Nintendo Switch users have wanted a life sim experience akin toThe Simssince the console first launched all the way back in 2017. Unfortunately, it never transpired, with not even indie developers offering a similar type of game on the platform. Now that EA has announced thatThe Sims 5is not in the works, nor will it be, Nintendo Switch owners are likely to be even more frustrated.
Of course,The Sims 4still exists, and it is arguably one of thebest life sim gamesever made. It offers a truly compelling life sim experience, with plenty of expansion packs fleshing it out and adding some much-needed features. Now that Switch owners can no longer hold onto the hope of gettingThe Sims 5,it is time that EA changed tact and finally portedThe Sims 4and all of its incredible content to Nintendo’s handheld.
Switch Users Need A Sims Experience
It’s The Last Cozy Game To Be Ported
There are plenty of greatgames likeThe Simson Switch, but, rather surprisingly, the official experience is not available on the handheld platform. Despite being the best console for cozy life sims, boasting a number of critically acclaimed cozy experiences,The Simshas simply never made its way over. However,The Simsis on other consoles, including both Xbox and PlayStation, which has been a point of frustration for Switch fans.
The reasoning behindThe Sims’exclusion from the Nintendo Switch, at least according to EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson, is that there aren’t enough people playing EA games on the Nintendo Switch. As reported byThe Independent,Wilson explained that Switch owners typically also own other consoles or platforms, on which they prefer to play EA’s huge library of games. He stated:
“We have a lot of data that would suggest a great many Switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One or a PC and very often choose to play the games that we make on those platforms even though they have a Switch and they enjoy a lot of great content on the Switch.”
It’s hard to refute this to an extent, as back in 2020, a short while after Wilson claimed Switch owners weren’t playing EA’s games,Gamesindustry.bizrevealed that60% of Switch owners also had a PS4, and 51% had an Xbox One. However, times have changed, and the Switch has quickly earned a name for itself as the ideal place to play some of thebest cozy gamesof all time.
10 Families From The Sims 3 That Still Need To Come To The Sims 4
The Sims 4 has tapped a little into its past titles, but there are still many families from The Sims 3 that should be in future packs and scenarios.
There is also a clear demand forThe Simson Switch, especially as it often feels like the last triple-A cozy game to be ported to the platform. This is perhaps best evidenced by the surprise port of theMySimsseries on Switch. While not quite what fans had been hoping for,EA is clearly more willing to port much of its cozier games- as well as theEA Sports FCseries - to Nintendo’s plucky handheld.
The Sims 4 Would Be Perfect On Switch
It Deserves The Handheld Treatment
It doesn’t feel like an overstatement to say thatThe Sims 4would be perfect on the Nintendo Switch. Its console counterparts are fairly polished experiences and have successfully proven that the game’s more complex controls work perfectly with a controller layout.The Sims 4even runs on the Steam Deck surprisingly well, despite not being officially supported, which gives hope for its performance on the Switch.
If EA were to throw in the addition of touch controls to make selecting the plethora of options much easier,it isn’t unreasonable to say thatThe Sims 4on Switch could be the best version. It’s important to note thatThe Sims 4may have to be tweaked slightly to get it running on the Switch’s aging hardware. However, on the Switch 2, it really shouldn’t be a problem, especially considering it’s rumored to be as powerful as a Steam Deck.
Of course, Nintendo Switch fans will also be gettingThe Sims 4at its very best, as it now has a multitude of incredible DLC that completelytransformThe Simsexperience. Whether it’s the huge expansion packs or the smaller stuff packs, there is so much content available for new players to sink their teeth into.It would also be incredible to takeThe Simson the go, which, currently, only those with the luxury of owning a handheld PC can do.
The Sims 4has 89 pieces of purchasable DLC, the majority of which are smaller content packs, and 17 of which are full-blown expansion packs that add brand-new gameplay mechanics, locations, and more to the game.
Considering theSwitch has sold incredibly welland one of its biggest launches wasAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, a cozy life sim somewhat comparable toThe Sims, it feels like a no-brainer that EA would eventually port their iconic series. Frankly,fans would probably take the classicSimsexperiences and pay a substantial amount to play them. EvenThe Sims 3would do well on the Switch if EA is hesitant to give Switch fansThe Sims 4.
Future Sims Games Need To Launch On The Switch First
It’s Tailor-Made For Cozy Games
WithThe Sims 5canceled, it remains to be seen how the series evolves in the coming years. However, no matter what types of games launch underThe Simsbanner going forward, they should come to the Switch - or Switch 2 - first. It seems like, at least for now,The Sims 4will continue to be the main experience and,hopefully, EA will finally put it onto Nintendo hardware with the launch of the Switch 2. Frankly, it would be great to seeThe Sims 4be one of theSwitch 2 launch titles.
However, Nintendo was, for a long time, the home of bizarreSimsspin-offs, many of which ended up beingbetter than the mainSimsgames. The mainline series and DLC all got standalone games on the GBA and DS, all of which had their own spin on the series' iconic gameplay loop as well as their own setting, characters, and storylines.It’s time Nintendo reclaimed its place as the home ofThe Simsin the console space.
The Sims 4 Is Missing What Made Past Sims Console Games Great
The Sims 4 is missing a feature that made the previous games much better, and it’s a great feature that The Sims 3 doesn’t even have that players love
In many ways, seeing what the next generation ofSimsgames looks like, and getting to experience that on the Switch 2 would be better than gettingThe Sims 4. The Switch absolutely feels like it was tailor-made for cozy games, with so many of the announcements during Directs often being farming life sims. The fact that noSimsgame - outside theMySimsbundle - has been ported to the Nintendo Switch is baffling, and it is about time that it changed.
