Alright, here we are again. It's been more than 8 years since the release of the 4th generation of The Sims and now here we are - officially speculating about the 5th generation of the game (Project Rene). I personally think they will call it The Sims 5, especially if its going to have DLCs (EPs and SPs). Now lemme ask all of you - when do you think we will hear more about it + when will they announce it as a Sims game + release date ? I personally think they will call it The Sims 5 (as i said xD), we will hear more about it next year (3-4 times), it will get officially announced as The Sims 5 on a big gaming event (E3, gamescom) in 2024 with a release date of 2025 - 2(5)th anniversary of The Sims, 202(5), The Sims (5). All those 5s xD.*Also - a really possible timeline is everything above but +1 year (2025 announcement, 2026 release)

I have a feeling the new game is sort of like a rebrand of the entire franchise and so will probably just call it The Sims. I would like it to be called Sims 5 but I don't really mind. All I care about is having extremely better sims AI and really good graphics but the fact they are developing this with the thought of integrating your phone with the game makes my hopes pretty low. I have absolutely no idea who would personally use a feature like that lmao. Imagine like your on the bus and you think to yourself "omg I need to place a couch in my game" like what?? :D The phone thing is a slippery slope and can really destroy this game before it's even out.

"TheBoyXP;c-18194256" wrote:"LeGardePourpre;c-18194253" wrote:"the couple of years", "the next few years", early announcement of 2 TS4 EP, ... I would say in 2 or 3 years, 2024 or 2025.The studio usually stops creating content 1 years before the release date of a new game.Yup, that's what I think too. They will post sneak peaks and updates through 2023 and 2024.Also did you guys notice they added all threads about TS5 into this section? Some of the threads were made months ago is this confirmation of it being called Sims 5 lmao??

"sam123;c-18194261" wrote:"TheBoyXP;c-18194256" wrote:"LeGardePourpre;c-18194253" wrote:"the couple of years", "the next few years", early announcement of 2 TS4 EP, ... I would say in 2 or 3 years, 2024 or 2025.The studio usually stops creating content 1 years before the release date of a new game.Yup, that's what I think too. They will post sneak peaks and updates through 2023 and 2024.Also did you guys notice they added all threads about TS5 into this section? Some of the threads were made months ago is this confirmation of it being called Sims 5 lmao??It's confirmation that I moved all the Sims 5 threads out of Off Topic because I hated putting them there. :)

"IVXXXVI;c-18194286" wrote:They did say that they are going to keep us updated on the game's progress until its release (probably for feedback) and I feel like we will probably hear news about it every 6-9 months or so. I also think the game will be released either at the beginning of 2024 at the earliest or beginning of 2025 at the latest.Off topic but in the preview, the graphics seemed really good for a game that is in its early stages. I'm really interested to see how it's going to look in its final stages. :o Yeah! I know it was just a footage of the very early stage of the game (prototype) but it was really good. The final product will change 100% but it will only be better than what we saw.

"IVXXXVI;c-18194286" wrote:They did say that they are going to keep us updated on the game's progress until its release (probably for feedback) and I feel like we will probably hear news about it every 6-9 months or so. I also think the game will be released either at the beginning of 2024 at the earliest or beginning of 2025 at the latest.Off topic but in the preview, the graphics seemed really good for a game that is in its early stages. I'm really interested to see how it's going to look in its final stages. :o They usually release during the fall so it would be fall 2025 if they release in that year.

Project Rene (The Sims 5) speculation time

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wexxam
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I have a feeling the new game is sort of like a rebrand of the entire franchise and so will probably just call it The Sims.

I would like it to be called Sims 5 but I don't really mind. All I care about is having extremely better sims AI and really good graphics but the fact they are developing this with the thought of integrating your phone with the game makes my hopes pretty low. I have absolutely no idea who would personally use a feature like that lmao. Imagine like your on the bus and you think to yourself "omg I need to place a couch in my game" like what?? :D

The phone thing is a slippery slope and can really destroy this game before it's even out.
TheBoyXP
3 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194253" wrote:
"the couple of years", "the next few years", early announcement of 2 TS4 EP, ... I would say in 2 or 3 years, 2024 or 2025.

