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. In an interview with VentureBeat, EA’s Chief Studio Officer Laura Miele shared new details about The Sims 5, confirming it is in development and what players can expect from the next entry in the series.Ĭheck out the full transcription below courtesy of Sims Community. With the series being over 20 years old and relying on the same format, now would be a perfect time to shake things up rather than leaving players bored while they wait for their Sims to return from work. There could also be mini-games that determine your Sims performance in their job.

It would be great to see every career be interactive, possibly through performing tasks associated with the job, such as a firefighter putting out fires or a business person making financial decisions for a company. Some recent expansion packs for The Sims 4 have seen the careers expanded to allow more interactivity with some jobs, such as environmentalist type work, as well as the magic school.

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