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WHERE'S THE SIMS 5????
magooo63
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Where is The Sims 5?, It's been 6 years since The Sims 4 came out. We usually get a new Sims game every 4-5 years, but its now 6 years and no real talk of the 5th installment of this game. WHAT GIVES???
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I mean, why bother making something new aka spending money and actually releasing us from the suffering that is TS4's awfully limited engine born out of an always online fiasco until they absolutely have to do so, especially when it's still profitable for them to keep things this way. Mind you, I'm pretty sure TS5 is already in development, after all, there's only so long they can keep TS4 alive.
sims 4 didn't have that, maxis almost closed down during the early 2010s cause simcity was so poorly received and sims 4 barely made it out alive.
it's making money now, there's rumors that sims 5 is finally gone into development around the time sims 4 rebranded. im guessing the rebrand was their "launch" of another sims game that we would've gotten, so we'll probably get 4-5 years more of sims 4 until sims 5 finally gets here.
Seriously. I'm not ready for the screaming for Seasons/Pets/University/Generations to start up again.
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Expect atleast 2 more years of TS4 due to the surveys. They still have a lot they want to release. The other iterations didn't have live service TS4 does so it's longer.
This on both counts.
Just throwing it out there, but maybe they've been working on it for at least 2 years?
Just saying...
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Even if they have, I'm skeptical that it's even close to finished. More likely it's still alpha. Games take forever to come out these days, and it's also on an entirely new engine. Elder Scrolls 5 came out in 2011, so ES 6 been in development for 10 years. The Sims is a huge game that needs time to develop. And with the whole "Live Service" angle, I think gaming has changed.
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Thanks I'll add this to my thread I have.
I can just see what would happen if Sims 4 went on for another 4-5 years: The Sims 4 game engine finally breaks in the very beginning of the 9th year,and EA cannot fix it,no matter what they do or how hard they try. EA then apologizes and has to cancel the rest of its planned Sims 4 content,leaving a whole fanbase angry and upset that Sims 4 died a sudden and unexpected death.
Sims 4 can only last one more year-MAYBE 2 if EA makes the packs lacking in more content. Let EA end Sims 4 in 1 year and let hem give us Sims 5.
When Sims 1 came out, it was built on limited tech. It wasn't even real 3D. Have you ever seen the base-game? There were a ton of Sims games that did just okay, and it wasn't expected to be the next Sim-City. When it proved to be a cash-cow with the potential for expansions, they got started on something bigger and better and actually 3D and most of all, easier to add to. This was Sims 2.
Sims 2 however had limitations, the moment they released it, they knew it'd have limitations. Even as the expansions mounted up they planned on a smoother, more credit-card friendly version with some online play that ultimately ran on the same engine, and graphical improvements. The engine of Sims 2 and 3 is the same, which is why it was easy to make - it's basically "Sims 2: The Reboot". Sims 3's photorealism was always a bit hit-and-miss though, and graphics were making leaps and bounds. They crammed all they could in, but knew straight away that it would have similar problems.
And so the entire point of Sims 4 is that you can add expansions almost indefinitely and never, ever have to stop for lag reasons. Even the cartoonish art style was designed to be long-life and simple to animate, and the focus on young adult life drew in new, younger players when it released.
So it's not a case of 'usually we get a Sims Game' - it's not like the yearly release of FIFA. The games weren't specifically planned to come out four years apart - Sims 2 took three-four years to make, and ran out of room four years later and they knew it would happen, Sims 3 simply had the game engine prepped and ready for when that happened. Sims 4 solved the space limitation problem but made a whole different engine. So Sims 5 didn't need to be ready.
Eventually the base code will become too twisted to add to, which is when we'll get a Sims 5 that will be ready for this sort of thing, and probably some kind of Sims 4.5.
As others have said, I believe the Sims 4 will likely be around for a while yet.
June 2018, Variety Magazine sits down with SimGuruGrant. April 2019, SimGuruDuke moves to the Senior Producer position for The Sims 4, SimGuruGrant moves to "other important and awesome things".
March 2019, 32-bit support is dropped for The Sims 4.
July 2019, Maxis revealed Sims 4 rebranding.
January 2020, The Sims Team released a large survey about the Sims 4, topics include improving existing expansion packs.
April 2020, The Sims Team released a large community survey for upcoming Sims 4 features. SimGuruDuke also lays out a six-month road map for The Sims 4, including Eco Lifestyle, Nifty Knitting and an as of yet unnamed Game Pack.
June 2020 -- there is speculation floating around, as has been mentioned by others, of a Sims 5 announcement at EA Play. Even in those rumours, The Sims 5 is speculated to be released over 12 months from now.
If I had to guess, based on the above information, The Sims 4 will be with us for at least another year or two - potentially much longer. The Sims Team seems enthusiastic for making positive changes to the current iteration of the game before it's done.
It's also not up to us whether or not The Sims 5 is in development or not. It's fun to be excited about things, but I'd temper that enthusiasm for now.
The way TS4 is going it now seems that every expansion pack is broken up and sold in parts as well.
At this rate there would be 20 EPs to go before you even get doorbells added to the game
This is just people making this up, nothing has been confirmed yet. It's just a few rumors thrown together.
I would suggest to find something fun to do, otherwise I think it is going to be a long wait.