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cheesypastella
5 years ago

Apple Silicon and The Sims 3...

Hello,

As most people under the sun know, The Sims 3 is coming back to Intel systems with a 64-Update remaster. HOWEVER my question yet remains, will Apple Silicon work with The Sims 3? I want to buy a new Mac when Apple Silicon is included in the systems, but fret The Sims 3 will no longer be supported.

I do have Windows 10 installed on my 2019 iMac currently, and would do that to my future Apple Silicon computer. BUT Windows 10 has been rumoured to never make it to Apple Silicon systems. I do know about Rosetta, but since The Sims 3 is outdated - in today's society - I'm not sure if EA would even bother use Rosetta to make it compatible.

Love The Sims 3. Just need an answer, so I know if to stop buying Apple Computers.

Thank you!

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @cheesypastella  I don't think there is an answer yet, or at least not a finalized answer that EA is ready to announce.  The people working on the 64-bit update are looking into the issue though.  There's a reference to the development here:

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/m-p/9257271#M7664

    Apple's ARM processors will be rolled out in phases, so we'll know whether Sims 3 runs on the first ones while other Intel Macs are still available.  And it sounds like your future purchase is still a long way off.  So it might be better to revisit this question in a year or so, once there's more information on the CPUs, and of course once the updated Sims 3 is finished and available.

    Besides, you could always keep your old Mac around for Sims 3 and use the new one for everything else.

  • cheesypastella's avatar
    cheesypastella
    5 years ago

    At least someone is looking into it.

    The problem with me keeping my old Mac is I like to live stream Sims 3. However, if the case is they will not be making Sims 3 compatible for ARM, I will keep my old iMac.

    Thank you for your help! 🙂

  • Nicv1990's avatar
    Nicv1990
    5 years ago
    The new Macs will use arm64, the same CPU architecture that recent iOS devices use (Intel-based Macs use an architecture called x86-64). That’s an exciting move, because it means that they’ll be able to run iOS and iPadOS apps alongside those made for macOS. But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware.
    That’s where Rosetta 2 comes in: It’s an emulator built into macOS Big Sur that will enable ARM Macs to run old Intel apps. Rosetta 2 essentially “translates” instructions that were written for Intel processors into commands that Apple’s chips can understand. Developers won’t need to make any changes to their old apps;

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