No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer (variety.com)

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[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day 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!".

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day 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.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 1 day ago

Sims multiplayer sounds like it could be fun

Me, who remembers The Sims Online: 🤣

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Making pizzas in slave-like conditions

"Mmmh, this sure beats pressing fast forward for 8 hours in single player"

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Pretty much exactly what I thought of.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Hell, I still have the CD installer. And I think the soundtrack CD.

I did enjoy the puzzle houses people would make though.

[-] Peffse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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...

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago

Nah, they just see all the paid Sims 4 mods and want a cut for that.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 22 hours ago

"New fix for the broken game we released out now! Only $12.99!"

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean, it’s better than them releasing a Sims 5 and making people buy their hundreds of DLCs all over again, no?

[-] poshcrow@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I'll just play Sims 1.

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day 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.