User blog comment:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki News - 1st August 2013/@comment-1715678-20130803180658

As far as I see it, The Sims was intended to be single player. I feel (I could be wrong though) that many players want it to stay single player. It would be neat if it had an online option in which you play with others people, but as a core it should be single player. I think with how it is now for The Sims 3 (with simport or whatever it's called) is the begining of a new TSO in the future. Overall, I have no problem with The Sims 4 possibly having some online focus, but I believe the game should stay to its single player roots for the core of the game.