Glad to see we only had to wait 8 years for actually alive babies in a life simulation game

THE JIST FOR EVERYONE: A new Sims Title is in development, 'Project Rene'. Sims Freeplay is getting a sims makeover, smoothing out the appearance. Sims Mobile is getting balconies. Sims 4 is expecting a baby update sometime next year, as well as two packs, which were not mentioned much. Also a new platform for custom content and mod sharing.👀

It’s great to see that after 8 years, and reiterating multiple times that this is years out, the sims team is proud to announce a color wheel… Something that was in the sims 3 at launch…

Any other simmers here that miss the vibes of the earlier Sims games? The quirkiness of the Sims 1 is what I really miss along with the open-world concept of 3. Id love to see them so a collab with Will Wright on the development of this game. Also, they should be including weather in the base game at this point.

"This meeting could have been an email" feeling.

Paralives ALREADY has their foot on EA’s neck. Love to see it.

it’s so surprising that they included the older sims games (Sims, Sims 2, Sims 3), I thought they forgot about them 😭

64-bit Sims 3 with better graphics is EXACTLY what I wanted for sims 5!!! I'm loving what im seeing!!!

Paralive really forced The sims to act, hahahaha

Our faces when they randomly had a dance number: 👁 👄 👁

EA, please don't forget world creators during Project Rene. We've been forgotten for all these years of The Sims 4.

Waited 8 years to be told it will be years before sims 5 👌🏼

This is what we call the Paralives Panic

Cannot wait for this baby update we have needed this for ages!!!

Sims team when they saw Paralives: Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!

30:20 WOOOW, she just announced a feature Sims 3 already had decades ago. So this was the plan on removing the style maker in Sims 4, so you can put it back in and sell it as a brand new feature. And it only took years to implement it again. That's a huge step forward and a technical milestone. WOOOOW

I honestly didn’t expect to be this excited about babies 😂 It crawls!! There was a soft baby prison! She picked him up *like a baby* !!

A Tweet would be enough to announce all that stuff instead of a 30 minutes livestream

My favorite part is the fact that they encourage their customers to make mods and CC I think that is so amazing

They finally acknowledged the custom content creators. If it wasn’t for CC I would never play the game.

they're coming for Paralives for the next franchise. theyll be taking notes.

This whole situation is just embarrassing. EA hyped up this stream as if it was going to have any new or fun content, giving the impression that the content would be BIG, or at least bigger than a regular pack or kit release. This was less than that, and could’ve been summed up in a Newsletter seeing as most Simmers are playing the ACTUAL Sims game and not the mobile ports. So you could’ve advertised this as just a small game update and said the sims is now free to play, but instead we get all this spectacle and hype for nothing. I think the most frustrating thing about this is that I wasn’t even expecting a Sims 5; in fact, I was gonna be upset if it was the Sims 5 because Sims 4 is an $870 game (with all dlc) that DOESNT WORK!? I was genuinely hoping this was gonna be a huge update or fix for the Sims 4 with quality of life changes and bug fixes, but no, just more of the same broken game but now with more broken content 🤕

Be prepared for them to split babies, seasons, professions, night life, vacations, etc all into separate 60 dollar expansion packs, and then nickel and dime you further for furniture packs, neighborhoods, etc at 20 bucks a pop

As someone who abandoned this series shortly after the launch of the Sims 4, this little look at Rene gives me a lot of hope. The simple feature of retexturing an object is such a powerful feature in Sims 3 that its absence in Sims 4 was sorely felt. As long as this new title includes all life stages at its launch, I think it's a safe bet I'll be there on day one.

