Thrilled to play The Sims 5? You’re not alone, so don’t worry. Even though EA Maxis hasn’t officially announced it, there are rumours that it’s under development, which gives us optimism.
EA has hinted at their ambitions for the “next generation” of the Sims in the past, suggesting that it would emphasise social and internet interactions. There are even rumours that this next Sims game may be cloud-based and have a multiplayer component.
Sadly, we still don’t know when The Sims 5 might be released. Of course, The Sims 4 is still going strong. For the present player base, there are expansions, Stuff Packs, and mods that keep things interesting. But because The Sims 4 main game has been available for eight years, there is understandably some fan interest in what Maxis and EA may have in store for the future.
Even still, it is probable that The Sims 5 is still some time off. However, until then, we’ve compiled all the most recent rumours and information about the game below, and we’ll keep you updated as new information becomes available.
The Sims 5: straight to the point
- It’s the newest version of the adored life simulation game The Sims.
- The release date is TBC.
- Platform to be used: TBC, however we anticipate PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC
THE SIMS 5: RELEASE DATE AND PLATFORM PREDICTIONS
The Sims 5 is now in its “conceptual phase,” according to NME (opens in new tab), which indicates that the game isn’t very far along at all. Taking everything into account, we should probably wait until at least 2024 to expect to see The Sims 5.
Remember that previous incarnations of The Sims have often had a lengthy time between them as well. The Sims 3 was launched in 2009, and The Sims 4 followed in 2014. This implies that the time since the last brand-new mainstream Sims game has been the longest ever. However, it makes sense that EA is still working on The Sims 4 and that it is still in the early stages of its lifetime.
The Sims 4’s most recent expansion pack, High School Years, was made available in July 2022. Werewolves descended onto the smaller game groups in June 2022. Despite the fact that it seems like there are less locations to go, it’s likely that EA and Maxis may release further content packs for the game.
Even after announcing The Sims 4 for a September 2014 release in May 2013, EA continued to produce expansions for The Sims 3 until October 2013. Strangely, EA has recently revealed on the game’s official website that starting on October 18, 2022, all new players will be able to download The Sims 4 for free.
With The Sims 4’s transition to free-to-play, EA said, “Our team is more committed than ever to creating fresh, engaging The Sims 4 experiences for our gamers. We will continue to create and deliver packs, kits, and Sims Delivery Express drops for the foreseeable future.”
Therefore, even if EA hasn’t finished developing expansion packs for The Sims 4, it doesn’t imply the company isn’t considering The Sims 5 at all. Actually, according to EA’s most recent statement, “We’ll be sharing more about what’s in the works at a special-edition broadcast, Behind The Sims Summit on October 18.” This may also give us our first peek at The Sims 5.
The Sims 5 is expected to launch on the following platforms: PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch are basically excluded because this will be a “next-generation” experience. Instead, we predict it will be available on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
THE SIMS 5 GAMEPLAY: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
Since there aren’t any The Sims 5 trailers yet, we can only guess what the upcoming Sims will bring us.
Whatever the final design, we can certainly anticipate that The Sims 5 will play similarly to earlier editions. You must attend to your changing emotions and everyday demands, which you do by taking certain activities, like eating. Socializing with folks who happen to pass by your house is another option.
The Sims gameplay has stayed mostly constant throughout the course of its existence, with sporadic new additions and quality of life tweaks. It will be intriguing to see if The Sims 5 gives the game a new dimension. Instead of the above perspective of clicking and moving, perhaps we could even take direct, third-person control of your Sim.
It’s conceivable that the game may have more substantial gameplay modifications than prior iterations if it chooses to pursue online multiplayer, as sources have hinted.
THE SIMS 5 MULTIPLAYER RUMORS, NEWS AND MORE
An October Behind The Sims Summit has been confirmed.
EA announced plans for a Sims livestream in October at the announcement of The Sims 4 turning free-to-play. According to the publisher, “We’ll be discussing more about what’s in the works with a special edition webcast, Behind The Sims Summit on October 18, 2022 at 10 am PDT through The Sims YouTube and Twitch channels, also accessible on demand.”
According to writer and business insider Jeff Grubb, this may give us our first peek at The Sims 5. He said in a video posted by Giant Bomb that “The Sims 5 is also coming. According to what I’ve heard, the announcement will probably occur next month. In any case, it appears like this stream will be one to watch for.
Will AI be included into it?
According to a patent EA submitted in April 2020 and had authorised in October 2021, The Sims might employ AI technology to transform images of real people into in-game characters.
According to the patent, which was discussed by Sims Community(opens in new tab), gamers will be able to input photos of themselves or other characters to create authentic Sims using AI technology.
While the Sims Creator in the original Sims game allowed you to overlay a facial image on a character model, the results frequently fell short of expectations. Although there aren’t any instances of this AI technology in use now, it could end up being a more effective technique to truly create your likeness in the game.
