Recently, a fair chunk of information has been made available regarding the ongoing development of The Sims 5. It has been almost a decade since the release of The Sims 4, and while fans are perfectly happy with that latest instalment in this legendary franchise, there’s always the desire to see what’s coming next.
On Twitter, one eagle-eyed user stumbled across a job listing for a ‘Head of Monetization & Marketplace’ on ‘Project Rene’, which is the interchangeable name for The Sims 5. In this listing, it was stated quite clearly that The Sims 5 will be ‘free-to-enter’, boasting a ‘free and paid’ in-game marketplace and paid-for content – which is essentially the model that The Sims 4 is working with as we speak.
In the job listing, it was stated that the successful applicant would:
There was a reference made to fostering a ‘nimble live service culture’ and the need to ‘maximize long-term revenue’ by analysing spending habits and tracking purchases, and so on.
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