All the hype for a baby update?! Something that the sims 4 has needed for a long time is wild! Im speechless 😢

This was so incredibly underwhelming 😭 I knew this was gonna happen, so glad I didn’t get my hopes up. It doesn’t make me wanna invest in TS5 knowing how much money i’ve invested in TS4. Also, they literally stole Paralives’ entire look

I am a sims4 player from Japan. I have enjoyed playing sims4 on consoles for years. I was looking forward to the Desert Luxe Kit that will be given to players who have been paying for sims4 as a free gift to thank them for enjoying the free version of sims4. However, the Desert Luxe Kit has not yet been distributed to console players in Japan. I saw an answer on ea's question board that said "Due to Japanese law, Desert Luxe Kit cannot be distributed to Japanese console players". There is no detailed explanation that would convince me. There are no solid announcements by official reports. I am angry and saddened by this response, as I have been enjoying playing sims4 by purchasing the full game and dlc for a fee, even though I have had to put up with many unresolved bugs. It seems that Japanese console players are being disrespected. I hope that Desert Luxe Kit will be distributed to Japanese console players as well. If this is not possible, please provide a satisfactory explanation and announcement.

I've reverted back to playing Sims 3 lately for the "Create a Style" feature. Seeing a team dedicated to "Project Renee" to bring patterns and a color wheel brightened my morning. 😄 Tho can we get more testers for these changes so they don't break my game while running multiple packs? That would be awesome.

"We're not going to be fixing game breaking bugs and glitches in The Sims 4, instead we're adding even more onto the pile! Thanks for your money! 💸"

I’m excited to customize furniture again with all the new features! I can’t wait to see the finished product

Please I just want to say thank you so so much for bringing back the color wheel for Project Rene. You have no idea how happy that made me and my partner. Along with the patterns and sizes. Super excited

From what I could see, Sims 5 currently includes: - Platforms - Clutter (free placement) - Colour wheel - Patterns - Free move and tilt for objects - Customizable parts for furniture - Toilets have slots - Doors with customizable hooks and racks - Apartments - Multi-platform synching updated in real time, can be used between multiple users - Gallery for sharing and downloading rooms They’re starting off strong with this one! Please feel free to add to the list if you caught something I didn’t

If an indie team of Paralives of 20 people can be making a game with a lot of base game things included, you know EA is mismanaging the Sims team. They have a TON of competition now in simulation games. They'll lose players if they don't keep up. I mean even modders do better mods for the game than EA. At least they're trying to catch up I guess??

All they had to do was combine what was great in the sims 1, 2 & 3 with better graphics and make it run smoothly.

Ive been intrigued by sims since the beginning!! It brought my skills to light

waited 30 minutes for them to announce overpriced paralives and to see a video of a baby having rights after eight years asking for it. totally worth it, not disappointed at all.

This was a WHOLE DUBB . This could of been an email , a post , a news letter…SMH

Love how passionate she was describing the foundations of the sims games. Meanwhile, all I could think of was when id boot up the ps2 and wall off the bathroom with a sim on the inside 🤣🤣🤣

My weirdest story took place in Sims 3. A family adopted a robot (Plumbot) for household chores. The robot was sick of it and rode away on the family's unicorn, moved to a new town and put the town square on fire 😂😂😂

the mod platform honestly is really exciting, they're going for a Skyrim approach, which means that the sims 4 will never really die due to mods

You know when a meeting could’ve been an email, this is that

Y'all should add Plumbella, Fake Gamer Girl and Call Me Kevin next time. They deserve recognition too. Also to new simmers don't buy a pack just because it looks cool and fun make sure you research into it first. Learned that first hand.

What we really want is to be able to build walls on half tiles.

TLDR EA saw how much hype was behind the indie game Paralives made by French developers (more on that in a bit). So they throw together a (very) short demo where they show resizing, pattern changing, and color changing of objects (hint, all shown to be IN Paralives). So now they announce Project Rene, Rene is a proper name of French ^ origin meaning reborn.

Thank you so much for hearing Simmers’ thoughts. Keep on making new updates about The Sims! We would like to thank you for making The Sims from the first to the 4th. We’re all looking forward to the updates!

this could have been an email... would love to see the amount of money that went into production and advertising for this event go toward improving the sims 4

The ability for (most) Sims players to delude themselves into being happy over crumbs… is astounding.

