Check out some other threads where the multiplayer/free-to-enter aspect of this next generation game has been discussed:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1008514/job-posting-multiplayer-gameplay-software-engineer/p1
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1008951/i-think-people-are-confuse-on-what-mmo-vs-multiplayer-is/p1
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1011762/the-sims-multiplayer-explained-radio-times-podcast-with-lyndsay-pearson/p1
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1011020/i-think-making-the-game-free-is-smart-move/p1
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1009859/project-rene-what-is-the-difference-in-ftp-and-fte/p1
