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ms_lane, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

No Sims 5 because both competitors dropped out?

Katana314, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

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.

LiPoly, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

I’m looking forward to InZoi and Paralives!

DarkThoughts,

Paralives looks smaller scaled. InZOI I'd wait and see. Koreans are the king of macro transactions...

dinckelman,

Small scale isn’t a bad thing. If anything, all I really want are well-crafted, appropriately priced, self-contained experiences. I just want it to be a good game, and that’s all it needs to be.

inZOI on the other hand i’m not really interested at all in. The character creation stuff looked cool, but the rest of what was shown looks really jank

CaptPretentious, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

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!”.

DarkThoughts,

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

helenslunch,
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“New fix for the broken game we released out now! Only $12.99!”

RightHandOfIkaros,

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.

Peffse,

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…

Kolanaki,
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Sims multiplayer sounds like it could be fun

Me, who remembers The Sims Online: 🤣

Naz,

Making pizzas in slave-like conditions

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

brygphilomena,

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

I did enjoy the puzzle houses people would make though.

atrielienz,

Pretty much exactly what I thought of.

Lemminary,

Oh no, I never got to play online. Why wasn’t it fun?

Kolanaki,
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There wasn’t anything to do. The whole loop of the game was basically akin to making a carnival midway and trying to sucker other players into your home to have their sims pay your sims for crap they could have used in their own home. All so you can buy better attractions for more money.

I imagine a new version would simply change the sims paying other sims to players paying EA directly.

LiveLM,

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

poshcrow, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

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

Lost_My_Mind,

I’ll just play Sims 1.

athairmor,

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

Ephera,

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

LostWanderer, do games w No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer

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.

I don’t see Project Rene doing as well as they are hoping; for all the positive changes it will introduce to build/buy mode and even Create a Sim. The omnipresence of free to play bullshit will be evitable because EA (Evil, Actually) will use that as a means of fleecing player base of their hard-earned cash.

JackbyDev, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More
PerogiBoi, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More
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Thor Herring when

stargazingpenguin, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More

I had a lot of fun with the original Backyard Baseball when I was younger! I’m afraid I’ve aged out of the franchise now, but hopefully it interests a new generation! I just hope they don’t go the mobile/microtransactions route. Even though it’s apparently the most profitable model, it doesn’t usually make good games.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

You know they will

stargazingpenguin,

Oh yes, I fully expect it. It sadly happens way too often.

chloyster, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More

That’s cool! I hope it ends up good. My dad was friends with some of the original humongous entertainment crew and all of their games were a huge part of my childhood, especially pajama sam!

chamomile,
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@chloyster @alyaza I had no idea the series was developed by Humongous! That studio made so many good games that I'm nostalgic for.

blackluster117, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More
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Everything needs to be a fucking IP universe these days…

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited )

The shareholders demand it. The red line must ascend lest they gnash their teeth

BmeBenji, do gaming w Pablo Sanchez Returns! ‘Backyard Sports’ Video Game Franchise Set to Relaunch and Expand Into Film, Television and More

Looking forward to “Backyard Ultimate Team” and all it’s associated micro transactions

-____-

theangriestbird,

Pablo Sanchez gonna be 99 OVR and they only release one into the pack pool every 2 months.

Tar_alcaran, do scifi w Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy Says ‘A Lot of Women’ in ‘Star Wars’ Struggle With Fan Attacks ‘Because of the Fan Base Being So Male Dominated’

A lot of women in Star Wars are great actresses, saddled with bad scripts and poor writing.

aeronmelon, do scifi w Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy Says ‘A Lot of Women’ in ‘Star Wars’ Struggle With Fan Attacks ‘Because of the Fan Base Being So Male Dominated’

Heath Ledger in full armor in A Knight’s Tale

Star Wars fans who want good stories and characters: “They just told me you were a shite producer. The fact that you’re a woman never came up.”

Also, remind Kennedy that the first and biggest reason good fans hate her is because she hired a white guy …who’s also shite at his job and fucked up a lot of good things about Star Wars lore.

CobblerScholar, do scifi w Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy Says ‘A Lot of Women’ in ‘Star Wars’ Struggle With Fan Attacks ‘Because of the Fan Base Being So Male Dominated’

Gender aside, shit management and writing is still shit management and writing Kathleen

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