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Hello, I've seen posts from many of you saying you don't intend to go out straight away and buy the next iteration of the Sims game. I am not going to argue against that. Take time to decide where to spend your money. What I am going to suggest is that you take your time buying the Sims 4 packs as well.
What I predict is going to happen is that they will release a number of expansions, packs, and kits in the coming year(s). Then they will release a trailer for whatever the fifth Sims game will be called. They will then drop Sims 4 like a bad egg and not make any more patches for it. The team looking at the error reports will shrink down and if there are any glitches in the final iteration, they won't be fixed. This is why I suggest you slow down and don't buy the packs when they first come out. Wait until the error reports come in and read up on how others say their game is running. Get them after you know there is nothing you can't live with, because you might have to.
I don't actually have psychic abilities here, though in some time you might suspect that I do, I've just seen this happen three times already. Each time EA gets a new version of the Sims, they drop the old one like a bad fish. I don't know how long it'll be until they release Project Rene, or whatever its final name will be. The clips from the Behind the Sims Lifestream looked like they were a good few years away, but I don't know how recent that was. It may have been old footage from a much earlier stage, because EA still doesn't want to share too much. And Life by You is releasing Early Access in September, so they may feel pressured to speed up.
What I predict is going to happen is that they will release a number of expansions, packs, and kits in the coming year(s). Then they will release a trailer for whatever the fifth Sims game will be called. They will then drop Sims 4 like a bad egg and not make any more patches for it. The team looking at the error reports will shrink down and if there are any glitches in the final iteration, they won't be fixed. This is why I suggest you slow down and don't buy the packs when they first come out. Wait until the error reports come in and read up on how others say their game is running. Get them after you know there is nothing you can't live with, because you might have to.
I don't actually have psychic abilities here, though in some time you might suspect that I do, I've just seen this happen three times already. Each time EA gets a new version of the Sims, they drop the old one like a bad fish. I don't know how long it'll be until they release Project Rene, or whatever its final name will be. The clips from the Behind the Sims Lifestream looked like they were a good few years away, but I don't know how recent that was. It may have been old footage from a much earlier stage, because EA still doesn't want to share too much. And Life by You is releasing Early Access in September, so they may feel pressured to speed up.
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The Sims 5 will be free to play afaik -> see article on Sims Community
The errors in the packs were never that worse for me that I regretted to buy them and felt I should have waited.
And as sad as it is I don't think there is anything we can do to stop EA from dropping Sims 4 after Sims 5 is out.
Project Rene already costed them a lot of money and they need income after release.
So making it free to play increases the pressure on the team to make money with Sims 5.
Imo there is no way they are going to waste any resources in Sims 4 anymore by then.
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I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.I'm going to wait to switch to sims 5 until it appeals to me more than the sims 4. My game runs with rarely a glitch now but I do remember the dumpster fire that sims 3 became towards the end so I understand your concern. I don't play with mods or cc and I have a great PC so I'm not super concerned but if it gets to that point certainly I will get more strict about the packs I choose to buy.
It’s still incredibly early to tell if it’s free or not, regardless of the listing
also the sims 5 being free sounds horrible, they are just going to fill it with microtransactions this is why i stopped playing overwatch and if this turns out to be true then i will be playing life by you or paralives and not the sims 5
When TS4 came out, TS3's support ended shortly after. Sure you can still buy stuff from the Sims 3 store even today but there are still bugs in that game.
Simmers not buying Sims 4 packs will only make the game end faster. If there isn't any money coming in, there isn't any to spend on making packs.
I won't be buying Sims 5 on release because I'm still enjoying Sims 4. When Sims 4 came out I bought it on release and it sat on my computer collecting dust for months while I played Sims 3, because I didn't like it at first. I love it now, flaws and all.
I also don't want to sink a lot of money into another game, and play the waiting game for specific features. I was naive when I switched from TS3 to TS4, having only ever played TS3 at that time. I have 3 complete games on my computer, no need rush to Sims 5.
And if TS5 is in fact going to be free to play, with microtransactions (as @ryouma17 speculates), I won't be playing it at all. I'll either move onto Paralives, Life By You, or find something else to do with my time.
Sims 3 had a decent amount of content right away, even as a base game, but 4 was pretty sad for a few years. We'll see about 5. I'll probably hop right onto Sims 5 (but keep playing 4) while I wait for packs to go on sale. I will not be throwing down money for exclusive pre-order content if the game itself isn't amazing, especially with Rod Humble's upcoming game as competition.
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Soo I imagine Sims5 will play out similarly. I plan on enjoying Sims 4 for a long time to come.