"We chose Rene because it sounds like renewal" Me: **instantly thinks of the Twilight vampire kid Renesmee**

7:42 I’VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS! Finally I can play the Sims 4, there’s just a few more steps to finally getting it-

I only really liked the baby reveal tbh, the project rene looks more like a building focused mobile app - reminds me of AR home design apps mixed with paralives mechanics which personally is not what I had hoped in regards to their next game I wanted it to be more gameplay focused but hey this is extremely early so who knows

I am excited for the baby update , it's about time

Wow thank god I didn't watch this live... imagine waiting 30 minutes for sims 5 announcement and it still wasn't announced

Ok so after the new update. It's not impossible to have relationships. But it is pretty annoying that random insults get thrown out and pretty much wrecks any relationships you build with another sim. So far I just keep saving and reloading to increase the bars 🤣

So your big reveal is that you’re watching what Paralives is doing and replicating it? Awesome glad I wasted 30 minutes. I will still be supporting and playing paralives, the life sims genre needs more.

By the end of this stream the live chat was basically the chaos fighting school scene from mean girls

Project Rene sounds amazing I hope it would be available to do so in the sims clothes similar how it was in the sims 3.

I hope the baby update will have several Life Stages like Newborn, Supported Sitter, Sitter, and Finally Crawler. And at the end of the Crawler Stage, you can teach your baby to Walk, and then it becomes and Toddler.

I am actually so impressed they included the sims freeplay 😭😭 the update we've been waiting for like 10 years

Whats funny is that they made the game look better then it is, not a single clip was from the base game of sims 4. You would have to spend $200+ to get your game looking that custom and beautiful. sad

You could literally put cushions on your sofa’s by downloading them from the sims resource, use create a style and place anything anywhere pressing Alt in The Sims 3 😂 This isn’t new to me 🤣

Could you collab with cc creators and Moders to make game packs , expansion packs and stuff packs

*EA barely doing the minimum* ppl: omgg i love it

My facial expressions through the entire summit:🤔🙄😮😑 I must be an ungrateful simmer cause I'm over it😂 the visuals were cute tho. The "new project" looks like sims 4, sims mobile and paralives had a baby🤔😂

I’m so excited for this update!! ❤❤

Im so happy that the sims 4 will be free to play, Ive wanted to play since Ive been playing freeplay on and off over 5+ years And Im happy to hear the collab with overwolf, Im able to play with mods using that as I dont know how to download/use them without its help

I had no expectations and somehow I'm *still* disappointed

Imagine being so scared by an indie developer who started showing you up that you need to steal their ideas and look...Rene looks JUST like Paralives. No freaking shame.

Will the graphics also consist of two pixels?

wait, don't tell me they're that much afraid of Paralives to the point of literally copying their features. oh, EA, why are you like this?

I really missed the open world that was the Sims 3 where you can move everywhere in the map with real time simulation (almost) and with zero loading screens (also almost) I hope Project Rene will have this.

I AM SO EXITED FOR THE BABY UPDATE

I am very happy with the news about the sim. I have 54 and I play the sims 20 years. I have all from the Sims. I love this game. So much emotions!!! Thanks, thanks, thanks! God bless all group The Sims!

I just want to say Thank You … Thank You for giving me the last push that I needed to finally close this chapter of my life and uninstall the sims 4 for good. See you guys when Paralives releases!

It’s literally just Paralives 🤪 EA never fails to disappoint

I can't wait for the infants! Extremely excited to play with them. So thankful for another life stage. I can't believe it is finally happening. I was just imagining it years ago when I saw the babies in the Sims Freeplay. I thought it would be a dream to have something similar in the Sims 4 and now it is happening! 2023 hasn't happened yet but you already made my next year so much better. I was also not excited for the Sims 5 but after seeing it, it is already looking so good despite being in early stage of development. I hope Sims 5 would be an open world and we would have height sliders. That would be lit 🔥 Some people complained about the dance performance but I love it. The dance and music are so energetic and fun to watch and listen to. I repeat it for good vibes. It gives me energy. Can't wait what the future holds for the Sims 4!