We’ll have to wait to see if and how EA uses the technology as they hold the patent fully. It’s also unclear if this will be included in The Sims 4, which is anticipated to continue receiving updates for a few years, or if work has advanced enough for The Sims 5 to serve as the game’s launch platform.
EA keeps enhancing The Sims 4
EA Maxis hasn’t made clear what its goals are for The Sims 4 beyond the Cottage Living expansion pack’s release, but the developer did say in a March 2021 blog post(opens in new tab) that its roadmap “continues to be focused on improving content that is in the game.” Future expansions that may include “werewolves, faeries, and zombies” weren’t wholly disregarded.
Sadly, this doesn’t seem good for the release of The Sims 5 anytime soon; we’ll be lucky to get our hands on it before 2024. It seems logical that EA Maxis is maintaining The Sims 4 in the meantime as the game has been in development for more than three years. For those who have already invested their hard-earned money in the main game, kits, game packs, and expansions, it has been making enhancements to it.
A portent of things to come, the Sims Sessions?
EA held a Summer of Sims in May, June, and July of 2021, releasing updates, activities, and Cottage Life, a new addition for The Sims 4. Sims Sessions, an in-game music festival, was also a part of this summer’s activities; all you needed to participate was The Sims 4 to have fun. Despite the event’s mixed results, we can’t help but wonder whether it heralds future developments for the Sims series.
The Sims experience would include elements of “social engagement and competitiveness” in the future, according to Andrew Wilson in 2020. More recently, EA’s Laura Miele stated that the company wants to “expand on the tools for people to play with life…together.” With its real-life artists and outside-of-game TikTok hashtag, this communal event did undoubtedly have some of the social connection aspect that EA appears eager to push on.
The future with a hint?
EA appears to have been teasing The Sims 5. The Chief Studios Officer at EA, Laura Miele, hinted that the “next generation” of the Sims brand is in development during an interview with Geoff Keighley at VentureBeat’s GamesBeat Summit 2021(opens in new tab). She seemed to be focusing on the “fertile ground” of social and online components.
According to her, “We will expand on the tools for people to play with life – that’s our brand, simulation – and the concept for people to be able to play with life together.”
I find it hard to imagine that The Sims Online released in 2002, but we were undoubtedly ahead of our time.
It’s important for us to have the best tools, the most flexibility, and for players to really expand on their creativity and remix items and objects in the world. This is because, 20 years later, we believe we have learned a lot about how players interact, what motivates players, and how players can work together cooperatively.
“Then, let’s work on it as a group. The social connection element that we need to provide to this brand and this franchise, in my opinion, is one of our largest chances with The Sims. On the next iteration of that experience, the crew is hard at work.
Multiple-player elements
The Sims’ inclusion of multiplayer is being addressed on the official Reddit(opens in new tab) site, where it has largely been welcomed with apathy. It’s possible that people are anticipating something along the lines of The Sims 4’s online community features, which enable online creativity sharing.
According to Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts, The Sims 5 might have both single-player and multiplayer components. He continued by saying that the upcoming game may incorporate components from The Sims Online.
“You should imagine that, while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, and self-improvement motivations, that this notion of social interactions and competition – like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many, many years ago – will start to become part of the ongoing Sims experience in the years to come,” says Maxis as it continues to think about The Sims for a new generation across platforms in a cloud-enabled world.
Continuing, he said, “We are really excited. For offering and satisfying these player motives, our game simply doesn’t have any rivals in its category, and we believe this presents us with a fantastic chance for future development.
The fact that The Sims has multiplayer elements might be a major selling factor for franchise aficionados. We have often longed, when playing The Sims, to create a new family in the game, invite friends to join, have them assume their own personalities, and play together while concurrently experiencing the virtual world in cooperative mode.
The Sims 2 on PS2 consoles made good use of this functionality, enabling two players to individually create a character and reside in the same home while using the same screen.
Will consoles receive The Sims 5?
There is currently no definite information available regarding The Sims 5, but we can reasonably anticipate that it will be released on the PS5 and Xbox Series X over its lifespan, which should be rather long given the history of Sims games.
Sims games typically launch on PC before being somewhat modified for consoles and other platforms. This is what we would anticipate with The Sims 5. Be prepared for a sizable delay when it comes to the PC version of The Sims 4 being ported to consoles as the PC version was published in 2014 and the console version was just made accessible in 2017.
What about game packs and expansions?
Each Sims game has a longer lifespan because to the regular introduction of expansion packs, which gives them fresh vitality. There were 11 expansions for The Sims 3, all of which brought in new features like pets or the University Life extension and kept the game lively and engaging.
The Sims 4 now contains more than ten expansion packs, as well as additional Game Packs and Stuff Packs. The idea is that The Sims 5 will most likely receive the same approach and will be regularly updated over its anticipated lengthy lifespan.