
Videogamer writes: "There are only two reactions to The Sims 3 being brought to console. It's either unbridled, tearful glee or a sense of flatline disinterest as you watch another Sim title pop up in your local games store. Often the two feelings will merge and you'll find yourself buying the game regardless of whether or not you've lost interest in the franchise by this point. This is the kind of commercial franchise The Sims has become, a behemoth big enough and consistently good enough to keep throwing your money at. Even when you very well know you'll lose interest after bricking the maid behind a wall".

With an expensive backlog of DLC that it struggles to run on modern hardware, The Sims 3 deserves revisiting.
They all deserve a remaster, alongside the Sims City games. Sims 3 in particular should be looked at more only cause of how hot it makes PC's.

A voice actor for The Sims spoke about his experiences doing voice work for the game's fictional Simlish language, and how there was no dictionary for them

The Sims franchise has been a part of my life ever since the first game came out. It was one of two games I camped outside of a store for, the other one being Black & White.