Can't wait to see the sims future in 2024 and years to come loved this game ever since the orginal run and still love it ❤️

What me, my girlfriend and a looooot of my frends really want is The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 Remakes!! We would pay A LOT for it

That infant scene at the end was so cute. Reminds me of Sims 2. Just when I'm ready to leave, they keep pulling me back in

Well, aside from all the negative comments below... One good thing about the next Sims game is that they are giving us a choice of playing alone or with other friends which is great. Also, it seems that EVERYTHING is going to be highly customizable as well, which is really great if you like to get super creative with your homes, etc. 5 top things I am personally hoping for in the future are... 1. Way better updated graphics(what they showed off looked similar to graphical fidelity in the Sims 4 but again they said it's VERY early development and graphics usually get finished towards the release of a video game). 2. Way smarter and next-gen AI, from physics to more life-like and realistic/smart Sim interactions, especially with NPC's. 3. A whole Sims economy in the game, with the ability to work numerous jobs, run businesses, and be able to actually make money or go and support a friends business in the game to help them make money. For example I can get a job as a barista and other people can come to the store and tip me money if they like my drinks, giving me the option to make more than the standard paycheck, etc. 4. All different weather types and conditions, from rain to snow or even hurricanes, etc. Or again at the very least, different moderate weather and seasons. 5. Actual driveable cars, or bring back cars to the game even if it's AI driven like the Sims 3. *Bonus* - I would also love the gameplay to expand. For example, if I am at home cooking, there should be a mini-game where when you cook, there's certain meters you have to time and hit and if done successfully you'll get a boost in food quality so that maybe your Sim stays fuller longer, or if you do terribly the quality goes down and your Sim gets sick or gets hungry again quick. Things like that would elevate gameplay instead of just clicking and waiting to see what happens all the time. What about you guys? What do you think?

The Sims on Nintendo Switch is A Must..Thats the biggest announcement you can make rn besides sims 5..love the Sims need the full game on the go make happen please 🤩

absolutely getting some inspiration from Paralives! But I think that's great - Paralives is going to be awesome, and hopefully this pushes the sims team to listen to the players and give us these great customization features

They spent a chunk of our EP money to tell us about things that should’ve been in the game ages ago. 😂 This game has been out for 8 years and it’s been nothing but a cash grab mostly using content we’ve seen before. 😭

I can actually see why The Sims has tanked over the years. These people are so out of touch with the players.

I love the dance performance! I repeat it (sometimes just the music) just for good vibes and energy! ☺️

at least we're gonna get some kind of baby update

Plot twist Paralives is undercover development of Sims 5 (Project Rene) 💀

That "Project Rene" is a proof that EA got all sweaty after Paralives videos xD so basically they are trying desperately to keep up with an indie game, how hilarious xD

Just RANDOMLY stumbles upon Greg Cipes (the voice of Beast Boy) with Wingman. 😂

Could have cut out most of this and just let us know about Project Rene...

I can guarantee y'all that EA is gonna release The Sims 5 earlier than Paralives (because Paralives got EA's boot's quivering lol) and it's gonna be like The Sims 4 release all over again... A incomplete game filled with bugs and missing content lmaoooo

I've always received too many CCs due to lack of color when arranging furniture. I'm looking forward to the update that I can choose my own colors.

omg Im so excited for the future I have so many ideas

how did i know they would show off barely anything, congrats guys, pack it up

Warning to all new sims players almost all sims 4 expansions are broken no joke. I've spent so much on broken stuff from them

Am not kidding, The Sims helped me through the pandemic. I needed an outlet outside work to get my creativity or something to “go outside”. I’ve been flipping through The Sims 1,2, 3 and 4. Thank you Maxis! I know the game is not perfect but none the less it helped me through a rough patch. ❤ here’s to hoping for a good future for The Sims

i missed it when it went live so i am doing my first watch of it and acully playing sims at the same time

Tbh, idk what I was expecting but it wasn't this 😂 I think they did a nice job putting together a cute little show!

I haven't been this disappointed in a long time 😭😖

I hope you guys make it accessible for Mac and Windows players, and a multiplayer game. This would be a game changer, please and thank you 🥺🙏🏼

The babies im excited for, I also hope they one day do SIMS RANCHING with horses! that would be awesome!