I'm truly hoping they wont work on 5 until they can make it VR capable. Just imagine for a second. Virtual. Reality. Sims.
I would just die for this.

I hope they make it optional as not everyone can play VR even if like me they have a pc fully capable of it. I get motion sickness badly in VR use I discovered while testing some VR (HTC Vive) for another company last year. I mean real bad. Never felt that bad ever. So definitely need that optional.

One other thing is keep in mind VR wants a stellar pc system that not all Simmers have either. I am definitely running the system - the problem was me, not the pc. LOL. I know it was awesome though as I couldn't handle it but on the other hand hubby took over and I had to practically fight to get my pc back. He loved it.

I don't get motion sick from it (so far) but I did have my headset on a little crooked one time and felt queasy immediately.
Having a VR headset has made me think about playing The Sims in VR. It would be cool to have a VR mode where you can inject yourself into the game to observe and interact with your sims. It would love if I could play mini games with my sims like bowling, ping pong, miniature golf, etc.

If would be cool if EA could use the Ansel system from Nvidia for The Sims 4.
This allows you to take a 360 degree stereoscopic image in the game space so you can view it in VR. It's a static image, but it does a good job of putting you in the space.

I did try playing The Sims 4 on a virtual desktop inside VR. It was cool having a virtual monitor as a large as a wall, but my mouse movement was highly sensitive and I didn't bother with adjusting things to make it playable. I did hang up a few TS4 pictures in my virtual space though.

My hubby got an Oculus Rift a few months ago. He was hoping to be able to do VR in Second Life, but Linden Labs, who developed SL, decided not to make SL VR-compatible for now. He does get queasy at times, playing different games but he still enjoys it.

VR in Sims would be very cool. It would awesome to walk through our Sims' homes. Sometimes I "tab" through a home to get the feel of immersion, but VR is a whole 'nother level.

"Dannydanbo;c-16294429" wrote:
4:37 P.M.

lol

Actually was just thinking what would be cool in Sims 5 is if we could make sims using real full length photos of ourselves but dress them up and play them in the Sims world....is that weird?

"shadyladynz;c-16299729" wrote:
Actually was just thinking what would be cool in Sims 5 is if we could make sims using real full length photos of ourselves but dress them up and play them in the Sims world....is that weird?

I would love this. I remember my son being able to do this quite a few years ago with a golfing console game. It was really cool seeing him playing in the game. It was pretty accurate too. I've never been able to make really unique looking sims so the ability to upload photos would be nice.