The Sims 4 has been going strong for ten years now, and it turns out developer EA has no plans to change that. EA announced that there won’t be a Sims 5 — at least for the time being — as it commits to continuing updates for the current game. On top of that, The Sims 4 will soon start selling asset packs created by players, a move which will hopefully go over better than similar features in other games.
EA vice president Kate Gorman says it’s continuing to update The Sims 4 rather than releasing a sequel in order to keep players from having to start from scratch with the new release, according to Variety. That makes some sense, as players have now invested a decade into the current game, and replacing that with a shiny new version could be more trouble than it’s worth, even if The Sims 4 could benefit from plenty of updates that might come in a sequel. On the other hand, it could be a struggle to get the ten-year-old game up to speed with what players would expect from a new release. New DLC for The Sims 4 typically introduce plenty of bugs that need to be worked out before players can actually enjoy what’s new, so there’s reason to fear that keeping the game around longer will only add to its instability.
