Why does everybody hate the idea of multiplayer in TS5?

I don’t think Sims is the type of game that really works as a multiplayer game. Someone who just wants the traditional Sims experience loses more than they stand to gain from a multiplayer mode. Sims 4 doesn’t support a lot of features, and at launch supported even less than it does now.. all to accommodate multiplayer. Having a single player mode doesn’t make the game like an offline game, just blocks other players from joining. Look at SimCity if you want to see how EA handles online multiplayer simulation games.