2023 is the last year thats sims is the only life simulation

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18326683" wrote:


What I wonder about:
After 23 years The Sims being (almost) the only (sucessful) life simulation.
Why do they all start now to develop competitors? Why not earlier?

It could be because we didn't really have the technology but I also think that games similar to the sims or games that offer these kind of experiences have become more popular.

5-10 years ago you couldn't really justify making a game with life simulator features or customization, house-building or creating relationships because there was not a lot of successful games that did that. But since then there have been more people interested in these kind of features with successful games like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, Valheim, Minecraft, Roblox etc. And even different types of games like action-adventure games likes to include the ability for you to customize your home with different furniture and things like that.

Even elder scrolls have the ability gor you to get married and adopt children

"logion;c-18326715" wrote:

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18326683" wrote:


What I wonder about:
After 23 years The Sims being (almost) the only (sucessful) life simulation.
Why do they all start now to develop competitors? Why not earlier?

It could be because we didn't really have the technology but I also think that games similar to the sims or games that offer these kind of experiences have become more popular.

5-10 years ago you couldn't really justify making a game with life simulator features or customization, house-building or creating relationships because there was not a lot of successful games that did that. But since then there have been more people interested in these kind of features with successful games like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, Valheim, Minecraft, Roblox etc. And even different types of games like action-adventure games likes to include the ability for you to customize your home with different furniture and things like that.

Also gaming environment is more common than it was 10-15 years ago.Games are not as niche they were.

I'd say the weakness of Sims 4 and its endless limitations made these companies see the open spot because Sims 4 excluded a huge portion of the fan base. Games like Minecraft that let you build every single detail of your world are popular for a reason we went from create your own world in Sims 2 and 3 to here's your tiny predesigned world in which you can change nothing but what inside 12 lots or less.

Yeah I guess it was about time the Sims get serious competition. I mean it won't hurt having more options. My money is always open for new and innovative games.

This is most def what we all know TS needs: actual competition. Clearly, EA has been profiting tremendously off the fact that no rivals existed and if we wanted this type of gameplay we could either take what they offered or nothing.

Given who's working on it I am most interested in LBY, closely followed by PL and Inzoi. I just really hope one of them's gonna give us the sims game we actually want. Because so far my faith in TS5 isn't very high.

"ChadSims2;c-18326833" wrote:
I'd say the weakness of Sims 4 and its endless limitations made these companies see the open spot because Sims 4 excluded a huge portion of the fan base. Games like Minecraft that let you build every single detail of your world are popular for a reason we went from create your own world in Sims 2 and 3 to here's your tiny predesigned world in which you can change nothing but what inside 12 lots or less.

This!!

And yet none of them seem interested in adding any of the fun or whimsy that The Sims has. Just the boring realities of life. I sincerely hope having competition does not push The Sims franchise even further into the realms of reality.

I fear that competition might kill The Sims off entirely. I mean they're not really delivering the same quality or variety previous Sims games had. How likely is it they will suddenly offer more while earning less due to competition?
Competition ist good for those players wanting to move on to another LifeSim. I'd personally rather see the Sims franchise thrive again.

Which would require a change in underlying philosophy to one more akin to that extant in the prior versions. Not all issues can be traced to Olympus.