I WILL NOT PURCHASE SIMS 5 IF…

"Dkaffe;c-18195140" wrote:
Considering that developement is in these early stages, I think it would be wild to assume too much right away. I'd wager that you'll have your standard singleplayer experience in whatever way you prefer -- but with the multiplayer or simply multiplayer features on top of that. I'm thinking couch co-op gameplay but without the requirement of a couch and from whatever device you prefer to play with. ?

But any point in regards to costs is highly important. In the triple A gaming industry it is all about maximizing profits; that definitely leaves the question on additional monetization. Season Passes are one of the go-to ways currently but that wouldn't really work well with a Sims game. It's unfortunate that we don't really have any statistic on how successful the Sims 4 monetization was. I'm not completeley sure but I assume it's somewhere around 1.000$ to have the full retail Sims 4 experience, and that is expensive compared to the amount of content you receive. ?

In the end that Rene announcement leaves more questions than answers and only time will tell what they are truly planning.

None of what I'm about to say is directed at you @Dkaffe. I want to state that from the start. I want to address the cross platform aspect and you presented an opening.

One of my remaining worries, and as you pointed out it's very early in development and subject to change, is that one feature. More tech savvy simmers than me pointed out something that I never considered about a multi-platform connected game. It's only going to be as strong as its weakest link, and as much as mobile devices are computers they aren't on the same level of processing power as a PC, Mac or console. That's a huge worry for everybody except mobile gamers. Smart phones and mobile devices aren't cheap but they are compared to a good computer that has any hope of running the game at max graphics. I'm not against linking PCs, Macs, and consoles, but mobile devices should still be considered an entirely different and separate game from the rest. Their game shouldn't be linked to the rest since it will drag the other three down to their processing level. If people want to play The Sims with their friend who's on a mobile device both of them can use their mobile device and play The Sims Mobile together. If the devs can pull off this four-way game more power to them, but it seems like it's an uphill battle.