@SimmerGeorge Yes it was confirmed by a Guru I talked to about the Sims 4 being initially an online game. What was weird is that it wasn't supposed to be public knowledge for I don't know what reason. But yes SimCity 2013 happened which caused the Sims 4 to turn into an offline game last minute. I know the CEO of EA wants to try again with the Sims 5.
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/890611-the-sims-5-update-eas-ceo-andrew-wilson-on-single-player-multiplayer-components
"As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation across platforms and a cloud-enabled world, you should imagine that while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement motivation, that this notion of social interaction and competition – like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many years ago – will start to become part of the ongoing The Sims experience in the years to come"
So why I don't have that much hope with the Sims 5. End of the day, top dog CEO decides the direction of the Sims franchise.
More about the Sims Olympus:
https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sims_Olympus
I remember seeing trailers about it.
Fun video Iron Seagull did about it too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFmkKNc7DM
If the Sims 4 had ended up being an online game like that, I would not have played it. So if it goes that route again, I will not be continuing with the Sims 5 and will return to the franchise when it goes offline again. I did the whole Gaiaonline thing, that was enough and that site ended up being outdated because the expenses overweighed its worth and site is suffering over inflation issues now.
