As a veteran player, I don't know what to do anymore...

I have played The Sims 4 since launch, and played The Sims 3 too. Sometimes, if I want to irritate myself or add a challenge, I play without mods. But most of the time, I load the game with some basic mods to enhance current features or add recipes. Rarely do I go overboard and add new features and animations. This keeps things simple when I update the game. So it came as a surprise when I actually couldn't open my saves at all! I'll click to load my current household, and it will send me back to the screen to pick a world to visit. Over and over again. 

Normally, I'd be the first to blame my mods when this happens, but on patch days, that folder is backed up and removed entirely. It's disheartening to see how many simmers have stuck by this game despite its constant issues and bugs, constantly calling for fixes with every broken patch, and now some people can't even open their games. Where is the shame? Where is the proactivity or even the message to say you see and hear the concerns?

It would be one thing if there were plans to start over with a new game with a better foundation and coding system, but to know this game is being run into the ground with no successor in sight? I think I'll call it quits pretty soon. It's bad enough I haven't played the past few months due to depression and not wanting to play anything at all. But to come back, update all the mods and not even be able to play the game without adding them all in? I am sick and tired.