The Sims 3 is a simulator developed by The Sims Studio, released 26 October 2010 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What The Sims 3 is
The Sims 3 is a simulator game developed by The Sims Studio and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Sims 3 is a console game, developed by Edge of Reality and published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For the first time ever, players could upload and download content via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, including player creations from the Exchange for free, and new items released by EA, which costed a fee. As of July 2018, the Exchange for consoles has been shut down. Much like The Sims 2 for PSP, the game has been removed from Xbox Marketplace and PlayStation Store, meaning that the digital version is only available to download to players who have previously buy it. The same applies to the Pets variant.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama, fantasy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Sims series
The Sims 3 is the 74th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3 in 2010.
What it launched against
The Sims 3 launched on 26 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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