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    What does the sims future hold?

    TurloughdudeTurloughdude Posts: 662 Member
    in The Sims 4 Speculation and Rumor
    I wonder what EA will think of next after those new packs? Next they'll tell us they'll bring back pool tables and pinball machines.

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      rottmeisterrottmeister Posts: 192 Member
      Not sure.

      We recently had a big poll about new worlds, story progression, stores etc. so I suppose we maybe could see some of these features being implemented in the future.

      Absolutely dying for story progression. It's so immersion breaking to see sims age, but not move, get jobs, have babies etc.

      Just like that about 10 random families I created already died. Didn't even play with them yet :/

      Packs wise I dunno......
      I haven't really been following the surveys we've had apart from the most recent one.
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      crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,382 Member
      Turloughdude wrote: »
      I wonder what EA will think of next after those new packs? Next they'll tell us they'll bring back pool tables and pinball machines.

      They should hurry up and give us the pool tables. :D
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      NushnushganayNushnushganay Posts: 9,418 Member
      Throw a bone to those who want consequences, real risk, real competition, surprises, and not to have to force or mod in everything that wouldn't happen on Barney The Dinosaur.
      Racism is EVERYONE's fight #BLM #StopAsianHate
      Let's make Liberty and Justice For All a reality.

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      KaeChan2089KaeChan2089 Posts: 4,944 Member
      Kinda hoping for TS5....

      But other than that I am not sure...
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      ashcrash19ashcrash19 Posts: 4,407 Member
      I'm hoping for horses, farming, winter activities, maybe something traveling to past or future, new base features/fixes and things we haven't thought of yet.
      "Not All Who Wander Are Lost"-Tolkien
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      keekee53keekee53 Posts: 4,328 Member
      Disappointment
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      ClarionOfJoyClarionOfJoy Posts: 1,945 Member
      Not sure I like what EAxis has in store for the future of The Sims. I was looking forward to TS5, but they seem to have their heart set on making it an online multiplayer which I really don't want.

      I'm more hopeful about Paralives and Paradox Tectonic's game to be honest.


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      bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
      The future of the Sims franchise in general is pretty bleak.
      Knowing EA, you can expect the Sims 4 to go on for a couple more years with mixed levels of success and failure, then the release of a subscription based, always online, micro transaction laden dumpster fire that will most likely be the Sims 5 or simply the "Sims Online" part 2. If you think the Sims 4 is expensive, just you wait for the next iteration. You'll probably be paying real money for a couple chairs!
      I think unfortunately subscription based is the next natural progression of this series. They're probably tired of listening to people complain about the prices of DLC, so why have any? Now you can pay for everything in game!
      This is the trend of AAA games, from Bethesda to Ubisoft. And EA knows people will buy it, because EA knows how to make money.

      I wouldn't bother holding your breath for this series, look at Paralives, which is very early development but holds some promise.
      I think Rod Humble's project at Paradox is the most important thing to look out for. Paradox is the perfect company to make a Sims like game in my opinion.
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      bsasinbsasin Posts: 33 Member
      Count me in with the previous posters who mentioned Paralives and Paradox. I’m already a Patreon patron of Paralives, and I will happily drop full game money on preorder from what I’ve seen so far. Some of my favorite games these days are from small indie developers who only have one or two titles, and I’m happy to support Alex Masse. Paradox makes one of my favorite games, Crusader Kings, which I probably play far more than I do Sims 4. Especially with Rod Humble who was at the helm for my favorite iteration of the Sims. Needless to say, I’m very excited. I hope one (or both) of these studios can give me what I really want in a game-some more maturity and consequences and actual gameplay that I don’t have to imagine or force every time. I want a GAME, where things happen in response to my action or inaction, not a digital photo/video creator like the Sims is becoming these days. Then Sims can stay the safe space/storytelling only/online thing it’s trying to be.
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      BradyGalaxyBradyGalaxy Posts: 306 Member
      I've lost hope on the future of The Sims. Sad but true. Eco Living is an example.

      I love The Sims, but I have more faith in the Paralives at this point.
      Proud simmer
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      KaeChan2089KaeChan2089 Posts: 4,944 Member
      keekee53 wrote: »
      Disappointment

      ---^ This made my night xD LOL!
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      keekee53keekee53 Posts: 4,328 Member
      KaeChan2089 wrote: »
      keekee53 wrote: »
      Disappointment

      ---^ This made my night xD LOL!

      :D Sad but true
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      KaeChan2089KaeChan2089 Posts: 4,944 Member
      keekee53 wrote: »
      KaeChan2089 wrote: »
      keekee53 wrote: »
      Disappointment

      ---^ This made my night xD LOL!

      :D Sad but true

      Yep.
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      ScobreScobre Posts: 20,665 Member
      bixters wrote: »
      The future of the Sims franchise in general is pretty bleak.
      Knowing EA, you can expect the Sims 4 to go on for a couple more years with mixed levels of success and failure, then the release of a subscription based, always online, micro transaction laden dumpster fire that will most likely be the Sims 5 or simply the "Sims Online" part 2. If you think the Sims 4 is expensive, just you wait for the next iteration. You'll probably be paying real money for a couple chairs!
      I think unfortunately subscription based is the next natural progression of this series. They're probably tired of listening to people complain about the prices of DLC, so why have any? Now you can pay for everything in game!
      This is the trend of AAA games, from Bethesda to Ubisoft. And EA knows people will buy it, because EA knows how to make money.

