Life sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games again

The life sim genre is in a slump. All the omens pointed to a life sim renaissance in 2025 that just didn't happen. Life By You got canned in 2024, Paralives is delayed until later this year, and Inzoi hasn't made quite the splash to revitalize the genre that I'd hoped for. Meanwhile The Sims 4 itself is still beset by save corruption bugs and Sims fans are left in the dark with leaks, rumors, and disappointment over what Project Rene is going to be. So many Sims players are terminally bored and...