My biggest concern is that the focus will NOT be about gameplay once again, just like TS4's focus is not about that. And it'll have the bare minimum of actual gameplay functions and a lot more on BB/CAS focus.
Have you ever heard of another "game" being described like this:
Per Lyndsay Pearson, Vice President of Franchise Creative for The Sims.
“Today marks the start of our journey over the next few years as we work on this next game and creative platform, currently titled Project Rene.
Those 2 little words right there, immediately makes me think their entire focus will be about building tools (cause you know the devs live on Twitter and that's what they see ...... people sharing/showing off their builds. And CAS, because this version has a LOT of CC creator collabs for CAS items.
Don't get me wrong ..... I do like to build/decorate and create items the game, but you know what else? ....... I actually want to "play" the game too and I need it to be immersive and not just an architecture/dress-up app. I have that already with TS4 so why would I need to re-buy the exact same thing with a shiny new look?