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‘The Sims 5’ hints of a massive multiplayer feature and new platforms *rumour*
king_of_simcity7
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From an Australian site this seems to be pure speculation if anything and not much that hasn't been discussed before so not really much in the way of a hint but possibly worth a read if it has not done the rounds already.
Worth to mention it seems that the 'multiplayer' hints here seem to be more on the writers own opinion and might not actually mean anything:
https://micky.com.au/the-sims-5-rumors-multiplayer/
Worth to mention it seems that the 'multiplayer' hints here seem to be more on the writers own opinion and might not actually mean anything:
https://micky.com.au/the-sims-5-rumors-multiplayer/
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Some valid points are raised: multiplayer games are popular, some players do want to be able to play that way (the multiplayer mod is maybe not the most popular but it's still got its fans), there are those who think it's definitely time for TS5.
But the bottom line is as you said: it's nothing but speculation at this point.
I can see that multiplayer games are popular but I am yet to see evidence that it would work in The Sims. As of yet it seems that no one is asking for it so I fear that 'rumours' of this kind might be trying to influence that method of gameplay
Watch as a huge number of Simmers turn away if there is even a mention of not being able to play as single player!
The multiplayer mod existed way before that one interview, so yeah, there are people who are asking for it.
Whether it would work in The Sims is another thing. It would really depend on how it's implemented.
Online/multiplayer only? That's not going to go down well at all. The single player mode is a staple and I think making the next iteration only multiplayer would be a big mistake (and I'm not the only one, a huge amount of current players would not want that).
Two simultaneous projects (with a possibility of transfer of lots/Sims maybe) where one is online and multiplayer and the other is single player? That might work, but would probably require an expansion of the teams working on it for obvious time/man-hours/resources reasons.
A single player base with multiplayer elements? Collaborations possible via the Gallery, ability to build together, community areas (a la Sims Mobile) - things that are purely optional. That might work. It would inevitably come with complaints that the multiplayer parts are taking resources from single player.
I think ever since The Sims Online times (and Second Life and any other simulation that is/was online), there have been rumors and the potential for something multiplayer, in the community and in EA. With the increased popularity of games becoming a way to socialize, it's not going to be brought up less. Bringing it up this way is a chance for them to watch the response and see how the community sees it (no guarantees though, since the powers that be can still go ahead with whatever they think is right).
Personally, I am not a fan of the model that iOS/Android Sims has - needing to find friends to be able to do certain aspects of the game. I hope that's *not* the direction this is heading but rationally I think it might be (return of the store, fractioned packs for a higher price, microtransactions etc) because it's profitable. For me, the risks and costs are too high.
(would you want to invest in a game that might disappear at the drop of a hat? it's happened to many a mobile game and it's infuriating)
tl;dr: there is some sort of demand for a multiplayer Sims game and whether it would or wouldn't work is something we might not know until it actually happens.
(apologies about the rambling, it's a topic that gets me thinking)
If there is a multiplayer it must be a side project only at least to even test the waters. A gallery is no problem as that really works in a similar way to the old exchange so that feature it self has been proven to work but I do fear that even if there was two be two variants than prior to launch would their focus be on promoting multi player more? Would they favour those with more responses to multi player and answer those questions first? Would Twitter be awash with new multi player fans who would get all the updates first? If so then I think us single players will have a serious problem on our hands!
Forcing Sims players online would be a massive misstep and hopefully, the SimCity experience taught the devs that.
SimCity also fell (iirc) partly on the fact that the servers simply couldn't deal with the number of players. The stability of any online feature has to be a must, as well as the accessibility of servers for a big amount of potential players at all times. We've seen enough downtime of the existing online features (Origin, gallery, forums, etc) that this needs to be a big concern when it comes to development.
If the regular and online Sims are separate (however potentially connectable) games, it will absolutely come up that one is getting more or sooner. We see it with Freeplay vs TS4, not always in a reasonable way - they're made by different studios, require different coding, have been out for different amounts of time, have different upsides and downsides - where FP is brought up as "why don't we have this in TS4 yet?".
We also see it with the differences between PC/Mac and consoles. The latter have been way behind on so many things, including base game release, but the team has progressed now to where the releases are almost parallel, which gives me hope for other similar issues that might crop up.
I think there's a way to bring some form of multiplayer to the franchise but without question, it needs to be optional and secondary to the single-player core.
(while they're at the musing over online features, I'd love to see them bring back to TS4, preferably without a time limit, the live quests that many players missed out on. But that's off-topic to this thread)
I am hoping that lessons would have been learnt and TS5 would be designed as an actual Sims game and not something that has been recycled
https://simscommunity.info/2020/01/31/eas-ceo-confirms-a-next-generation-sims-game-might-have-both-single-player-and-multiplayer/
I would not worry about that just yet. People still have time to update their PCs if they want to near the time.
I do think that in the long term modern PCs will be able to manage later releases as the jumps between advances are not quite as fast as they were ten to fifteen years ago
No idea. Is their a connection between medicine and The Sims that we have not picked up on yet?
I suspect the question is more, is there a connection between Sims 5 speculation and reality.
Well all we can do is just speculate at the moment. Something is going on behind the scenes but we are always the last to know