Sims 5 is Internet-Only, Cloud-Based Subscription Game?

Anybody using Origin and getting through to the Gallery should notice that the server they are using has only a few thousand using it when they do. I used to find about 75 thousand plus on there a few months ago and now I find only about 7 thousand there each time.
EA/Maxis is already getting ready for Sims 5 and probably experimenting, putting many more local servers to use for it when it comes out.

I was commenting on a Cloud version several years ago here. Nobody seemed to find it viable. I did.