After the recent broadcast of “Behind The Sims”, the world now has a lot to talk about regarding the series. Not only is The Sims 4 base game available to everyone for free, but fans have also learned about tons of updates and expansions for the eight-year-old game. And of course, we finally got a hint of things to come with “Project Rene,” something that points toward a fifth major release in the franchise.

We had the opportunity to sit down with Lindsay Pearson, Vice President of Creative for The Sims franchise, and talk with her about the evolution of the games, their ever-growing community, and what we can expect to see in the future. And what we discovered is that all of the studio’s decisions seem to come from watching their fans very carefully.

Regarding the change to an F2P model for one…