The Sims 3: Pets (console)

The Sims 3: Pets (console)

Eighth console title in The Sims series

Not to be confused with The Sims 3: Pets (Nintendo 3DS).

The Sims 3 Pets (console)
PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
Life is Better with Pets
Development
Developer(s)	Edge of Reality
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	The Sims series
Release date(s)	October 18, 2011
Technical information
Engine	The Sims 3 Engine
Native resolution	480i, 576i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
Media	DVD, Blu-ray Disc
System requirements	5,632 MB hard drive space (PS3), 38 MB (Xbox 360)
Game features
Themes	Pets
Creatures	SimBot
Neighborhoods	Sugar Maple Coast

The Sims 3: Pets is a standalone game for consoles. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game sees a return of pets from The Sims 2: Pets. However, the console version only features cats and dogs, and does not have the horses and unicorns that are only in the PC version of The Sims 3: Pets.

Like the "base" game for consoles, the online services were shutdown in 2018. The game has also been removed from purchasing on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Marketplace, meaning that the digital version is only available for download to players who have previously bought it.

Features

• Unlike The Sims 2: Pets for console, the game doesn't just focus on pets, which means it has all the core features of The Sims 3.
• You can play as your own pet that you created.
• Pets have their own traits.
• Life stages for pets are: Puppy/Kitten, Adult, and Elder
• Pets can learn skills.
• Cats can learn to hunt, dogs can learn to locate collectibles and fetch your Sims a date.
• Players will be able to obtain new breeds such as a dog tiger husky, a dog panda chow, a cat skunk birman as well as other additional pets.
• There are also new pet motives, Destruction for Dogs and Scratch for Cats.
• The karma powers from The Sims 3 for console returns, with new powers relating to pets.
• There are more than 100 breeds of dogs and cats with traits that can be altered, such as fur length and pattern.
• You can control the animals and they can have their own desires.
• Pets can meet, fall in love and reproduce. Also, they can try to have puppies, kittens, and will also have family trees.
• Pets have inherited genetics.
• Sugar Maple Coast is the neighborhood, as opposed to the PC version's Appaloosa Plains.

Cheats

To enable cheats, the player must first pause the game, then press L1+R1+L2+R2 (PS3) or LT+LB+RT+RB (Xbox 360). A message will appear asking if you want to enable Creation mode. Click yes and the player will unlock a few karma powers along with unlimited karma points and 99,999,999 Simoleons. The player's budget doesn't change if one buys or sells. Consequently, the player will not receive any trophies, achievements or challenges with Creation mode enabled.

Pet Trait

There are a total of thirty possible pet traits. In Create-A-Pet, each pet can be given up to two traits. Pets can learn up to eleven traits, and they can also "un-learn" them. A few traits cannot be learned. Some traits are unique to one species, and some can be for any species. There are also some traits that will conflict with one another, such as Proud and Playful.

Glitches

The Sims 3: Pets has several, minor issues with certain things. They don't necessarily break the game, but they can be annoying.

• Sometimes if you want to watch TV, you will be unable to because the game thinks that your couch is full, even when it isn't. Because of this, you cannot replace it or move it anywhere else.
• When your Sim steps out of a shower, there is a slight chance that the water coming from the shower head will still be running. This can be mistaken for a broken shower.
• There's a rare chance that a burglar will enter your house, set off the burglar alarm, and stare at you for a few minutes before dashing out of your house. Nothing will be taken, but you will receive a message telling you that the police will get him/her next time.
• After using a piece of gym equipment (the treadmill or the weight machine) it can sometimes take a while for your Sim to change back to his/her everyday clothes.
• Sometimes a cat's tail texture may stretch occasionally. The only known way to fix it is restarting the game.
• During a birthday, if you use a Karma power at a Sim that is aging up, then the "Having Birthday" interaction will cancel, thus resulting in a bugged age. Their portrait of them will be at the age they were supposed to become, but after the event would end, when idle they will be the same height of said age originally, but appearance-wise they would have the facial structures of the age they were going to become next.
• Sometimes while making food, a Sim will disappear for unknown reasons and will not return, forcing the player to create a new family.
• Sometimes a Sim will perform an action but will freeze mid-animation. Trying to repeat the action will correct the issue.
• On the Xbox 360 version, if the player plays a save for more than 10 weeks in-game, the game will sometimes crash while playing for a few minutes.
• The game audio will sometimes cut out randomly, but will return shortly after.
• When a Sim enters a vehicle while performing an animation (for instance yawning or saying something) the sound from the animation will sometimes repeat indefinitely until they exit the vehicle.
• When in town or any big open areas, the game will have frequent framerate drops.
• On Xbox 360 when a teen or child stays out past curfew and the police come to pick them up, you will not be able to leave the current location because an "investigation in process." When this happens, you must restart your Xbox 360 and therefore lose anything you had not previously saved.
• While moving out, the active household can choose between some of its members staying in the original house or being "kicked out." Both options result in the complete removal of said members from the save file.
• The YouTube user Flegzo ran into various glitches on the Xbox 360 version, including:
  • During fishing, a bicycle appears on the fishing rod for a few frames, then vanishes again.
  • The Pile o' Sand Litterbox lacks its rectangular boxing. (16:37)
  • Cats with the "Cat Burglar" lifetime reward can steal objects that are far, far larger than their bodies, including benches and a 2-floor tall statue. (32:06)
    • This is not necessarily a glitch, as the "Awesome at Fetch" lifetime reward for dogs allows for the same behavior, and one of the achievements requires obtaining something worth at least §2,000, easily done by stealing larger objects.
  • The Goth Manor spirit removal in the Just Nine Lives to Live mystery journal quest may not necessarily be detected as having been completed (38:27). It may possibly be detected correctly at a later attempt (55:00).
    • This is due to the chapter calling for ghosts to be exorcised, rather than lesser spirits. On the second attempt, Sim ghosts spawned, thus completing the objective.
  • Townies can end up inside the active household's house and be unable to go home or to be told to go home. (39:04)
  • Newspapers can get stuck on the floor between 2 squares used by a door, so that a Sim cannot recycle it. (56:00)
  • Cats can get stuck inside the ground for around 1 in-game hour. (1:07:40)
• As with most other DVD-ROM games on DVD-based home consoles (i.e. Xbox 360, Xbox 2001, and PlayStation 2), discs in poor condition can cause missing audio and very frequent softlocks.

