The Sims 3 (console): Difference between revisions

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For the first time ever, players cancould upload and download content via [[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]] and [[wikipedia:PlayStation Network|PlayStation Network]], including player creations from the Exchange for free, and new items released by EA, which costcosted a fee. As of July 2018, the Exchange for consoles has been shut down.

* The brand new Karma system which allows you to either bless or curse your Sims.<ref name="EA Announces">[http://www.thesims3.com/console_annc EA Announces The Sims 3 for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS] which allows you to bless or wreak havoc on your Sims. There areis a total of 13thirteen different Karma powers, some of which are already available and some of which need to be unlocked by completing certain Challenges and then purchasing them in the Challenges Reward shop.</ref>

* "The Create-a-Sim tool allows you to create almost any Sim you can imagine. The number of customizations available is countless. You can also set their personality with a huge choice of personality traits."<ref name="First Details">[http://www.simprograms.com/first-details-on-the-sims-3-for-xbox-360-ps3-wii-ds/ First Details on The Sims 3 for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS]</ref>

* PS3 and 360 versions featurefeatured the Exchange. It iswas a place where items cancould be uploaded and shared between both consoles.[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/195/279765.page].

Since the release of the game, EA have released downloadable content for The Sims 3, both paid and free, which arewere available from the [[wikipedia:PlayStation Store|PlayStation Store]] and [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Marketplace|Xbox Live Game Marketplace]]. This content is no longer available with the closure of the Exchange.

* '''Hairstyles Pack''' - ''The latest trends in [[Moonlight Bay]] hairstyles are now avaliableavailable. These new haircuts will transform your Sims!''

The trailer for the Sims 3 console was released on June 14, 2010. It shows many of the original features of the Sims, such as cycling around town and changing Sims' appearance. It also shows the newly added features, such as 'Karma Powers', such as when a female Sim is exposed outside a restaurant, leaving her totally nude with only the blur to cover her, presumably after doing something bad. It also shows that, unlike previous games, players are allowed to build more than one floor onto buildings. Another feature seemsshown to bewas the ability to have children in the game, unlike its predecessors: ([[The Sims 2 (console)|The Sims 2]], [[The Sims 2 Pets (console)|The Sims 2: Pets]], and [[The Sims 2 Castaway]]). The 2nd E3 trailer features the Kris Allen song, "Live Like We're Dying" and shows the possibility of the aging system as the trailer shows Sims life memories of when they were younger as well as one point of the trailer showing the 6 life stages from [[The Sims 3]] as well as an elderly man with the Grim Reaper. The aging system was later confirmed by Sam Player in an interview with GameSpot.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SG3QqlWPc The Sims 3 for Console Interview - Sam Player]</ref>

The Sims 3 has a save game glitch that causes the game to freeze when saving it. On May 18, 2011, EA released an update via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network fixing this issue.

There is a glitch that has been going on for quite a while on the PS3. When downloading the DLC and Updates, Itit will freeze at a random percentage, then eventually will show that the download is 100% complete and freeze. This renders the game unplayable. As of now, no one has found a solution to this glitch.

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* This is the third game that is based on and plays like Windows and Mac OS X,; the first 2 were ''[[The Sims (Console)|The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims Bustin' Out]]''.

* No sixth Generationgeneration console has a version of ''The Sims 3''.

* Obtaining new career outfits works differently on the console version. On the [[The Sims 3|Mac and PC versions]], Sims would automatically wear the new career outfit when it's obtained and when going to work unless the Sim's [[Life state|supernatural state]] doesn't wear clothes (e.g. [[SimBot]]) or if the Sim is [[Singed]]. However, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions ask the player if they want to go to Create a Sim or skip it where(in which case the Sim wears their Everyday outfit) when a Sim obtains a new career outfit. ''[[The Sims 3: Pets (Console)|Pets]]'' also retains this prompt from The Sims 3.

* This is the first time Edge Of Reality has developed a Sims title since 2002, where; they developed the console remakeversion of the original game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube consoles.

Electronic Arts confirmed that ''[[The Sims 4]]'' would receive a [[sims:The_Sims_4_The Sims 4 (console)|console version]] for PlaystationPlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It was released in November 2017.

* [httphttps://www.thesims3consolethesims3.com/#/home The Sims 3 (console) Official Site] {{Deadlink}}