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If there is a 'The Sims 5' what year should it be announced, and what year should it be released?
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Hmmm... it depends on the point of view.
"Live service" means the game is stable but is still under development. The players get an early access to the core game.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionRight, and if they can sell an unfinished game and slap live service on it, then it won't take five years. (TS4 is a fine example of how to make money on an unfinished, half baked core.)
I agree they are able to do such thing even if it may kill the franchise.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionIf Grant is still working for Maxis why was he in Edmonton for a week? Isn't that where Bioware is? Do they use the Frostbite engine?
Grant is on Vacation.
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I don't. Maybe in 3 years.
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A soft launch could mean The Sims 5 may be restricted to a sample of players like they did with The Sims Mobile.
The Sims Mobile was available in Brazil 10 months before the worldwide launch.
The community reaction was negative in 2014 when The Sims 4 was released without Toddler and many other features.
If EA choose a soft launch you may wait a little longer before to play to this new game.
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The Sims 4 General Discussionbecause
1. its sims 5 (idk i just feel like it would feel more epic having that 55)
2. they still haven't used sims 4 to it's full extent and at this point id feel like they are just jumping off a sinking ship and making a titanic
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In 2018, he said that they are planning TS4 content until 2021, which is basically confirmation that the last TS4 pack will be released in 2021, while TS5 will be released in either 2021 or 2022.
They apparently started early development on TS5 around Q3 2018, which is suggested by the Maxis job postings from September 2018. In April 2019 Grant Rodiek switched roles at Maxis. He's no longer Senior Producer on TS4, but he's working on "other projects not related to The Sims 4", which is most likely TS5. So it'd make sense for the last TS4 pack to come out in at some point in 2021 and depending on that TS5 would be released in either late 2021 or (more likely) mid/late 2022, since they didn't release a main Sims game in Q1 since TS1 - which makes sense, since they could either release it a few months earlier before christmas or a few months later before summer break - it probably won't be the case this time around either. I doubt they'll announce the game before the last TS4 pack is released.
The development of a mainline Sims game usually takes about 4 to 5 years. TS4 was an exception, they changed it from a multiplayer game to an offline game around 2012 and had to play catch up since then, which also explains why they started working on the next iteration later than usual.
TL; DR: TS5 will most likely be released in mid 2022.
He was working in Edmonton for the week after flying from Hawaii holiday. He's a Maxis Senior Producer now so probably got a more varied job, not only Sims 4.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionCan not remember what I voted for though.
Not actually - Some went to Fire Monkeys Studio with their game. But a few went back to the Sims 4. Don't forget some of our people went to Sims Mobile when it was first coming out - so they are probably the ones that came back to Sims 4. Many of them also worked on previous series. But that did free up the Sims mobile studio possibly for the Sims 5 to be worked on. It's across from the Sims 4 Studio on the Redwood Campus. Of course I don't know for sure though they'd even start on Sims 5 there either. Usually they start the new series some other of EA;s many Studios. It was just a thought.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionLike most, unless the base game of the Sims 5 is mind-blowing, I don't see myself making the switch at launch. I didn't buy TS4 until a year after launch and I'm really not in a rush to switch now.