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For the first time ever, players can 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 cost a fee.

* 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 feature the Exchange. It is a place where items can 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 are available from the [[wikipedia:PlayStation Store|PlayStation Store]] and [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Marketplace|Xbox Live Game Marketplace]].

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 seems to be 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>

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This is a list of artists and their songs that were featured in ''The Sims 3'':

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, It 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.

* 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 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 remake of the original game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube consoles.