A few days ago we asked Simmers on SC Social what would they like to see in The Sims 4 next year. Here are the results!
Expansion Packs
When it comes to Expansion Packs, 3 pack themes really stood out: Pets, Seasons and University. Of course, we probably won’t see all 3 packs in 2017, but if at least one of these gets released in the next 12 months, that would make 2017 a good year.
New Vacation World
Granite Falls from The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat is a cool vacation world for your Sims to relax, but maybe something more tropical would make the whole concept of vacation worlds more complete.
Toddlers, Toddlers, Toddlers!
The most requested feature for 2017 are definitely toddlers. This year we had a lot of clues that toddlers might be in development, and even The Sims Team’s more open approach in communication about toddlers could mean that 2017 is the year we’ve all been waiting for!
Basic Things
The Sims 4 is great and all but it’s still missing some basic objects that we had in previous Sims games. Spiral staircases, ownable cars and even a simple kitchen blender could make The Sims 4 a more fulfilling experience.
More Supernatural
Ghosts and Aliens just don’t do the trick anymore. It’s been more than 2 years and The Sims 4 only has 2 supernatural types. The lack of new supernatural types in the last 2 Expansion Packs is starting to concern a lot of Simmers about The Sims Team’s ”new direction”.
It’s no secret that a Vampire Game Pack is planned for 2017. Hopefully The Sims Team plans more than just vampires for the upcoming year!
I dont think they will add any of that stuff (apart from the vampires). I personally feel that the developers are lazy. They are just expecting any old crapy content to sell because of its name. The vampires im excited for tho!
I don’t think they’re necessary lazy, but they do seem to have a VERY small budget, which makes most of the things on this list almost impossible. Pets should be already in development because it takes no less than two years to develop as it’s been with previous Sims games. We know for fact that’s not the case because there’s only one EP team and they’ve been stressing their limited resources to put out something in 2016. No way the have people working on future EPs beyond just concept art and such. Toddlers are a no no at this point. We won’t see them ever in TS4 because they’re waaaay too expensive to make. REMEMBER: They said they didn’t have enough resources to make animations for elevators in City Living or allow players to build their own apartments. No way they have the budget a new life stage requires (and believe me, it’s freaking expensive).
So all in all, they’re not lazy. The problem is that EA doesn’t have their back. They want them to earn as much as they can with as little investment as possible. EA found out that Sims players will pay any amount of money to get more content and they’re taking advantage of this sort of addiction that some players seem to have. Case in point: TS3 Late Night had nightclubs, a city world, FUNCTIONAL elevators, hot tubs, apartments (that you could place anywhere and build with cheats), celebrity system, the butler NPC AND vampires. If you want to get the same amount of content in TS4 you need 2 EPs + 2 SPs + 1 GP ($120). And the problem is that people actually PAY for content that was packed together before. Why? I don’t understand what’s going on… But EA clearly does and they’re taking full advantage of the current situation.
If I remeber correctly they explained that by resources they meant time. and that they didnt make an animation for the elevators becouse people were complaining that in sims 3 the sims would take hours to use them. We cant know if thats true but I remember a simguru exlaining it maybe in a live stream?
This all sounds so awesome. I do hope these aren’t just rumors. Otherwise I will be very put out.
That’s just the usual EXCUSE from the guru. Excuses, excuses, excuses, that’s what I always hear from the lazy developer of Sims. Some new 2016 games can be completely free and they are awesomely great, is money really all that matters to them. What’s the issue of Sims 4, not enough love from the gamedevs.
But here we are, with toddlers as a FREE update.
yeah, talk about faith restored after 2.5 years
How about an open floorplan for the entire world and being able to edit the entrance of apartments. Not to mention SEASONS and please do NOT make 10 more little packs each sucking 10€ out of our pockets for content that should be on free game updates….
Toddlers and washers and dryers please and the ability to make your own apartment building
don’t forget the terraforming tools
I want a pack with more windows en doors!!! And more traditional funiture
they need to bring the sims into the future like in the sims 3, and witches and werewolves and mummy’s, maybe some other creatures for a supernatural one, and the superstar from the origional sims would be cool, it would also be cool if you could have different worlds to select that have different themes, like one for pirates, another for a sci fi world, another for old hollywood glamour, and another for medevil but in one expansion to make it worth its weight in gold.
If we get any of this stuff, I will be happy, but I no longer trust the Sims team.
they need to bring the sims into the future like in the sims 3, and witches and werewolves and mummy’s, maybe some other creatures for a supernatural one, and the superstar from the origional sims would be cool, it would also be cool if you could have different worlds to select that have different themes, like one for pirates, another for a sci fi world, another for old hollywood glamour, and another for medevil but in one expansion to make it worth its weight in gold.
I dont think they will add any of that stuff (apart from the vampires). I personally feel that the developers are lazy. They are just expecting any old crapy content to sell because of its name. The vampires im excited for tho!
I don’t think they’re necessary lazy, but they do seem to have a VERY small budget, which makes most of the things on this list almost impossible. Pets should be already in development because it takes no less than two years to develop as it’s been with previous Sims games. We know for fact that’s not the case because there’s only one EP team and they’ve been stressing their limited resources to put out something in 2016. No way the have people working on future EPs beyond just concept art and such. Toddlers are a no no at this point. We won’t see them ever in TS4 because they’re waaaay too expensive to make. REMEMBER: They said they didn’t have enough resources to make animations for elevators in City Living or allow players to build their own apartments. No way they have the budget a new life stage requires (and believe me, it’s freaking expensive).
So all in all, they’re not lazy. The problem is that EA doesn’t have their back. They want them to earn as much as they can with as little investment as possible. EA found out that Sims players will pay any amount of money to get more content and they’re taking advantage of this sort of addiction that some players seem to have. Case in point: TS3 Late Night had nightclubs, a city world, FUNCTIONAL elevators, hot tubs, apartments (that you could place anywhere and build with cheats), celebrity system, the butler NPC AND vampires. If you want to get the same amount of content in TS4 you need 2 EPs + 2 SPs + 1 GP ($120). And the problem is that people actually PAY for content that was packed together before. Why? I don’t understand what’s going on… But EA clearly does and they’re taking full advantage of the current situation.
If I remeber correctly they explained that by resources they meant time. and that they didnt make an animation for the elevators becouse people were complaining that in sims 3 the sims would take hours to use them. We cant know if thats true but I remember a simguru exlaining it maybe in a live stream?
How about an open floorplan for the entire world and being able to edit the entrance of apartments. Not to mention SEASONS and please do NOT make 10 more little packs each sucking 10€ out of our pockets for content that should be on free game updates….
That’s just the usual EXCUSE from the guru. Excuses, excuses, excuses, that’s what I always hear from the lazy developer of Sims. Some new 2016 games can be completely free and they are awesomely great, is money really all that matters to them. What’s the issue of Sims 4, not enough love from the gamedevs.
But here we are, with toddlers as a FREE update.
yeah, talk about faith restored after 2.5 years
This all sounds so awesome. I do hope these aren’t just rumors. Otherwise I will be very put out.
I want a pack with more windows en doors!!! And more traditional funiture
Toddlers and washers and dryers please and the ability to make your own apartment building
don’t forget the terraforming tools
If we get any of this stuff, I will be happy, but I no longer trust the Sims team.