      I wouldn't bother holding your breath for this series, look at Paralives, which is very early development but holds some promise.
      I think Rod Humble's project at Paradox is the most important thing to look out for. Paradox is the perfect company to make a Sims like game in my opinion.
      Part 5. Sims Social, Sims Mobile, and Sims Freeplay I didn't enjoy.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online

      Yeah I heard about Rod Humble's project too. City Skylines and Planet Zoo have been such successful games to take on monopoly simulation games.
      “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” –Helen Keller
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      AedanStarfangAedanStarfang Posts: 272 Member
      edited May 2020
      I think the future for traditional gaming as a whole looks pretty bleak honestly. This whole "games as a service" trend that all of the major AAA companies have adapted will mean more streamlining of features and content, and replaced with micro or macrotransactions with content which should have been in the base game, no doubt all for an exorbitant price. And this is not just EA/Maxis, Bethesda already got a head start on streamlining their beloved titles, monetizing mods, and alienating longtime players. Of course there will still be people who cling to the carcass of said franchise, continue to pay "X" amounts of dollars for each new pack, all while complaining how terrible the game is and how the Sims 4 was better, and will continue to cling on in hopes that the Sims 6 will be an improvement over the Sims 5.
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      BrittanyChick22BrittanyChick22 Posts: 2,130 Member
      edited May 2020
      With the way things have been with sims 4 for the past 6 years, I no longer have high expectations for the franchise. Not even the idea of sims 5 gets me excited, people assume that the next game is going to somehow be better ,fix everything, and give them what they wanted. I would like to think sims 5 will be sims game everyone wants but there's no telling. If you see you still have to buy the same expansion packs again such as pets, seasons, university etc. Then there's no reason to believe things will be better or changed. But we'll just have to wait and see.
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      crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,382 Member
      BrittanyChick22 wrote: »
      With the way things have been with sims 4 for the past 6 years, I no longer have high expectations for the franchise. Not even the idea of sims 5 gets me excited, people assume that the next game is going to somehow be better ,fix everything, and give them what they wanted. I would like to think sims 5 will be sims game everyone wants but there's no telling. If you see you still have to buy the same expansion packs again such as pets, seasons, university etc. Then there's no reason to believe things will be better or changed. But we'll just have to wait and see.


      If TS4 was supposed to be an online game it must have been expensive to cancel that part and re-invent the game as an offline single player and a lot of development time was lost. What we perceive as deficiencies in TS4 may be due to shorter development time, or having to make do with components that were already available and needed to be used. Maybe the decision makers at EA are having a bad case of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole type of situation and trying to fit the sims into what they perceive it should be as a game, hence the never ending attempt to make it multiplayer, online, selling furniture and hairs by the piece, etc. TS5 could be better, if it returns to its roots, or it could be more of the same.
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      SimsBroSimsBro Posts: 134 Member
      edited May 2020
      In a way I have some hopes since I doubt they'll be able to shy away from SOME form of Open World at least this time. And I doubt they'd have the gall not to include Create a World again as well.

      These two features to me would already make such a massive difference over TS4, but still there's also the fact even if the game came out with all Sims2&3 in depth features, we'd still have to wait like... around 4 years before all the same content packs were released so it could match 3&4 content wise. Which is one of the reasons in some way I kinda want TS4 to die already so TS5 can finally come out and save us from 4's sad, sad engine.
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      comicsforlifecomicsforlife Posts: 9,585 Member
      bixters wrote: »
      The future of the Sims franchise in general is pretty bleak.
      Knowing EA, you can expect the Sims 4 to go on for a couple more years with mixed levels of success and failure, then the release of a subscription based, always online, micro transaction laden dumpster fire that will most likely be the Sims 5 or simply the "Sims Online" part 2. If you think the Sims 4 is expensive, just you wait for the next iteration. You'll probably be paying real money for a couple chairs!
      I think unfortunately subscription based is the next natural progression of this series. They're probably tired of listening to people complain about the prices of DLC, so why have any? Now you can pay for everything in game!
      This is the trend of AAA games, from Bethesda to Ubisoft. And EA knows people will buy it, because EA knows how to make money.

      I wouldn't bother holding your breath for this series, look at Paralives, which is very early development but holds some promise.
      I think Rod Humble's project at Paradox is the most important thing to look out for. Paradox is the perfect company to make a Sims like game in my opinion.

      Well if they charge forward items online I don't think I want this 5 then besides they already have that system with the Sims mobile I don't think they want to make Sims 5 the mobile game do you
      more for sim kids and more drama please
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      candy8candy8 Posts: 3,815 Member
      I would like a pool table and a Casino wit Resorts. I really liked playing that in SIms3 you could design your own casino it was pretty cool.
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