I think there has been enough development etc. that there is no turning back now. SimMars and Simsville just had short little promo video ads in other games as far as I know, and not whole sections of the official site or multiple promo movies and screenshots like this! Besides, I kind of felt like going to the console games was like a step on the way towards developing Sims 2, why do all that and not take the final (and most profitable!) step?