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RENE IS NOT SIMS 5
sam123
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We need to stop calling it that. It is clear with the latest BTS that this game will be a spinoff similar to Life Stories for Sims 2 or Sims Medieval.
Calling it Sims 5 is just going to make more and more people upset when we start learning more information on this game. It's better to settle expectations now.
Calling it Sims 5 is just going to make more and more people upset when we start learning more information on this game. It's better to settle expectations now.
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Every sims iteration is different.2,3 or 4 are not the same games
Lyndsay made reference in the stream to how Rene will be she mentioned the spin off games. They are tempering expectations now so we should assume this will not be TS5.
I personally think it's going to be traditional style sims with packs and DLC and game play but also multi-player/ mobile style gaming. At least that's what it sounds like so far.
Could turn out good or bad depending how it's done. But I think adding a lot of basic things to base game like weather is the right move to make because that is sort a problem with sims4. I feel like the devs are limited because of how split up basic things are in packs. Like cities and apartments being the selling point of City living limits us from getting it in future packs. I still want a better city and better apartments.
So The Sims 4 and Project Rene could repeat this same scheme.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionExactly, How many other spin-offs have dlc? There was I think one, maybe two to the Sims Medieval. But most Spin-off games don't sell near well enough to get DLC. This one is supposed to be Free, so they are putting all of their money on its DLC selling.
They may never name it Sims 5, but to its players I think it will be.
I agree that I do believe it is Sims 5. EA isn't confident it will take off like they thought it would when they started making the game with no competition. Now that Life by You and Paralives are a thing, both with growing potential fan based, they are keeping Sims 4 afloat as a life raft in case they need it to scramble and regroup. But it's definitely supposed to be the Sims 5.
Right, there's definitely a financial component to this given how much Sims 4 is still making money.
They have already referred to Project Rene as the future of The Sims, the next generation. So it's pretty evident that, in some ways, it's The Sims 5.
The Sims 4 became the best-selling game in the franchise and with the largest player base in history, either because the base game is free, but also because the game is available on consoles. It's a very large audience.
It wouldn't be smart for them to abandon The Sims 4 considering its audience, and also the fact that Project Rene will start without all the content we currently have in The Sims 4. There are 9 years of content, and an audience that spans PC and Consoles.
The audience and content created is much larger than in previous generations, making it not worth abandoning a game with so much content released to start all over again in a new game.
Catharina Mallet, General Manager at Maxis, said that its games can last up to 15 years. I take this as a clear insinuation that The Sims 4 could be this long.
Project Rene will probably be released between 2025 or 2026, by which time The Sims 4 will be around 11/12 years old.
It is very likely that when Project Rene is released, they will continue releasing content for The Sims 4 for at least three years.
Three years of simultaneous releases is enough to make Project Rene a strong and attractive game, to show what it came from, and also the strength of its content, and then, yes, to finish The Sims 4.
I think Rene is coming out a LOT sooner than we were expecting. I think Sims 4 will remain supported until Windows breaks it for "security" reasons. Until the last announcement, I thought Rene would be delayed until closer to the breaking of Sims 4. Now that we have been told that they will overlap and that Rene will be free and not so great at the beginning, I expect Rene to be released soon. Maybe very soon.
Wow that was GRIM 😂. But what you mean by Sims 5 won't be possible?
She did say "Year ahead" in that one quote about showing the multiplayer gameplay. Not "Years," as previous guru's have done. It's possible that with LBY and Paralives, the bosses at EA whipped their employees, and its gotten pushed ahead a lot more quickly. It would explain why they stressed a lot of features will not be in it from the start.
Of course Maxis will want to avoid the whole Sims 4 incompleteness, if you asked me. I mean updates are fine, but when they include such fundamental features as an entire life stage... That's bad. Will anyone listen to me, probably not. But I did tell you all.
I caught onto that as well. When Lyndsay said in the "year ahead" singular. This is peculiar.
She made it sound like a separate thing that will work with a Sims game or games (coexist was specifically the word she used). It will be free to download, so all players will be able to use it.
They may choose to call it Sims 5, but based on the description, I doubt it. Something like Sims Sidecar sounds more appropriate.
Sorry. I was trying to be as brief as possible. I really don't want to be annoying to people and I think I have crossed that line with a lot of people. Microsoft has been making a lot of changes. I think they plan to make Windows a subscription like they made Office a subscription. And other changes that they will claim are for "security" reasons. I think it will become increasingly difficult to play games like Sims on Windows. I think only subscription type games will work on a subscription operating system. I don't think EA wants to make the changes that they are making any more than we want the changes. I think they know more than they can reveal to us.
There was some interesting behavior, body language, and voice tones in the video. I do not want to name anyone, but I am on high alert. And when we are unhappy with what I expect to happen, we need to be very careful not to attack EA unless we know for certain that they are the ROOT of the changes.
if this is the case then I am so so disappointed and will most likely stick with TS3 for as long as possible and also try out LBY, etc to see if they are another alternative. All I ever wanted from The Sims franchise was a rework of TS3 with better optimization to run on today's hardware and to have a mix with the CAS details/updates like TS4 offers. I also really really wanted a TSM 2, so them mentioning/comparing Rene to it as a reference really hurt
This logic does not hold water. Games does not have to be subscription based. And PC gaming is an enormously large market. They will not kill it off.