To read more about The Sims 5, including release date, online multiplayer, plot details and more, head here. But with the arrival of next-gen consoles, who knows what EA has planned! Therefore, any PS4, Xbox One or next-gen beta may come later than the PC beta. The Sims has stuck to the formula of releasing their games on consoles a few years after the initial PC release. We'd likely get our first look at these amazing new features in the beta. Head here to find out what The Sims online gameplay could be like. This means it is looking very likely that online multiplayer will arrive in The Sims 5. In an interview with Forbes, EA’s Andrew Wilson revealed that the “notion of social interactions and competition like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many many years ago will start to become a part of The Sims experience in the years to come”.