Do you think they'll keep the gallery around after TS4 ends? How long do you think it'll be around for before they axe it?
I am awful at building and making sims so I love downloading houses and sims from the gallery. There's also a really lovely community built up around submitting your sims to other people's stories or vice versa which relies on the gallery and I would be sad to see that go.
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In a lot of ways TS3 Exchange is more complex. TS4 Gallery are mostly just lots and Sims. TS3 Exchange meanwhile has entirely new worlds created by players using Create a World, objects/clothing created using Create a Style, and patterns created using Create a Pattern. Also, when players used CC in their creation, the CC items they used would be attached to their uploads. The download files on average are just a lot bigger.
TS3 Exchange is also far less popular than TS4 Gallery. The all time most popular lot on TS3 Exchange is a house uploaded in 2009 and it has like 300k downloads (meanwhile the most popular lots on TS4 Galley have millions of downloads). The most popular lot uploaded within the last year on TS3 Exchange has less than 1000 downloads. It would take years and years after TS4 ends for TS4 Gallery to reach such low download numbers.
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TS3's store is what keeps it alive as people who didn't buy every piece of content still buy much of the store, today. TS4 doesn't have a store with Maxis created content so I assume the Gallery will be alive and well for a few years after the end of TS4 but since there is no store (yet) it may not last as long as TS3's store and exchange since it would be more like TS2's exchange and not really making EA any money like TS3 can.
The kits are basically store sets.They probably would keep the gallery open.
Sims 2 Exchange is down since thesims2.ea.com have been closed in 2013 before TS4 was announced.
Sims 4 Gallery should exist until The Sims 6 is announced at least.
TS4 : From 2014 to 2024 or 2029 or more
TS5 : From 2029? to 2044?
TS6 : 2044?
At this point you should not worry about what will happen to TS4 Gallery in 23 years.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionI agree as long as TS4 is continuing to be sold along side TS5. As I said TS3 is still being sold unlike TS2 so yes, as long as they continue to sell TS4 and it's packs or kits or whatever, the gallery will stay around. It's when they stop selling TS4 the gallery support will end.
Don't worry-I'm sure EA won't keep Sims 4 going on until 2029, It's unrealistic to assume a Sims game series would go on for THAT long unless EA wants people to switch to Paralives.
Realistically,I think the timeline will be:
2023-Sims 4 ends and Sims 5 begins.
Sims 5-2023-who knows?
When Sims 4 ends and Sims 5 begins,I'm sure the Sims 4 gallery won't be shut down until 3-6 years after Sims 5 releases.
2044, I’m not sure I will still be above ground anymore and if I am, I’m not sure I’ll be playing games still, but, one never knows….
Cool idea would be is to keep the gallery around as an archive only. So you could only download from it, not upload new creations. That way Sims 4 players could still download whatever is left on there.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionPeople who I thought would never mod for TS4 eventually stopped modding and creating content for TS2 and TS3 and moved on to TS4 though it's not a game they love, odd, but true, and those who contribute a whole lot of content to the gallery will also move on to remain known and at the top of the heap in TS5.
So, though the gallery will remain open I'm sure for a few more years or more after TS4 ends, the people who most people look up to for answers and to solve problems and or to upload lots and Sims and all sorts of fandom activity will go with TS5 because that is where they can remain known and get their kicks from their clicks. It's been true over and over even if they don't prefer a newer game.
A new game brings out those who want to be the most known and the most viewed and the gallery might be open for years but those people know will probably not be on it anymore. It's like everyone starts out as a small fish in a big pond and those who do this for fame (and many do and not because they enjoy it) will scramble to plant their flag in a new game and become the big fish and to remain relevant.
Even Crinrict will probably (might have to) move on to TS5 and no longer coordinate the bug forum for TS4.