What platform do you play Sims 4 on?

My son and daughter in law does not come on this forum, but they both also play Sims 4, but on the Xbox.

I love playing on PC. My 1st time playing on PC was back in the early 1990s, it was Sinbad the Sailor & Civilization on 3 1/2 floppy disks. The computer was my dad's.
Then in 2011 my daughter & I looked for games to play on Windows 7 & discovered Sims 3 on DVD, it was amazing. However, we learnt the hard was that Laptops aren't good for gaming.
Now we each have our own Desktop Computer with Windows 10 & both of us like to play Sims 4 & the Starter Pack Sims 3. I also play
Civilization V, Age of Empires & Sims Medieval.
My beautiful daughter is grown & has her own place & is more of a gamer than I am. She still says that PC games are still better than Apps, Wii, Xbox & Nintendo.
Like Mother, like daughter.

My main platform is PC, but I’m currently playing a file on my brother’s PS4 copy. The only real reason is because I don’t have Vampires myself and it’s one I was kinda iffy about, but I was curious to try it. The PC version runs and controls better, but otherwise the only difference in experience is what I imposed on myself.

"SERVERFRA;c-17422627" wrote:
I love playing on PC. My 1st time playing on PC was back in the early 1990s, it was Sinbad the Sailor & Civilization on 3 1/2 floppy disks. The computer was my dad's.
Then in 2011 my daughter & I looked for games to play on Windows 7 & discovered Sims 3 on DVD, it was amazing. However, we learnt the hard was that Laptops aren't good for gaming.
Now we each have our own Desktop Computer with Windows 10 & both of us like to play Sims 4 & the Starter Pack Sims 3. I also play
Civilization V, Age of Empires & Sims Medieval.
My beautiful daughter is grown & has her own place & is more of a gamer than I am. She still says that PC games are still better than Apps, Wii, Xbox & Nintendo.
Like Mother, like daughter.

That's such a false statement. Laptops are fine for gaming, as long as they met specs and a person isn't trying to play a intensely graphic game on a $200 underpowered laptop. Then, no, of course it won't go well. But I have had a well spec gaming laptop for the last 5 years that I play games on and have zero problems out of it.

An underpowered laptop is exactly the same as an underpowered desktop. It is true you have to have slightly higher spec's on a laptop then you would on a desktop, but a blanket statement that "laptops aren't good for gaming" is completely untrue. "Underpowered laptops aren't good for gaming" would be very accurate.

"DivieOwl;c-17422687" wrote:

"SERVERFRA;c-17422627" wrote:
I love playing on PC. My 1st time playing on PC was back in the early 1990s, it was Sinbad the Sailor & Civilization on 3 1/2 floppy disks. The computer was my dad's.
Then in 2011 my daughter & I looked for games to play on Windows 7 & discovered Sims 3 on DVD, it was amazing. However, we learnt the hard was that Laptops aren't good for gaming.
Now we each have our own Desktop Computer with Windows 10 & both of us like to play Sims 4 & the Starter Pack Sims 3. I also play
Civilization V, Age of Empires & Sims Medieval.
My beautiful daughter is grown & has her own place & is more of a gamer than I am. She still says that PC games are still better than Apps, Wii, Xbox & Nintendo.
Like Mother, like daughter.

That's such a false statement. Laptops are fine for gaming, as long as they met specs and a person isn't trying to play a intensely graphic game on a $200 underpowered laptop. Then, no, of course it won't go well. But I have had a well spec gaming laptop for the last 5 years that I play games on and have zero problems out of it.

An underpowered laptop is exactly the same as an underpowered desktop. It is true you have to have slightly higher spec's on a laptop then you would on a desktop, but a blanket statement that "laptops aren't good for gaming" is completely untrue. "Underpowered laptops aren't good for gaming" would be very accurate.

Yes, it is true that sub spec platforms are not going to perform well, but I think the salient issue is that a desktop is going to give you better bang for your buck when it comes to performance.

"OEII1001;c-17422691" wrote:

"DivieOwl;c-17422687" wrote:

"SERVERFRA;c-17422627" wrote:
I love playing on PC. My 1st time playing on PC was back in the early 1990s, it was Sinbad the Sailor & Civilization on 3 1/2 floppy disks. The computer was my dad's.
Then in 2011 my daughter & I looked for games to play on Windows 7 & discovered Sims 3 on DVD, it was amazing. However, we learnt the hard was that Laptops aren't good for gaming.
Now we each have our own Desktop Computer with Windows 10 & both of us like to play Sims 4 & the Starter Pack Sims 3. I also play
Civilization V, Age of Empires & Sims Medieval.
My beautiful daughter is grown & has her own place & is more of a gamer than I am. She still says that PC games are still better than Apps, Wii, Xbox & Nintendo.
Like Mother, like daughter.

That's such a false statement. Laptops are fine for gaming, as long as they met specs and a person isn't trying to play a intensely graphic game on a $200 underpowered laptop. Then, no, of course it won't go well. But I have had a well spec gaming laptop for the last 5 years that I play games on and have zero problems out of it.

An underpowered laptop is exactly the same as an underpowered desktop. It is true you have to have slightly higher spec's on a laptop then you would on a desktop, but a blanket statement that "laptops aren't good for gaming" is completely untrue. "Underpowered laptops aren't good for gaming" would be very accurate.

Yes, it is true that sub spec platforms are not going to perform well, but I think the salient issue is that a desktop is going to give you better bang for your buck when it comes to performance.

But that wasn't the statement. The statement was "laptops aren't good for gaming" not "laptops are inferior to desktops for gaming".

I agree, nothing compares to a desktop, which is why I mentioned that laptops needed slightly higher specs. And my desktop is far superior over my laptop, but I can easily game on either - without major issue from either one.

Wow so far 65 pc, 8 mac and 3 xbox. Lol Come on Xboxers!!!! We can do better than this! We're sorely under represented!

Everyone saying Macs are bad for gaming... I'm not having any problem. *shrug* But we don't buy cheap regardless, I know what I want to be able to do.

"Lustianicia;c-17423263" wrote:
Simulation games were (and still often are) created for PC gaming. Playing them on console systems makes little to no sense to me. The controls make the game much more irritating and complex to play. Using a controller is beyond frustrating to play a simulation game... especially if you're playing a game like The Sims and trying to control more than one sim at a time!

This is true but I've only ever played Sims on console so I just stuck with it. Besides with the console, I can play on my 55" TV without having to run a cable from my pc to the tv. The downside to that is that I can't take the game with me if I go out of town or something for awhile. But then again, if you're going out of town, why take a game? Chances are you'll be busy with other things probably.

Playstation 4 (PS4). From all I've heard, those that are already used to playing TS4 on PC find the controls frustrating to say the least, but as one that was not used to the PC controls, I don't have any problems. Sure, at first, it did take a while to get used to the controls.

There are some things I've yet to figure out, for example; placing kitchen cabinets on walls. The basic placing is fine, but with a PC you can use options to change the look of the cabinet to make it look more realistic (imo), but I can't figure out how to activate this option on the PS4.

You can't use mods on the PS4 (or any console outside of PC from what I understand), which is lame, but as a console player I am used to that.

All in all, I would recommend the PC version over a console, but if console is your only (or preferred) choice, it's not a bad one.