During the April 2019 Maxis Monthly Livestream The Sims Team has announced that they’ll be giving Console Players a special treat!
That’s right – The Sims 4 for Xbox One and PS4 is finally getting Keyboard + Mouse support starting next week! More precisely with the upcoming Console update that’s being released on April 16th, 2019 for both consoles.
SimGuruLegacy has also issued a few tweets to talk about the new option coming to console players:
If you watched the Maxis Monthly today (or didn’t) then you may (or may not) have heard that Mouse & Keyboard support is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the update coming 16th April 2019 – https://t.co/qa3Sb3DheC pic.twitter.com/PAbnHYve8U
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
Small note for the update next week. Initially, you will still need your controller for the “Press A/X to Start” screen. Once you have passed that screen you can go full mouse & keyboard.
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
Mouse & Keyboard support on PS4 and Xbox One also re-enables some features not available on controllers.The Sims 3 camera is one of those features that will enable when using mouse and keyboard.That feature is not possible with a controller due to the complexity of the controls.
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
One thing we don't do in the console version with mouse and keyboard is control the mouse sensitivity. You can adjust that to your liking on your console and you can see the settings at…
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
PlayStation 4 – Settings > Devices> Mouse
Xbox One – Settings > Kinect & devices > MouseYou can also switch the mouse to be left-handed in the same location.
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
We also allow you to disable edge scrolling if you prefer not to use it but it is ON by default in Options > Game Options > Game Camera.
— SimGuruLegacy (@SimGuruLegacy) April 9, 2019