The studio usually stops creating content 1 years before the release date of a new game.

Yup, that's what I think too. They will post sneak peaks and updates through 2023 and 2024.
wexxam
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"TheBoyXP;c-18194256" wrote:
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194253" wrote:
"the couple of years", "the next few years", early announcement of 2 TS4 EP, ... I would say in 2 or 3 years, 2024 or 2025.

The studio usually stops creating content 1 years before the release date of a new game.

Yup, that's what I think too. They will post sneak peaks and updates through 2023 and 2024.

Also did you guys notice they added all threads about TS5 into this section? Some of the threads were made months ago is this confirmation of it being called Sims 5 lmao??
EA_Cade
Community Manager
3 years ago
"sam123;c-18194261" wrote:
"TheBoyXP;c-18194256" wrote:
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194253" wrote:
"the couple of years", "the next few years", early announcement of 2 TS4 EP, ... I would say in 2 or 3 years, 2024 or 2025.

The studio usually stops creating content 1 years before the release date of a new game.

Yup, that's what I think too. They will post sneak peaks and updates through 2023 and 2024.

Also did you guys notice they added all threads about TS5 into this section? Some of the threads were made months ago is this confirmation of it being called Sims 5 lmao??

It's confirmation that I moved all the Sims 5 threads out of Off Topic because I hated putting them there. :)
Nodas9
3 years ago
They did say that they are going to keep us updated on the game's progress until its release (probably for feedback) and I feel like we will probably hear news about it every 6-9 months or so. I also think the game will be released either at the beginning of 2024 at the earliest or beginning of 2025 at the latest.

Off topic but in the preview, the graphics seemed really good for a game that is in its early stages. I'm really interested to see how it's going to look in its final stages. :o
TheBoyXP
3 years ago
"IVXXXVI;c-18194286" wrote:
They did say that they are going to keep us updated on the game's progress until its release (probably for feedback) and I feel like we will probably hear news about it every 6-9 months or so. I also think the game will be released either at the beginning of 2024 at the earliest or beginning of 2025 at the latest.

Off topic but in the preview, the graphics seemed really good for a game that is in its early stages. I'm really interested to see how it's going to look in its final stages. :o

Yeah! I know it was just a footage of the very early stage of the game (prototype) but it was really good. The final product will change 100% but it will only be better than what we saw.
Anonymous
3 years ago
"IVXXXVI;c-18194286" wrote:
They did say that they are going to keep us updated on the game's progress until its release (probably for feedback) and I feel like we will probably hear news about it every 6-9 months or so. I also think the game will be released either at the beginning of 2024 at the earliest or beginning of 2025 at the latest.

Off topic but in the preview, the graphics seemed really good for a game that is in its early stages. I'm really interested to see how it's going to look in its final stages. :o

They usually release during the fall so it would be fall 2025 if they release in that year.
Anonymous
3 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194839" wrote:
Previously

The Sims 2 release date was in January 2004 but the game was released in September.
The Sims 3 release date was on February 20, 2009 but the game was released in June.
The Sims 4 release date was for Early 2014 but the game was released in September.

Right, September is a popular month.
Anonymous
3 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194844" wrote:
Possible timeline

2022 Project René is announced
2023
2024 The Sims 5 game is announced
2025 Release date (Live service : the game updates will finish the game during the next years)

Sims 3 started around 2006 and ended up being a 2009 launch.

Sims 4 started around 2010 and ended up with a 2014 launch (note the major pivot in 2013 from multiplayer to a singleplayer game engine, which likely extended the development time).
Madamelee
Legend
3 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194875" wrote:
"@simmerorigin;c-18194852" wrote:
"LeGardePourpre;c-18194844" wrote:
Possible timeline

2022 Project René is announced
2023
2024 The Sims 5 game is announced
2025 Release date (Live service : the game updates will finish the game during the next years)

Sims 3 started around 2006 and ended up being a 2009 launch.

Sims 4 started around 2010 and ended up with a 2014 launch (note the major pivot in 2013 from multiplayer to a singleplayer game engine, which likely extended the development time).

Sims 5 started around 2017

Actually, nope it just started much more recently-that's why they so early on in devlopment