The Sims 5, a new installment in the series of life simulation video games from Maxis and EA that many players had speculated would be in deep development by now, with the latest in the series, The Sims 4, having been released in 2014, isn’t actually being planned at all right now, according to the latest statements from Kate Gorman, EA’s vice president and general manager of The Sims franchise. Gorman, whose comments come on the heels of several new announcements today for The Sims, including a new Creator Program and film adaptation from Amazon MGM Studios, explained that The Sims 5 isn’t happening because EA doesn’t think players would want to start all over again after a decade’s worth of gameplay in the current installment of the franchise.
Gorman told an outlet:
- “The way to think about it is, historically, ‘The Sims’ franchise started with ‘Sims 1’ and then ‘Sims 2,’ ‘3’ and ‘4.’ And they were seen as replacements for the previous products.”
- “What we’re really working with our community on is this a new era of ‘The Sims.’ We are not going to be working on replacements of previous projects; we’re only going to be adding to our universe.”
- “With that, you’ll see there are more ways to experience ‘The Sims’ on different platforms, different ways to play, transmedia, and lots of great offerings within this universe.”
- “So absolutely, we’re still continuing to support ‘TS4’ more than ever. Still continue to deliver expansion packs and updates and fixes. But what this is to say is, the way we’re going to do things going forward is a little different. And it’s really exciting and it’s really the most expansive iteration of ‘The Sims’ yet.”
Some promos for The Sims 4’s latest expansion pack:
EA on the franchise’s upcoming film adaptation:
We’re VERY excited to share that in partnership with Amazon MGM Studios, our team is working on a film based on The Sims. Kate Herron will direct, as well as co-write with Briony Redman. LuckyChap and Vertigo Entertainment will produce alongside The Sims team, with Herron and Redman executive producing. It’s still too early to share more about the movie but stay tuned for updates as we mark our 25th birthday next year!
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Don't want to disrupt those sweet sweet microtransactions... or have to figure out a way to let players keep them.
:ROFLMAO:
"Grimlakin, post: 89463, member: 215" wrote:Don't want to disrupt those sweet sweet microtransactions... or have to figure out a way to let players keep them.
Exactly, take a look on Steam. It's "nice" that the base game is free - all those DLC's weigh in at 1400$
"Pestske, post: 89487, member: 5446" wrote:Exactly, take a look on Steam. It's "nice" that the base game is free - all those DLC's weigh in at 1400$
Holy Moley. Same reason wow just keeps growing. Base game.. 60 bucks.. each expansion.. lets say 50 bucks.. Wait no base game is free now. And you only buy the most current expansion but for those that have been playing for 20 freaking years...
1st expansion.. ummm I don't remember ice crown or the one that introduced blood elves.
2nd interchangable with the first.
Cataclysm
Pandaria
WOD
Legion
Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands.
Dragonlands (whatever it's called I'm tired.)
And now the war within.
500 in expansions if you did base price.
Subscription for 20 years.. at lets say the best price of 12.99 a month. times 240...
3117.60
Total.. 3617.00
That's not including buying any mounts or transmogs or pets from the stores... so say cumulitively another 200 bucks... and moving characters between servers.. faction changes... name changes.. what.. another 150 over 20 years?
Basically 4k. lol.
Yea they will NEVER get rid of WOW if they can help it.
"Grimlakin, post: 89506, member: 215" wrote:Yea they will NEVER get rid of WOW if they can help it.
Yeah that was one thing about Everquest when I played it. I spent a small fortune on that game every year for years. But, I figured at the time - that was ~way~ less than what my friends were either throwing at console games month after month, or just throwing down at the bar.
EQ is on Expansion #30 and still going - not the same sub numbers as WoW, but still going
"Grimlakin, post: 89506, member: 215" wrote:Subscription for 20 years.. at lets say the best price of 12.99 a month.
While that is correct and an option, you can pay for your sub with ingame money too, I know some players who have not payed real money for a sub in years.
I get my moneys worth out of the sub, cheaper then netflix these days.
"Denpepe, post: 89511, member: 284" wrote:While that is correct and an option, you can pay for your sub with ingame money too, I know some players who have not payed real money for a sub in years.
I get my moneys worth out of the sub, cheaper then netflix these days.
Oh I get the sub cards two months for 25 bucks normally. Cheaper than an actual sub. But subbing is fine as well. I've no issues with that.
And the gold for time thing can work.. expecially when marketplace gold is so cheap you can get more sub time out of buying it than paying for a sub.
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Join Discussion →Don't want to disrupt those sweet sweet microtransactions... or have to figure out a way to let players keep them.
:ROFLMAO:
Exactly, take a look on Steam. It's "nice" that the base game is free - all those DLC's weigh in at 1400$
Holy Moley. Same reason wow just keeps growing. Base game.. 60 bucks.. each expansion.. lets say 50 bucks.. Wait no base game is free now. And you only buy the most current expansion but for those that have been playing for 20 freaking years...
1st expansion.. ummm I don't remember ice crown or the one that introduced blood elves.
2nd interchangable with the first.
Cataclysm
Pandaria
WOD
Legion
Battle for Azeroth
Shadowlands.
Dragonlands (whatever it's called I'm tired.)
And now the war within.
500 in expansions if you did base price.
Subscription for 20 years.. at lets say the best price of 12.99 a month. times 240...
3117.60
Total.. 3617.00
That's not including buying any mounts or transmogs or pets from the stores... so say cumulitively another 200 bucks... and moving characters between servers.. faction changes... name changes.. what.. another 150 over 20 years?
Basically 4k. lol.
Yea they will NEVER get rid of WOW if they can help it.
Yeah that was one thing about Everquest when I played it. I spent a small fortune on that game every year for years. But, I figured at the time - that was ~way~ less than what my friends were either throwing at console games month after month, or just throwing down at the bar.
EQ is on Expansion #30 and still going - not the same sub numbers as WoW, but still going
While that is correct and an option, you can pay for your sub with ingame money too, I know some players who have not payed real money for a sub in years.
I get my moneys worth out of the sub, cheaper then netflix these days.
Oh I get the sub cards two months for 25 bucks normally. Cheaper than an actual sub. But subbing is fine as well. I've no issues with that.
And the gold for time thing can work.. expecially when marketplace gold is so cheap you can get more sub time out of buying it than paying for a sub.