In a blog post meant to outline the future of The Sims franchise, and in a recent interview with Variety, EA outlined that the future does not look like The Sims 5. It just looks like much more of The Sims 4. That is to say, EA has no plans or intentions to make The Sims 5, instead it’ll keep supporting The Sims 4, giving it the updates and improvements that players would expect from a game called The Sims 5. The Sims has been around for a long time, and even before live service games were the hot ticket in town with endless streams of microtransactions, it was a game perfectly setup for what became the future of the games industry. It’s no surprise then, that this move is born out of EA not wanting to push players who’ve spent a decade on The Sims 4 to start all over again with The Sims 5. In an interview with Variety, vice president and general manager of The Sims Katie Gorman laid out this change, framing it by saying that EA and Maxis aren’t looking to make something to ‘replace’ The Sims 4, but instead enter “a new era of ‘The Sims’.” “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. It’s not ‘Sims 5′ as a replacement for ‘4.’ What this means is that we will continue to bring HD simulation experience and what people would want from a ‘5′ — but it doesn’t mean that we’re going to start you over, reset all your progress, and really feel like you’re going to lose all of that amazing play you put into ‘4,’ I think as we think about the future of it, we want you to continue all of those families and generations. Those creations are your progress, your attachment. We don’t want to reset your progress. And so it’s not about as much of what the numbers are in the games, but know that the future of the franchise looks more like keeping your progress, keeping things across titles, and really having an ongoing experience, and not a start-and-stop experience between products.” The blog post goes more into the different collaborations fans of The Sims can expect to see, like a partnership with Amazon MGM Studios to work on a film based on The Sims. “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!” the post reads. The Sims has been a major franchise for EA for years now, and there’s a whole generation of players who’ve grown up with it still playing it now. It’ll be interesting to see how it continues to evolve as it ages with its fanbase. Source – [EA, Variety] The post EA Will Continue To Support The Sims 4 Rather Than Make “The Sims 5” appeared first on PlayStation Universe.
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