The next big iteration of The Sims franchise, known as Project Rene, apparently won't be The Sims 5. Or at least it won't function the way numbered entries in the have in the past, with players starting over from scratch while EA stops development on the previous game. This time around, however, EA will continue to support and release content for The Sims 4 after Project Rene is released, and the two games may even share content and progression somehow.
A catch-all blog detailing the future of The Sims franchise, including the live-action movie, had a few details to share about what Project Rene actually is, referring to it as an experience "focused on building ways for friends to meet, connect, and share while playing together in an all-new world." In other words, it's a true multiplayer version of The Sims, but we already knew that.
The real info came from The Sims franchise general manager Kate Gorman, in an interview with Variety, who described this situation as a change in philosophy for the franchise.
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