Why does everybody hate the idea of multiplayer in TS5?

I think this may be the answer to the viability of single player gameplay in The Sims franchise now and into the future:

https://gamerant.com/cyberpunk-2077-steam-concurrent-players/

Can you imagine the microtransactions? EA would have a field day. Not to mention the p-philes lurking or extremely rude or innapropriate people.stay single player please

I think I have posted in a similar thread already, but I will post here too.

I rarely hate, but I would not buy a multiplayer game, for several reasons:

I see no reason why the things I enjoy doing in game, like building lots and societies, would be executed better in a multiplayer mode.

Considering the extreme negativity exhibited by every forum focused on sims (Carl's and Pam's excluded); I don’t see how the attitude would be any different in multiplayer mode.

I am an adult, but this game is directed to children. I do not wish to engage with children in such a way. I also agree with the concern for their well-being; and gathering from how the EA forums are managed I do not expect it to be well handled. I recently read about the Game Changer situation, and am not surprised that this is what can happen from such a system, nor about how it was handled by EA.

I don't think an online version of Sims 5 would be "inclusive" Like now it would get elite groups who get all the "Faves" and only talk amongst one another and new players wouldn't get a look in.

Mods, cc and moo would probably be rejected as virus/trojan possibles or could create havoc like that certain doll in one of the iterations.

Flame wars starting in the Official Forums against certain players.......

It would also have to go 18 plus to protect EA/Maxis from anybody grooming the under 18s and under 18s are the group this game appeals to most at the start.

Because I hate people and don't like to share my toys?
I'm sure you're all great people, but I don't want you anywhere near my game, it's for me and me only.

If Sims 5 has ANY semblance of multiplayer I will definitely not be buying it. All the resources and effort will go into developing the multiplayer and people who just want to play by themselves will get a stripped, watered down experience in the best case scenario. Also I really don't see the need to include friends of strangers in my Sims game? Even if you take Animal Crossing as an example, there's really nothing you can do for fun together when someone visits your island.

By multiplayer, I mean having the ability to play with your friends. I don’t think having online servers open to all players is a good idea. It simply wouldn’t work as not everybody would follow the rules. Ideally, you’d have an invite code that you could simply send to your friend, thus allowing them to join your world—this sounds like the easiest way. Oh, and this argument of “older people playing with younger people”/“romance would need to be removed from the game” is absurd.

"CaptainElsa;c-17424645" wrote:
To throw my hat in, there already exists a version of the sims as an online multi-player. It's called Second Life. Not to sound glib but try playing that and then see why we don't want it.

Second Life has public servers. Would this work for The Sims? Absolutely not. Would having your own private server where you could send an invite code to your friends so they’re able to join you work? Yup! I should have mentioned in my original post that I don’t think that The Sims should have public servers. This is basically the same argument that everybody makes over, and over again; that it wouldn’t work because people wouldn’t follow the rules. Look at games like Minecraft, and Stardew Valley. These games both allow for multiplayer and they’re thriving. Why? Because they give players the option of who they actually want to play with. I think that this would work for The Sims.