Geoff Keighley: I imagine as The Sims becoming more of a platform for creativity – it feels like an opportunity? Laura Miele: Absolutely.

The team is hard at work on the next generation of that experience. And then to do that together – I think that’s one of our biggest opportunities with The Sims is the social connection component that we need to bring to this brand and this franchise. I think 20 years later we learned a lot about how players interact, what motivates players, how players can come together co-operatively and so as you imagine as we think about the next generation of The Sims it’s SUPER important for us to have the best tools, the most flexibility and for players to really expand on their creativity, remix items and objects in the world. We had The Sims Online that came out in 2002 which was around 20 years ago. It seems like The Sims out of all your franchises is maybe best equipped to play in this world? Laura Miele: Yes, a lot of fertile ground for The Sims for sure and the idea that we will build on the tools for people to play with life and the idea for people to be able to play with life together. Is there sort of an opportunity to do more of there? I look at Roblox, Fortnite Creative and things like that. The Sims is still a vibrant franchise for EA right now. It was 20 years ago, ahead of its time, with letting people build a character, build your environment. Geoff Keighley: On another note, I talked a little about The Sims – you mentioned that which is totally a great point with Maxis related games SimCity, SimFarm, even The Sims Online.

This is why we think The Sims 5 should look to the past for inspiration when it comes to future content.Ĭheck out the full transcription below courtesy of Sims Community. We can sometimes get caught up with looking to the future that we forget to acknowledge the past. There's a lot that can be done with The Sims and The Sims 5 could do it all. However, the PS5 and Xbox Series X could change things. The next generation of consoles have been out for a year now, but The Sims has always been a game that's associated with the PC platform - not consoles. Is there even any desire from EA to make another game? The Sims 4 just keeps getting new content and if people keep buying it. It's coming up to eight years with this game, so we're well overdue a new Sims game. The Sims 3 was released in 2009 - then The Sims 4 was released five years later in 2014. The Sims 4's Community Manager has confirmed that there are no surprises in-store for The Sims 4 players this Christmas, but what about 2022? We could be getting an announcement regarding The Sims 5, but we're not so sure despite the fact we're due a new game.

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