EA har inga planer på att utveckla The Sims 5

Tidigare har rykten florerat kring EA:s ännu oannonserade titel med kodnamnet Project Rene, där många har trott att detta var nästa del i den älskade spelserien. The Sims 4 släpptes redan 2013 och sedan dess har EA uppdaterat spelet reguljärt med både prylpaket och expansionspaket, varav senaste release av sistnämnda var i juli 2024. Fans av serien har med spänning önskat mer information kring uppföljaren och nu verkar EA ha lyssnat och äntligen kommit med svar. Däremot är det kanske inte det svar många fans hade hoppats på.

I EA:s senaste blogginlägg som också avslöjade mer information kring den kommande filmen, blev det tydligt att Project Rene inte alls var The Sims 5 som så många trott, utan beskrivs som "a story driven mobile test". Vidare skriver de:

"The Sims will move beyond linear, sequential Sims releases and offer more options for players than ever before. We're focused on creating a variety of games and experiences that will touch different categories across the simulated life genre including cozy games, social and collaborative based gameplay, mobile narrative games and continued depth, improvements, and modernization of The Sims 4, which will continue to be a foundational Sims experience."

Utöver inlägget har även Kate Gorman som ansvarar för spelseriens utveckling, deltagit i en intervju med Variety där hon har förtydligat deras fortsatta fokus:

"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 The Sims 4 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."

Vidare fortsätter hon:

"What this means is that we will continue to bring HD simulation experience and what people would want from a [Sims] 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."

Det verkar alltså som att vi kommer få dras med The Sims 4 ett tag till.

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