Pretty much the same criteria I use to decide on a purchase of anything else in life.
I’m looking forward to being able to pick and choose what I want in my game and avoiding cluttering up the game with items I have no interest in. At least I’m hoping it’ll be like that. What makes me cautious is how much each item or feature will cost.
I do plan on getting base game of TS5 upon launch to check it out, but I'll probably wait a long time before buying any DLC for it. 'Cuz I didn't like waiting so long between each occult release of TS4, so I'll probably wait until TS5 already has all the staple occults released before I buy any DLC at all. I joined TS4 when vampires released, thinking more occults would also come shortly after, but it takes 3 years in between each occult release for this iteration, so I've learned my lesson and won't be grabbing any TS5 DLC at all until my fav packs have already been released for it.
Don't buy sims 4 packs right away when sims 5 os close to coming out?
Either way, the team has been very committed to fixing sims 4 and right now it's still a smooth running good game with very few issues or bugs for me. By the time sims 4 is ready to end i doubt it will have many bugs or glitches because it's being playing well for 9 years or however long. I'm sure the team will try to wrap up any lingering issues as well as they can before it ends and I'll still be buying the packs on release.
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I understand what you mean, OP, about slowing down on getting packs and such. Unfortunately I think that QA on older titles is usually among the first casualties when a spiffy new game comes along. If this pricing story is true (and I don't think it is set, by the way) then there's going to be a big influx of people all clamouring for QA for their new game. I don't see a solution unless EA makes some sort of statement regarding the time frame for release of Rene. They won't do that until they're ready.
First of all we don't know for sure that both of these things happen at once. Maybe sims 4 will have overlap with sims 5. In any case there will definitely be some bugs left in the game when the sims 4 ends. Besides most of the bugs come with patches, not DLC. So a simmer would have to be able to avoid updates and play offline which is a problem with the EA app. But as @Sheepiling mentions we can use mods to fix the game (only on pc, I know) but the mods won't break constantly because of updates.
I don't think not buying packs anymore will change the state of the game on it's final hour. EA will continue to create content at the moment. If a massive amount of simmers stop buying packs, the end might come a bit sooner but that's the only difference in my opinion. And I have less content to play with.
There is a good chance I will hold out on getting Sims 5 right away. Because I am still enjoying sims 4 and want to play with what I payed for. What really impacts if and when I get sims 5 is the pc requirements, the state of the game (how much is missing from base game) and a possible subscription. A forced subscription is a definite no go. A subscription would be the end of buying sims content. As for the competition it all depends on whether or not they will release supernatural content (perhaps a DLC?)
You are correct is what you are saying as I remember in Sims 2 there were bugs that still existed and was never fixed as well in Sims3. As you said the focus is more on the shiny toy that is coming out and less on the old toys. However, some have learned not to go all in looking at how Sims 4 got its start and why I am not buying into like I did with Sims 4 as features was cut and there is no scaling up or down regardless of what your system may contain as EA/Maxis wanted all to play all the same and sadly that does not work for everyone. Also, looking at how soon bugs get fixed which had taken months and even a couple of years as they do not slow down enough to fix what bugs is causing trouble and then proceed when most of the bad bugs are squashed. I do like LBYU, but I am not rushing to buy it as I will wait and see how that works out.
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We were so disappointed that there wasn’t toddlers & basements back then. Also I found out there was a “red tape” here in Canada to prevent Canadians to get the Gameplay & Stuff Packs. All we could get was the Expansion Packs only & one Bundle Spa Day/Perfect Padio that somehow went through. It wasn’t until September 2018 that the “red tape” was lifted.
Anyways, after almost 9 years of Sims 4 play & almost 5 years of enjoying our Gameplay & Stuff Packs, we so don’t want another year one nothing game.
Often what I worry about does happen, but usually something else also happens that is so much bigger than what I worried about, that the original worry is no longer a major concern.
I am more worried about what Microsoft has planned. I expect to have to switch over to some type of subscription on a console and give up playing any owned games on a PC. Microsoft will indirectly trash the Sims 4 earlier and worse than anything the Sims has planned for us. I am pretty sure in their planning that they are worried about things a whole lot worse than what we are worrying about.
I was able to purchase each and every pack etc right from the start? I'm in BC. I bought party stuff pack and Outdoor retreat I believe in 2015?
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It's possible that I will get Sims 5 if it really is free to play, but it will have include something special for me to buy the extra content. If it's not free to play, it will have to be doubly spectacular to tempt me.
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I think you may have tagged me by mistake. I said basically the same thing you did. I think my simming journey will end with TS4.