

Provide guidance to content teams on in-game content needs to meet player demand.” While it uses an odd specific version of the term, free-to-enter does indeed seem to imply that the game won’t cost anything to start it up.Įxactly how the sequel will be monetised is a fairly easy guess, given the Sims is certainly a series that is no stranger to having players pay for items, clothes, and plenty of other things for money.

It’s come to light via a job listing that EA’s upcoming life sim The Sims 5 (currently known as Project Rene) will be taking a free-to-play approach, following the previous game’s similar approach last year.įan account The Henford Hen uncovered the job listing for a ‘Head of Monetization and Marketplace, Project Rene’ on EA Maxis’ website, which lists the following under the responsibilities section “Own pricing of all content in this free-to-enter game, ensuring we have an optimal pricing and content architecture.
