Sims 4 won't import Sims 3 content

The Sims 3 families and content won't import to The Sims 4, so you'll have to recreate them to continue living out their weird little lives.

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Have you grown attached to the few remaining Sims that you haven't drowned in a pool, you monster? You'll just have to keep playing The Sims 3 to continue watching their lives unfold, because The Sims 4 won't import them.

"We have brand new technology driving the game so unfortunately none of that carries over," producer Ryan Vaughan told Videogamer.com. "Especially with the new tools: It's a whole new way of building your Sims and building your families so it doesn't carry over."

But wait! You can still have a grotesque simulacrum of your former virtual loved ones, by simply recreating them in Sims 4 and never again thinking about their outdated, alternate-dimension doppelgangers.

"With the new tools, they're really tactile and creative," Vaughan said, "and I think people are going to be able to recreate their families really quickly but it's going to be so much more fun."

EA and Maxis announced at Gamescom that the focus of Sims 4 is on more realistic emotions. So you can be assured that if you can't import these characters to Sims 5, they'll at least feel incredibly depressed at being abandoned.

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    August 22, 2013 1:00 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Sims 4 won't import Sims 3 content.

    The Sims 3 families and content won't import to The Sims 4, so you'll have to recreate them to continue living out their weird little lives.

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      August 22, 2013 1:01 PM

      Good, a fresh set of sim babbys to BBQ

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      August 22, 2013 8:31 PM

      I don't even know how this was even an issue. 2 Sims sequels and neither of them did this.

      This is a story for something like Mass Effect or Dragon Age where importing of saves is a mainstay of the franchise.

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      August 22, 2013 8:47 PM

      I would be more concerned about the store item content people have potentially spent thousands of dollars on, making new Sims is pretty par for the course, but with item investments like those Sims 3 encouraged?

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