Actually I believe it means that Project Rene/Lotus is going to be paused, and combined with recent job cuts, this hints that the EA Sims Studio is now on deathwatch.


According to rumors, Project Evergreen (aka TS4 remaster) will need to be delivered by September 2027, in under a year, which makes it their all-or-nothing project.

https://simscommunity.info/2026/10/...ergreen-x-rene/

IMO, failure to deliver on Project Evergreen will probably lead to serious repercussions as it means that The EA Sims Studio has failed to secure a future for the Sims franchise, especially as TS4's engine clearly could no longer handle expansions by 2025-26.

I bet the entire Sims franchise will be sent to another studio and completely rebooted.

I came to a point that I don’t bother looking up what these projects are, as they’re not an ounce enticing to me lol. Is it just me?

Flops, like 4 was. They don’t know what to do with the franchise, it’s sad. However, what they are doing is not it.

I had uninstalled TS4 a week ago because I ran out of motivation to finish it all it has to offer (no incentive to continue with the things the games lacklust-erly rewards you for 'completing'). I do get an itch to install previous games, but maybe I'll wait for a few years until nostalgia really kicks me to play it. *Sighs in having completed all expansion pack experiences*

I uninstalled TS3 a couple of weeks ago, I needed a break.

Since having done that, I've come to realize the only reason I kept TS3 installed and played when I didn't feel like it was because I wanted to feel like I was part of something. What that "something" was, I don't know as most of the time the sims community is a hot mess with endless bickering, fighting, people complaining about one thing, then they're for the thing they complained about the next time the wind shifts direction, ect...

That being said, there is one aspect of the game I miss. One of my favorite past times was chilling out and spending time taking screenshots from around whatever world I was playing at the time. I don't miss the game play itself, that got boring a long time ago.

Having sat on this for a couple of weeks, I'm going to reinstall TS3, but it won't be because of that want to be part of something. It will be just for funsies when the mood strikes.

All that to say, if you need a break, then take one. There is no rule that says you have to keep a game installed that you have no interest in playing.

@Yinepu I guess disagrees with me uninstalling or the fact that I said the game doesn’t reward all that much to my liking. I did however elaborate, the game hardly gives me anything to feel any sort of feeling of accomplishment when say getting to the top of a career reward (what will unlock counter or another desk/computer will give me other than decorating a room?). Also, aspiration rewards are a bit uninspiring when most of them are trivial than or just similar to Lifetime Rewards (of TS3’s)

@Gargoyle The good thing about old’s game community (TS3 in this case) is when the development as ended, there’s no really no arguing or bickering as to what the game should or shouldn’t need when people came to acceptance that it is what it is now. However, I do relate to your feeling. It’s like you grown out of something but you don’t want to let ago or accept that you had kinda have to set ways as you really done and enjoy everything what it had to offer. Just the memories and the fun times playing it or the connections it made with other players is what kept you for so long.