SIMS 5 - for Real ???

"SimmerGeorge;c-17668910" wrote:
The question is not "if", it's "when". The game is definitely being developed, people just don't know when it will come out.

I hope they take their time and do a solid job at it because if it's anything like the current iteration. I'm done. I'm playing Sims 3 till I can't play it anymore.

"Alwe1507;c-17669396" wrote:

"Cynna;c-17669384" wrote:
If Paradox or even Paralives comes out with a better Sim than EA/Maxis can offer, I suspect that EA/Maxis will release a completely online version of The Sims, hoping to provide a "new and exciting" experience. If the online version doesn't fly, they'll throw their hands up in defeat and declare that the audience is no longer interested in a Sims game.

If SimCity is anything to reflect on, I would warn people well away from The Sims online.

Also, I think they'll be one more "phase" before defeat - The Sims 1 or 2 (or both) remastered.

If Sims 2 gets remastered...I'm in... Missed out on that. (Yeah...yeah... I know. I was raising a family...and trying to build up a photography business back then...)

Hell...I hope they put Sims 3 in 64bit too. But doubt that'll happen since it will draw people away from El Quatro. Let's just hope that El Cinqo isn't El Stinko.

"Cynna;c-17672187" wrote:

"SoyokoAnis;c-17670335" wrote:
> @LeCastel wrote:
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> Without a doubt.
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> Electronic Arts Q3 2020 Earnings Call (this doesn't confirm 5, but might show some light on what to expect):
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> And we're also seeing that the competition nature of The Sims is also rising up. And we're seeing people compare and contrast, not competition in the traditional sports sense, but how they create and what they create and how they use their imaginations and what they're able to build inside of their Sims universes. And so as Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation across platforms in a cloud-enabled world, you should imagine that while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self improvement, motivations, that this notion of social interaction and competition, like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims FreePlay -- sorry, in The Sims Online many, many years ago, that they will start to become part of the ongoing Sims experience in the years to come. We're very excited. This is a game that, it really doesn't have any competition in its category for delivering and fulfilling these motivations for players and we think it's a tremendous growth opportunity for us for many, many years to come.


That is very exciting to think about.

They thought that they held the community over a barrel. They had us and we had nowhere else to go, so we'd take whatever they gave us and we'd like it or lump it.

Thankfully, the bolded print is no longer true. We've got options. EA/Maxis had better recognize or die entirely, as the SimCity franchise did.

You can see those who have left to go play Sims 3 to see just how they're reacting. EA really needs to take a good hard look at WHY...and not try to just shove things under a rug...saying "No problems here...really...Don't mind the white elephant sitting in the corner...it's not really here...Sims 4 good... Sims 4 plays really well...SHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"