The Sims 4 on iPad Pro
What is EA waiting for? iPad Pro has the power to run the REAL The Sims 4 (and expansions), not that “mobile” version full of in-app purchases to do everything. Will EA release a TS4 iPadOS version...
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@Jfranz18 @jpkarlsen
The iPad Pro with M1 chip will be absolutely capable of running the game now. It has the same chip as the MacBook Airs, 13" MacBook Pros and Mac minis released at the end of last year which can happily run the game. It is also the same chip in the newly announced iMacs.
The M1 Macs can also run iPhone and iPad apps due to the new architecture. However, the M1 iPad Pros will still be running iPadOS, not macOS, and Sims 4 is developed for macOS and Windows.
One of two things needs to happen to be able to play the current Sims 4 on the M1 iPad - Either EA need to develop a version for iPadOS or Apple need to make it possible for the iPad to run macOS.
If you have a compatible Mac you could use the iPad as a second display using Sidecar but that's all it is, a second display. The game would still need to be installed and running on the Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210380
The iPad Pro with M1 chip will be absolutely capable of running the game now. It has the same chip as the MacBook Airs, 13" MacBook Pros and Mac minis released at the end of last year which can happily run the game. It is also the same chip in the newly announced iMacs.
The M1 Macs can also run iPhone and iPad apps due to the new architecture. However, the M1 iPad Pros will still be running iPadOS, not macOS, and Sims 4 is developed for macOS and Windows.
One of two things needs to happen to be able to play the current Sims 4 on the M1 iPad - Either EA need to develop a version for iPadOS or Apple need to make it possible for the iPad to run macOS.
If you have a compatible Mac you could use the iPad as a second display using Sidecar but that's all it is, a second display. The game would still need to be installed and running on the Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210380
I know right, thank you for assisting me in determining how powerful the ipad pro M1 is, and what to expect if the ipad pro has the M1 chip. I believe it would be able to handle the sims 4, which they must build for ipads.
- @franssbilly
Why must they? Why not just buy a Mac? You can buy a MacBook Air with pretty much the same spec and a full operating system for a few quid more.I already have a Macbook Air M1 but it doesn't have a touch screen, do you know what I mean? I'd like to try out their new touch screen device in The Sims 4, if you get what I'm saying. I'm trying to persuade them that the iPad Pro M1 can run the game. Apple will have to focus on dual booting the ipad pro M1 to macos major sur or render ipados sims4. I believe Apple will need to inform EA that the iPad Pro M1 is capable of running The Sims 4.
- @franssbilly
Yes the iPad Pro is now capable of running the game but it would have to be re-developed with touch screen controls. Not sure why Apple would have to notify EA that the M1 iPad Pro could run the game, it's up to EA to write the game for the platform.
7 years down the line and I just hope that more bugs get fixed in the game, not more time spent on developing it for another platform.
Because it would much better to play The Sims using touch screen on the go wherever you are
