I WILL NOT PURCHASE SIMS 5 IF…

With you on that for all the reasons stated. EA/Maxis is not the company of 2000, not even close.

If it is online multiplayer only. I will not purchase it, ever. If they throw in a tiny single player part, or skimp out on single player at all.
Once again, I wont be buying it. or even trying a free trial.

I WILL NOT PURCHASE SIMS 5 IF:
1) There is no single player mode
2) You have to play multiplayer to unlock items
3) Micro-Transactions
4) You can't have a private online game (I don't want strangers popping in and out of my game)
5) You can't use mods or cc
6) You have to be connected to the internet to play in single player mode

And I will wait to buy it till I see how it runs, what's included, what's missing and how well it's reviewed. I didn't buy the Sims 4 till they added Toddlers to game and saw it was running better than it was at launch.

This all also depends on the two new life simulator games in the works. If they do a better job than EA, I probably won't buy the Sims 5.

If it doesn’t have components to it that are necessary. We shouldn’t have to wait for major updates to a game that is suppose to be finished at launch.

Im all for updates that add more to the game but the majority of its depth should be there at launch. The A.I components should be established and finished. The creative “tools should all be there. I think it would be a mistake to make another sim game that felt unfinished at launch.

Especially now that there is going to be competition in the life simulation game genre. The only way I think the next sims game could get away with this is if they release the game early and call it “Early Access, like how it’s competitor “Life By You is doing in September 2023.

But once they launch the game as a actual release, it needs to feel finished and have everything that has the made the prior games feel finished, no skipping life stages, no not adding pools or hot tubs, not adding cars, no skipping things that feel they should be a necessity.

I can’t imagine project Rene handling this game how EA has handled the sims 4 I’m sure they have learned their lesson. but if they haven’t and release an unfinished glitchy game, with it having competition, that might be a deal breaker for me and a lot of us.

I am all for adding components and features to the sims 5 in updates but they need to be features that enrich the game , not features that us as players will say this is obviously a feature that should have been implemented from the get go.

I don't think I have a dealbreaker. Even if the game enforces free will on the sims, story progression on the world and mandatory online on the player, I might give it a shot soon as it becomes reasonably cheap. I just won't contribute to that sweet, sweet preorder and/or launch day money.

Definitely, I would not get it if the game doesn't have a single player "OFFLINE" mode.

If it becomes 100% online or starts requiring internet 100% of the time, I will NOT pay to play it. My internet bill costs money, and the more bandwidth and speed I need, the more money that costs. I need the money to pay for the internet, not the game, at that point.

If it is BOTH a subscription AND DLC, I will not buy the subscription. If there is a subscription, it needs to INCLUDE the price of all DLC released up to that point. The other issue with a subscription: what happens when the service is discontinued? Or if the player cannot afford a subscription for two or 3 months? Health issues are sadly, not unusual among Simmers and especially content creators. In the US, healthcare costs can completely drain a budget. This means less money to go around, especially to costs like games - medicine, food, and shelter are just less important. Period. So, if you stop a subscription, then start it back up 6 months or 2 years later when your situation improves, what happens? Do you lose everything and never get it back once your subscription goes inactive? Subscriptions are a serious disadvantage to many disabled players for this very reason.

If they expect us to play a half-baked single player experience and a fancy multiplayer experience, I still will not pay for the game. Games that require a lot of multiplayer/online cost money just for the internet use, and online servers tend to go down periodically for maintenance or get taken offline permanently once the server owner does not want to maintain it anymore (bye game content).

I know nothing about it, but I have spent a ton of money on sims 4 and I can't afford that for another game. I will probably need to just stick with the one I have already sunk a bunch of money into, ya know?

I don’t plan to immediately run out and buy any of the upcoming simulation games, as none of them seem to be leaning into my style of gameplay and the stories I like to explore. Whoever comes up with the best fantasy gameplay will probably get my attention, eventually. Chances are, that will be TS5, because the others don’t seem to be headed that direction, and occults have always been in The Sims. Complete deal breakers for me will be:

No Single player mode
Subscriptions
No offline option
Micro transactions to unlock game play
Hyper realism
No fantasy/occult play

No matter what, I won’t be an early adopter. I waited for quite awhile before switching from TS3 to TS4. That allows them to get some of the bugginess out of the way, makes more expansions available for a better game experience, and gets me a better price. I can be patient and play TS3 and TS4 until then.

Call me old fashioned or worse but if it isn't more like Sims 3 i won't buy it. I've got Sims 4 and most of the packs and its just unplayable to me. I keep hoping adding content will help but the game just seems super dumbed down and lifeless. I can't put my finger on it exactly but as I just made a fresh attempt at playing and had to go through a whole series of questions during character creation and it felt like filling out a medical history at the doctors office. Then I finally get in game and can barely figure out how to navigate the world. Something about Sims 3 was more simple yet a lot more creative and imaginative. I wish I knew what it was that changed the game so much. I really WANT to enjoy playing again. Can we please just have the Sims 3 open world sandbox experience without all the glitches?