Console features

While both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions support native Dolby Digital (presumably 5.1), only the PlayStation 3 version supports native DTS (presumably also 5.1).

The Xbox 360 version supports the Kinect motion detector camera, but does not support backwards compatibility on Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S.

Gallery

A dog being created in Create-a-Pet for console.

A cat being created in Create-a-Pet for console.

A cat being created in Create-a-Pet for console.

Live mode in Pets for Xbox 360.

Pet breeds exclusive to the console version's Limited Editions.

Feral Possession Karma Power.

Tiger Husky, one of the many exclusive breeds.

A Sim playing for tips alongside pets near Lobster Blues Restaurant.

An IGN promo of a Sim teaching his dog tricks.

A promo of the farmland near the Xu household.

Music

Main article: List of songs in The Sims 3: Pets (console)

Audio disclaimer: The following section features recordings from real-life artists. The files are of inferior quality of the original recording and are only 30 seconds in duration. The files will play at your system's volume settings. We suggest you turn down your volume and then adjust it to your liking. If you have problems listening to the audio files, see Help:Audio files.

This is a list of artists and their songs that are to be featured in Pets:

Artist	Track	Real-world preview	Notes/References
Plan B	Stay Too Long

Other languages

Language	Title
English	The Sims 3: Pets
Dutch	De Sims 3: Beestenbende
French	Les Sims 3: Animaux & Cie
German	Die Sims 3: Einfach Tierisch
Italian	The Sims 3: Animali & Co.
Japanese	The Sims 3: ペット
Polish	The Sims 3: Zwierzaki
Russian	The Sims 3: Питомцы
Spanish	Los Sims 3: ¡Vaya Fauna!

Trailers and videos

The Sims 3 Pets Announce Trailer

Announcement Trailer

The Sims 3 Pets (Unleashed) Leaked Trailer

The Sims 3: Pets (Unleashed) Leaked Trailer

The Sims 3 Pets - Interview with Michael Cox

Interview with Michael Cox, a developer of the game.

The Sims 3 Pets Live Q&A, Sneak Peak Preview with Ben Bell

An interview with Ben Bell.

The Sims 3 Pets Xbox 360 PS3 Trailer

GamesCom Console Trailer

The Sims 3 Pets Interview - PC and Console - Gamescom 2011

Sims 3 Pets GamesCom Producer Interview

Producer Präsentation Die Sims 3 Einfach tierisch - gamescom 2011

Sims 3 Pets Producer Presentation

SimFans Sims 3 Pets Producer Interview

SimFans GamesCom Pets Interview

The Sims 3 Pets - Xbox 360 Offscreen Gameplay - gamescom 2011

GamesCom Create A Pet Console

The Wild World of The Sims 3 Pets (original narration by Randall)

The Wild World of The Sims 3: Pets

The Sims 3 Pets Producer's Walkthrough

The Sims 3: Pets Producer's Walkthrough

Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3 Pets on Console

Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3: Pets on Console

See also

• Game guide:The Sims 3 Pets (console) challenges