The Sims 4 launching in 2014

Game developers are really strange people i think. Some games we never want to be online, but they just make them online. and games like this, at least we should be able to go online using some popular Social Networking account and interact with our buddies in a different way. maybe Facebook, maybe twitter, maybe EA just force to use The Sims account, all is ok.

Hmmm Im pretty hopeful for the sims four but i wont be sure until they release more information on the game

I just hope they don't add too many expansions pack for sims 4

I think they should call it: The Sims 4: No Exceptions Raised.

Ladies and gentlement. We are going to launch The Sims 4 by excluding weathers, pets, and vacation elements even though we already have the technology to do so. Those will be reserved for future expansions.

I really loved this franchise, and I miss the fun times I had with it. I played it since the original and the fun experiences kept me spending hours on this game. Then Sims 3 happened. Just too many bugs (crashes, corrupt save games, etc.) that make my hours of playing go to waste -- I eventually tired out. I really want to go back to the game, but I get reminded of the bugs, and I remember it's not worth playing it. There are so many bugs and the kind of advice I find on the web is "don't do this, don't do that." Come on, am I playing minesweeper? Why do I have to be so careful when playing a game meant to be relaxing and enjoyable?

I hope EA finally realizes that if they are going to add expansions and stuff packs, they got to make them compatible with the base game and not create additional bugs.

I'll be disappointed if they follow the same strategy of making a base game stripped of all features, then adding the popular (but essential) expansions like seasons, university, pets, etc. bimonthly. But to be honest I know I'll still play it if the game is stable and streamlined (like Frostbite engine).

If they come up with some broken crap again then I'll take it that they're done milking this franchise and can't bother to come up with new ideas, and that will be goodbye for me.

I waited too damn long for this! Finally some answers!

Maybe Sims 4 won't crash all the time. Maybe.

EA the gift that keeps on giving (he says sarcastically)

Sims 3 has been milked to death, now they'll start from scratch with Sims 4, just to repeat all the addons all over again (pets, seasons, business, university, ...).

Better wait 3 to 5 years until they're done with all the addons and offer them in a -75% sale in a complete pack, but even then it'll still be overpriced.

I wonder if they'll "offload some amount of loading times to their servers" to justify a always-online DRM that corrupts your saves or if Maxis learnt their lesson with SimCity and make it playable offline and vastly improve the 5+ minutes loading times of Sims 3.

I just want to see an 'everything included' Sims 2 (and Sim 3 when Sims 4 comes out).

I still use the original Sims 'everything' disc. A lot easier to install on new systems.

I'll admit, I'm really sick of EA pulling all the crap they've been, but I've been a devoted sims lover since the original. But this is it, if they overprice Sims 4, or do a half ass job on it, then I'm done for good. I'd like to see cinematics return, as well as a much better magic system, like in Makin' Magic. STOP WITH THE STUFF PACKS AND JUST INCLUDE THEM!!!!! Don't ignore bugs in the game for years like you've been doing with Sims 3, bring back restaurants, like in Sims 2, and allow travel to a metropolis, you shouldn't have to choose whether to only have suburb or metropolis. Please improve pets if you're going to add them. But the most important is cinematics, the Sims 3 always feels rather bland and emotionless because the sims' actions are so simple and boring. Do all of that EA, and I guarantee you will get ALL of your fans back as well as new ones. Don't **** over your customers, you're on extremely thin ice since the whole Simcity disaster, disappoint us again, and you may as well say goodbye to the whole company.

I haven't fully jumped ship to Sims 3. The best expansion pack for Sims 2 imo was "Open for Business". I was waiting for them to release it for Sims 3. I guess that's never going to happen. So no Sims 3 for me.

F*ck you EA. You've f*cked gamers over for long enough.

The Sims 3 is still extremely broken, save game corruption and numerous crashes are still a common problem. The entire series hasn't worked properly for most people since the original came out, I'm not holding out any hope that Sims 4 will be any different.

I hope that maybe something in EA will change, and that The Sims 4 will get less expantion packs and no stuff packs. I mean, I know nobody forces us to buy these stuff, but EA makes so many of them it just looks ridiculous. Not to mention that the stuff packs don't add anything you don't have already (just other variations of the same object), and some expantion packs are just ridiculous and useless (Supernatural or Showtime). I also hope that the next game will be less childish and "girly".

I messed around in Sims 2 a bit but I didn't REALLY start the series until 3.
Personally I get a kick out of making sims and houses but I don't play the game itself much.
I'm content with a new game with more details and more stuff but they should really start building expansions into the base game. They've had their fun, time to take some initiative.
If they don't start giving us the DLC's more and more people will just stop buying the game s all together or even worse, torrenting them.

I'll get the Sims when I can make my dude a serial killer and kill other people's sims.

Damn, and I just got finishing perfecting Sims 3. I'm fine with it right now, i'll wait a year after sims 4 comes out to get it so by that time a few expansion packs and great mods will be available.

Playing with Dollies the game 4?

No.

I only bought the sims 3 and the expansions this year cause i got them for 10$ each at a store that was closing. So if it came out in 2009, and i bought it in 2013, it mean that i'll buy the next one by 2018. Guess it'll leave me time to save up my money :)

The sims takes too much away from real life.Trust me......just trust me.....lol.

Loved Sims 3. Will probably get this one down the road as well. Don't get people's problem's with the Sims 3, though.

Of course I am a newcomer to the series and this is the first Sims game I played but from what I got I enjoyed it heavily and played it for four years and to this day still play it. Only bought one expansion pack though, Ambitions. Was thinking about buying more but then EA got a little out of hand with the expansion packs (and many other titles *cough* Mass Effect 3 *cough* Dragon Age 2 *cough*) so never got around to any others but I've played both those games for several years and had a ton of fun with them. Hope the next one will be good as well. Also, should probably go back and play through the Sims and Sims 2 based on what I'm hearing down below in the comments.

I stopped being interested in playing an adult life around the time when I started living one. So no tnx.

I'm Fan of Sims IP playn since 2nd game got most Expansions even for 3rd game, And I'm tired with it, Too much milking they should stop for a while and make 4th game in 3-4 year with More features than we expect

So, I should probably catch up and play 2 and 3, eh?

deja vu

Are you kidding another micro transaction game that gives advertisements as you play? It was bad enough knowing that there were pieces of DLC’s between the expiations and stuff packs. Then they started to put it in our faces when playing the game that’s when I quit playing.