No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

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• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is what everyone wanted! Another “as a service” game! Oh, and look, a store front!

  and partner with some “Sims” players to sell their own custom in-game content through the EA store as “Creator Kits.”

  Would those “players” be musicians? 100% someone is already trying to figure out how to “collab” with Katy Perry. Big IPs of other franchises (movies/games/anime)? Are they going to do limited timed events to really push the FOMO? Did they see Fortnite and thought “Lets do that!”.

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sims multiplayer sounds like it could be fun, but it is highly dependant on how that is implemented. The other “features” just sound like shareholder porn.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sims multiplayer sounds like it could be fun

      Me, who remembers The Sims Online: 🤣

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    • Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I gave FreeSO a try since it’s an open-source implementation of Sims Online, but the hookability wasn’t there. We’ve come so far from the days of Sims 1…

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  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s better than them releasing a Sims 5 and making people buy their hundreds of DLCs all over again imo

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• poshcrow@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  time to make a clone of the sims and cash in!

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s two alternatives currently in development, inZOI from the PUBG devs, and Paralives from a smaller indie studio.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll just play Sims 1.

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  • athairmor@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t bother, Meta’s Metaverse is going to blow it away! ~/s~

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• LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m looking forward to InZoi and Paralives!

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• Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I sort of picture this happening more often at the graphical plateau. It used to be that these franchises needed big face lifts to stay relevant, but even that can sometimes happen with a lighting update.

  The other reason might be if they want to do subtractive redesigns of the core concept but I’m still not sure what that should be for The Sims.

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• LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yikes, EA is so freaking silly! Why leave money on the table by not presenting a revamped and fresh single-player experience?! They could make it backwards compatible with The Sims 4 letting you import families from The Sims 4 to The Sims 5. If they really want to keep The Sims 4 on life support like this; they need to put in the work with a revamped and much improved engine that can support all the weight which will be put on it. As there are people who will without a doubt buy all the packs and try to run them…To mixed results.

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• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No Sims 5 because both competitors dropped out?

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