I hope TS5 won't be released before TS4 is fixed.

I would like the Sims 4 to be complete and all bugs fixed before they stop support of it, but with EA's track record I don't hold out much hope for that happening.

I hoped it was going to be that way with the Sims 3 too, but didn't happen. I just hope they take their time on making the Sims 5 a more stable base game than the Sims 3 and 4 was. I do know if the Sims 5 goes the MMO route, bugs will increase just because there is so much more code that has to go into them to make the servers and chat systems run well and needs to be a more more in-depth moderation system than what forums has.

"Chicklet453681;c-17820402" wrote:

"Marinuttonen;c-17820354" wrote:
Judging from the past, highly unlikely. The Sims 2 still featured bugs that would corrupt your entire game if you went messing with anything related to gravestones / special NPC's, and The Sims 3 needs about 15 mods to even run properly because the game code is faulty to a T, and the worlds are full of unroutable things.

I don't wanna crush your hopes or anything, but EA = only cares about profit, and bugfixes do not generate money, only costs.

That's it in a nustshell! I'm sure some bugs may be hard for them to recreate, but the list of bugs still not fixed from years and years ago by many, many people most definitely could be "recreated' by someone if they were actually looking to see what people are talking about.

But as you said ... bug fixes don't net profit (even tho a smart company, would want to have satisfied customers to retain them and boast about the company and their customer service.)

That is why I have had to send my save files and exception files to them directly before. That way there is proof in the coding of the bug happening and how it happened. Sometimes I share photos too. I have to be very detailed in my bug reports to get them done I've noticed. I just wish there was a more modern bug reporting system than EA has. It's become archaic.

So you don't want Sims 5 to come out at all? That my friends is called a knee slapper, I'll be here all week.

Just let people complain and give feedback in peace and stop playing moral high ground, there is a moderator for a reason if they breach the rules mod will act on those, I see quite often people attacking other people just because they are vocal about some issues, and they themselves who attacked other people also complain a lot when they have an issue of their own.

For me, every version there was something always broken when EA/Maxis moved on to the next and with Sims 4 I quite sure there will be something left broken or an few things.

"Sk8rblaze;c-17820347" wrote:
The Sims 4 is always going to be considered broken to somebody.

I personally agree that it’s missing many things, but I’m also thinking, “well, if it had these features, would I start playing it more?” And, truthfully, I think the answer is an astounding, “no”. The core game is just a recycled snooze fest that I already have in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Emotions aren’t a fun system offering replayability and the rest of TS4’s offerings aren’t enticing to me.

I just feel there is more potential in The Sims 5 than The Sims 4. At the same time, I’m definitely expecting aggressive monetization if the game is any good. I believe The Sims 4 was a little more lenient in the beginning from what was actually planned because of the backlash. Now that they’re hooking people in with a $1 base game charge, they’re going wild with things such as kit packs now.

Sometimes, I am slightly tempted to play this game again, on days I'm out of ideas about my older games and need a break. And even tempted to put up with Origin being cranky to my pc, and even some minor bugs, but then I think about the actual Sim, and I have to agree, the emotion system is so over the top it removes all traits if they have any at all. The skills over shadow the trait personalities to the point they are all the same in the long run if not just temporarily. I almost do it, then I cringe at the thought of the actual Sim's lack of personality so I never did get all the packs and or GPs or even bother to keep up anymore. It's just too much trouble. The kits and or even newer packs I don't have seem slightly interesting some days but then the bug ridden problems in all those packs that remain broken and the Sim itself make me think twice until the point three years have past since the last time I played.