Sadness in Sim City
The comments on this article, especially the last one, express exactly how I feel about The Sims 4, and why I may never play it again. That they wouldn't want to “give up all of the content they've purchased over the years” is the worst excuse they could have come up with for not moving forward. Because that's precisely where the problem lies. All the money they've made players spend, which they've happily pocketed for something that wouldn't work if it weren't for mods.
In my opinion, in this particular case, it would be well worth it if they all (players) could leave 11 or so years old Sims 4 behind and start from scratch with a game that didn't look outdated and had a better technology. I say “they” because I personally haven't bought even a quarter of all that DLC because, for me, it was too expensive and some of it, although appealing, is frankly lacking in gameplay. But that's just me. I guess I'll just have to live without The Sims 5 or the illusion of it, which saddens me to no end. And knowing that they're now going for a multiplayer game makes me even sadder.
Thankfully, there are now some possible simulation game alternatives that are, honestly, much better, at least in terms of graphics and gameplay. I truly hope those don't cancel last hour like Life by you did, because the idea of being stuck forever in this particular game genre with EA just horrifies me.
If you think I'm being harsh, take some time to read the comments in this note, all of them, you'll see that I'm not the only one who's tired of EA and their nonsense.