Re: will the sims ever be online like the original TSO (The SIMS Online)?
by darkauditOriginal Post
@Scobren , that isn't why companies are moving to Texas.... Texas is notoriously hot! 
I know this firsthand! 😅 The summers here are miserable. Much of Texas is in a drought right now, though it doesn't seem as bad since it is winter. They are testing that new cooling system in Texas probably because Texas is hot, but in that case it would work just as well in California, if the tests can prove that a cooling system like this can work! I would think that if their hypothesis with this cooling system is correct, then they could implement this system all over the world. Only time will tell. 😎
@MzMolls We don't even know for certain if there will even be a Sims 5, let alone it will be online or not. There is no official confirmation on any of this as of yet. That said, I do think EA is probably working on the Sims 5 , but that is just my guess. I do not work for EA, so I really have no idea. Employees have spoken publicly about the future, but this isn't the same as an official announcement. 🙂
But game development takes a long time and, in the past, even when they did announce a new Sims game it was way in advance of it being released. For example, The Sims 2 was announced on May 5, 2003, but didn't release until September 14 (or 16 depending on where you lived) 2004. That is a year and 4 1/2 months gap! For The Sims 3, that was announced March 19, 2008, and released on June 2, 2003, with a gap of a little over a year. Sims 4 was announced in May of 2013 and released in September 2014, which again was a gap of year and 4 months.
While EA employees have mentioned online capability for the future, we don't know if this will be The Sims 5 or if they are planning on another branch of the Sims like they did with The Sims Online (20 years ago!) or the Sims Medieval, or the My Sims franchise. And even if they are specifically talking about The Sims 5 and not another offshoot of the Sims , since the Sims 5 has not been officially announced yet, it would most likely be over a year away (at the earliest) if they were to announce it today. That said, EA has also mentioned having enough content for a few more years for the Sims 4.
I hope that if the Sims 5 has online capability, that we can still play it by ourselves if we want to! 😊
Happy Simming! 
@Scobren , thanks , you stay safe too! 
So far this year our weather isn't too crazy for this part of Texas. The temperatures are up and down but that is normal for winter. We are in a bit of a drought, but that was because we usually get a decent amount of rain in the fall, especially around October, but that didn't happen this year. However, last winter was a doozy! 🥶
But I hear other parts of North America had a big snowstorm! 😨
I loved the Sims Medieval! I do miss that game! 😊 I can't imagine if it were online! 😅
@Scobren Yikes! 😱 Freezing fog! Sounds horrible! Sounds a bit painful too! 😬
I'm sorry you are having both ice storms and fires!😣 You would hope one would cancel out the other! 
Sims Medieval was a more linear game, but still a lot of fun, as you could try playing as several different characters who each had different rolls. I never played Sims Online because it didn't interest me to play with a bunch of strangers who might destroy my house or hurt my Sims. This is why I hope it is like how Animal Crossing does it and also can be played as a single player game! But it is hard to believe that Sims Online came out exactly 20 years ago!
I have a relative who says I need to play Stardew Valley because he knows I would love it, and I have a friend whose whole family plays Minecraft. But I don't have those games at the moment. I don't know Eco or Farm Together.
When you say that " compared to 22 years ago. A lot has changed in that time and Simmers are far more diverse now and multi generational now with kids, grandkids, and great grandkids." , I'm not sure what you mean.
I knew elderly people who played the original The Sims, as well as some people who played when they were like 9 or 10 (even though it was supposed to be for Teens and older) because their older siblings played it. So that was pretty multi-generational.😃 And sometimes whole families played it. Also Simmers were always a diverse bunch since The Sims was popular all over the world! 🥰 . So I don't think that has really changed at all. But perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying. 🤷♀️
While I don't think the Sims Online had as much of a multi-generational appeal, I do know that the original TS1 did!
Ah! Jasmine Holiday! Always fun to see her when she showed up! 😄 I do miss those events! I could be wrong, but i think they stopped doing those events around the time TS4 came to consoles. My guess is that since back then consoles had not caught up with all the packs and patches that PC and Mac had, that it would be difficult to have the events for all platforms. But we did have that event last summer with the concert, so I guess they were able to now do that since consoles have caught up to PC/Mac in regards to patches and packs. But that is just my thinking. 😉
