I think people are confuse on what mmo vs multiplayer is?

My perspective is that in the (imaginary, untrue) hypothetical that the Sims 5 is created to be single-player, there is a low probability that EAxis releases a fully fleshed-out base game with charm, attention-to-detail, and that feels like a natural continuation of Sims 1, 2, and 3.

In the (actual) scenario that EAxis has to make a single-player base game AND all of the multiplayer /cross-platform/mobile elements, that probability of success is even lower.