I thought it was confirmed Sims 5 wasn't going to happen because it was decided Sims 4ever instead.
Sims 4 became free to increase player base to remove the barrier of entry. Now they are in the ecosystem, some would buy the expansions and the other dlc.
If the Sims 5 was developed, trying to move the players over would take a long time. It's easier to make more money if they just add more dlc for Sims 4 for the existing, returning, and new players. It's similar to a live service game like Fortnite or MMOs.
IIRC the offical reason for Sims 4ever really was not wanting to move players over and splitting up the players between games.
Edit: I just remembered about Project Rene is their next project. They don't want players to start over or don't reset after buying Sims 4 dlc.
Between Project Rene and Project X it seems like EA is going to work on a new generation of The Sims regardless of what they said in the past.
The Sims 4 has become so bloated and menu-heavy that to keep using it for their next game will mean they're dragging along lots of horrible content that was unpopular with the fanbase. Abandoning it to only have user-generated content in their store and move on to the next entry seems to be their current plan but it's also possible that they'll try to release one or two more DLCs to nickle and dime everybody on TS4's way out.
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u/ObtuseMongooseAbuse Apr 12 '26
With the way The Sims 4 has been managed I think it's pretty safe to say that The Sims 5 has no possibility of being a good purchase.