When will The Sims 4 Officially End?

Probably by 2024.

I think of you look at the age if The TS4 engine and the lack of content this year ( COVID hit the industry) and how upset people have been with a lot of the recent contentI think it can’t really go on much longer. I mean the engine is now out of date there are 2 competitors coming up EA really need a new sims to complete in the market place I understand that the sims could rumble on for years but all good things come to an end and I feel that the sun has set or is setting on the Sims 4 time bring on the Sims 5.

Not sure. I'm thinking they'll go on with TS4 for a while and then start the TS5 rollout late next year.

Sims 4 was announced at the 2013 gamescon on August 21st (just over 7 years ago to this day pretty much, this years gamescon starts in a few days!), and then it was released a year later on the 2nd of September 2014. During that time the last Sims 3 pack (Into the Future) was released and that was it until Sims 4 was out.

I'm expecting a similar rollout for TS5. Sadly I don't see them announcing at this years gamescon next weekend but I'm expecting a similar rollout. An announcement, followed by a gradual release of the last couple Sims 4 packs before the Sims 5 gets officially released.

"ChampandGirlie;c-17623467" wrote:
I think it might be a more gradual transition. Eventually the base of the game will need modernization and graphics upgrades.

I do think there's still more in the game to develop. I'd be happier with a gradual transition or rebranding.

Yeah it can be for re-release similar to Grand Theft Auto V. TS4 Can be re-released on PS5 & Xbox Series X

In May we got a tweet from Grant saying that Sims 4 has "mucho mucho years" left when responding to a question about how much longer this game will last. We also recently got a bunch of surveys so I would assume they have plans at least for 3 more years, because they've told us before that they make plans 3 years in advance. So I would guess Sims 4 will last at least until 2023, and after that it really depends on how well it's selling if EA will continue to maintain it or not.

Also, Sims 5 is probably going to be on the next gen of consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X) and those aren't even out yet. They've done so much work to catch up the Sims 4 console players to the PC version, that it would make sense for them to release Sims 5 on both console and PC at the same time. So not only do we need to wait on Sims 5 to be done, we also need to wait on these consoles to come out. They're coming soon, but expecting Sims 5 to release next year or in 2022 when we currently don't have these consoles yet is unrealistic.

I really hope it ends this year or next year. Like LGR said in his last Sims video, The Sims 4 has far overstayed its welcome. There are massive flaws at such a deep level, I know there's no way to fix them (mainly relating to autonomy, traits and personality). They've done everything they could do with such a flawed base game, in my opinion. It's time to MOVE ON.

PS: People who really think it still NEEDS more stuff to feel complete don't really understand it's lacking at a core level. You can't patch in depth. That's something that needs to be there at a foundational level and as a design philosophy.

"Naus;c-17625208" wrote:
I really hope it ends this year or next year. Like LGR said in his last Sims video, The Sims 4 has far overstayed its welcome. There are massive flaws at such a deep level, I know there's no way to fix them (mainly relating to autonomy, traits and personality). They've done everything they could do with such a flawed base game, in my opinion. It's time to MOVE ON.

PS: People who really think it still NEEDS more stuff to feel complete don't really understand it's lacking at a core level. You can't patch in depth. That's something that needs to be there at a foundational level and as a design philosophy.

I agree to some extent; fluffing the game till it breaks is obviously not a good idea. However, I think it's possible to patch in at least some depth. There are a couple of script mods out there that really make a difference and make the Sims themselves truly feel like they have more personality. That proves relatively small modification can freshen up the game. However, that doesn't solve larger problems like traits that don't do anything besides giving more buffs, etc... But yeah, it's flawed.

Hopefully they can get all the bugs fixed, release the last couple packs by the end 2021. The game has been going on for 6 years, longer than sims 3 or 2 and should be a complete game by this time. Also with everything going on with eco living, I'm not comfortable with adding more until they can fix what players are saying is currently broken . Also there are just some limitations the base of the game has that can be redone that's bothering some players.

We need vehicles & garages with more bug fixes please.

They'll keep it going for a couple more years I reckon.