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A listing for a job on Gamasutra seems to indicate that The Sims 3 is being ported to the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and to the PlayStation 3 from Sony. Neither of the two consoles has seen any Sims games adapted for them, which means that a wide array of gamers have never been exposed to the addictive quality of life simulation videogames.

The developer is set to be Edge of Reality, which is working with The Sims Studio, on a multiplatform title. Edge of Reality has said that the game for which it is ready to hire a lead designer has not been announced yet.

The company previously ported the original Sims title to the PlayStation 2 and gamers received it rather well. At the moment, Edge of Reality is also working with Electronic Arts and BioWare to create the Dragon Age: Origins version for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

The Sims franchise has had a strong presence on the Nintendo Wii, with SimAnimals and MySims spin offs launched before The Sims 3 came out. The other two home consoles will likely receive an adapted version of the full Sims 3 rather than a watered down version of the videogame.

The game has been a success since it was released in June. The new iteration is more streamlined and complex than the previous installments, with life time wishes and character moodlets being the main improvements, alongside the ability to freely walk about the in-game neighborhoods.

Electronic Arts has also introduced a well stocked online store with items for the game and is offering players all the tools needed to take screenshots and gameplay videos from The Sims 3 and share them online. Considering that a World Adventures expansion for the title is set to be out in November, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of The Sims 3 will probably not arrive until sometime in 2010.