The Sims Community reacts to future Sims 4 Releases the best way they can. Through memes!

This week’s Behind The Sims livestream was nothing short of surprises when it came to Sims 4 future releases! From the get-go, Simmers were treated to an array of new reveals and information for The Sims 4, The Sims Mobile & FreePlay, Project Rene, a brand new merchandise store and more!

Most notable, from this recent Behind The Sims episode was the Sims 4 future releases roadmap. Not only are we expecting a third expansion pack for this year but we are also seeing the return of The Sims 4 Stuff Packs!

Let’s get busy and take a look at what the community thinks following the latest Behind The Sims livestream and the upcoming Sims 4 future releases!

The Return of the Stuff Packs!

In a surprise twist, Stuff Packs make a long-awaited return to The Sims 4! In fact, it has been over two years since we saw the last Stuff Pack release. This being The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff.

However, this upcoming release is entitled The Sims 4 Home Chef Hustle. On Thursday 14th September 2023, we got a proper glimpse of the long-awaited Stuff Pack! From a new pizza oven, waffle maker, food stand and much much more, the pack is shaping up to be amazing!

Behind The Sims A FIRST LOOK STUFF PACKS THE LATEST ON PROJECT RENE 1 13 screenshot

Naturally, the return of Stuff Packs has been well received by the community as a whole. Many players are now eagerly awaiting more information in the run-up to the release. So get ready to find your hustle in The Sims 4 Home Chef Hustle later this month!

With that being said, let’s take a look at what the community initially had to say about the news of a new Stuff Pack!

home chef hustle stuff pack !! 🧇 #TheSims4 pic.twitter.com/JORqc49vb7
— ˗ˏˋ hector ˎˊ˗ (@ludicsim) September 12, 2023

I really hope “Home Chef Hustle” means maybe selling meals/desserts made at home 🥰 idk if it’s common around the world but I know some people in the UK sell home cooked items ! Especially when they say there’s new ways to make money 👀
— mog ✨ (@MogSimmer) September 12, 2023

#SIMS4 THE HOME CHEF HUSTLE STUFF PACK OH YM GOD YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAFFLES?! NEW KITCHEN SET???? BEING ABLE TO BAKE CUPCAKES IN AN OVEN?!!!!! I SAW A PIC OF PIZZA LIKE ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE PIZZAS TOO?????
— 🌟nic🌟 (@fakesonicfan) September 12, 2023

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A Neighborly Expansion Pack

In addition to the reveal of another Stuff Pack joining our downloadable content collections, a new and third expansion pack for 2023 is on the way!

While not much was revealed about the pack, we got a bit of a teaser image featuring keys with a house keyring and some letters. The core bit of this image was the tagline, ‘One Neighborly Expansion Pack.’

Initially, the fact that by the end of this year, we will have seen three expansion packs is brilliant news and great additions to the franchise, Players began to share their thoughts on what this Sims 4 future release could be all about!

Amongst all the excitement around the news of a third expansion pack coming, here’s a snapshot of what the community had to say!

Maybe a sub-urban district with standard lots & a urban district with apartments in the same city?

A local culture skill of the likes of “Selvadoradian Culture” which Sims can learn & cultivate for?

Real estate mechanics & maybe some sort of a B&B concept for having guests?
— UplayR94 (@UplayR94) September 12, 2023

The new EP will probably feature apartments but I think it would be really cool if we had functional townhouses in the sims 4
— sydmac (@sydneymacoretta) September 12, 2023

Amongst all of the excitement and curiosity, many players are thinking along the same lines. While nothing has been confirmed at all about this Sims 4 future release yet, could we see the option to buy secondary homes? How about our Sims becoming their own landlord or creating our own apartment buildings? How about gameplay features that focus on the heart of a community? Maybe it is something we have never seen in The Sims before! For now, we will have to wait and see until we get more information from The Sims team!

Project Rene Update

Another highly anticipated section of the Behind The Sims livestream was an update of Project Rene. Players have been patiently waiting for a new update since the previous live stream. Today, SimGuruLyndsay shared more information with us. With development going well, the community discovered that Project Rene will be Free to Play from launch, will run alongside The Sims 4 and will grow over time with additional paid content.

While this was certainly a good update on Project Rene’s progress, players have been discussing a variety of thoughts and opinions following this latest update across social media.

“we plan to support project rene and the sims 4 at the same time.”

I flipping knew it! I knew they were gonna keep supporting sims 4 as the old way to play since rene is going in a completely different direction and playstyle.
— Kechi (@itsOBiGem) September 12, 2023

So… The Sims 4 is going to be around for a long time to come. This is something I am grateful to hear.

Project Rene sounds dismal.

Saying this though. I do hope that the Sims 4 will receive some major fixing, especially if they plan to keep adding new content on to it.
— 🌸 Sharon 🌸 (@sharonia_sims) September 12, 2023

I think Project Rene is a future base game. They’re just changing their approach since The Sims4 is the best-selling entry in the franchise, plus many won’t immediately jump into The Sims 5 after release. Therefore, two generations will coexist until the TS5 develops sufficiently
— тинейдж дрим (@_DenisVolkov) September 12, 2023

Even though Project Rene is still very early in its development stages, there are still some slight concerns about the direction of the game as a whole. Despite this, with regular updates to the community and the transparency from the team with the community have been great!

We look forward to the next update regarding Project Rene soon!

Behind The Sims Thoughts

This is the third episode of the Behind The Sims livestream series. The fact it covers the whole of The Sims franchise as well as The Sims Mobile and Freeplay keeps the community well informed.

On top of the Sims 4 future releases news and Project Rene updates, we also saw updates for the mobile games, sneak peeks to upcoming Base Game overhauls, a little bit of lore and the reveal of the new The Sims merchandise store! In fact, there was a lot packed into the fifteen-minute livestream!

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Community Highlights

It goes without saying that The Sims community is a very diverse community that loves to not only share their creations, stories and gameplay but also the odd memes or funny tweets here and there. Amongst all the discussions from today’s episode of Behind The Sims, we spotted a few related memes that we wanted to showcase!

While there were many great ones appearing during the duration of the livestream, Luddy gave the community not one but two excellent memes relating to the upcoming Stuff Pack!