Space usage by Sims game

Space usage by Sims game refers to the space The Sims games take when saved. This article will show how many saved games per game and the space used by these saves.
==PC/Mac==
The PC and Mac versions, unlike the console versions, use many different files of variable length based on how many Sims are in the neighborhood, how many lots that have been created, and how many neighborhoods there are. There are also log files from any errors that may have occurred in the game or from using testingcheatsenabled and using the "Force Error" command, which are in the .txt format. The amount of each type of relevant item and complexity of each item generally increases over time, thus increasing the total save size gradually as the game is played.
The save files are in many different formats depending on the type of content and game, such as .package, .sc4, .cache amongst many other system files used by the game.
Overall, the save data takes up far more space on the PC/Mac versions of the games compared to their console counterparts prior to The Sims 4, due to the console versions prior to that game being watered down games which have to account for limited hardware, including the limited amount of save storage that the consoles of the time period have.
==Home Consoles==
===PlayStation 2===
*The Sims: 1120KB
*The Sims Bustin' Out: 1411 KB
*The Urbz: Sims in the City: 1198 KB; 4 Slots sharing the same save
*The Sims 2: 1412 KB*
*The Sims 2: Pets: 1356KB*
*The Sims 2 Castaway: 1240KB*
===Nintendo GameCube===
*The Sims: 60 Blocks
*The Sims Bustin' Out: 161 Blocks
*The Urbz: Sims in the City: 107 Blocks; 4 Slots sharing the same save
*The Sims 2: 147 Blocks
*The Sims 2 Pets: 124 Blocks
===Xbox===
*The Sims: ??? Blocks
*The Sims Bustin' Out: ??? Blocks
*The Urbz: Sims in the City: ??? Blocks
*The Sims 2: ??? Blocks
*The Sims 2 Pets: ??? Blocks
===Wii===
*The Sims 2 Pets: 9 Blocks
*The Sims 2 Castaway: 9 Blocks
*The Sims 3: ??? Blocks
===PlayStation 3===
*The Sims 3: 3500KB or larger (depending on how long you have played the game for, how many Sims you have etc.)
*The Sims 3 Pets: ???KB
===Xbox 360===
*The Sims 3: 3500KB or larger (depending on how long you have played the game for, how many Sims you have etc.)
*The Sims 3 Pets: ???KB
===PlayStation 4===
*The Sims 4: 134.3 MB, and 11.47 MB plus 3.28 MB for user specific User Data files
===Xbox One===
*The Sims 4: 3.4 MB or larger (depending on how many saves were created, how many objects downloaded from the Gallery etc.), and 256 MB reserved space
==Handheld Consoles==
===GBA===
*The Sims Bustin' Out: 4 Slots (3 is used for GBA games while 1 is reserved for the GameCube)
*The Urbz: Sims in the City: 4 Slots
*The Sims 2: 4 Slots
*The Sims 2 Pets: 4 Slots
===DS===
*The Urbz: Sims in the City: 2 Slots
*The Sims 2: 3 Slots
*The Sims 2 Pets: 3 Slots
*The Sims 2 Castaway: 3 Slots
*The Sims 2 Apartment Pets: 1 Slot
*The Sims 3: 3 Slots
===3DS===
*The Sims 3: ???
*The Sims 3 Pets: ???
===PSP===
*The Sims 2: 704 KB; Multiple Slots sharing the same save
*The Sims 2 Pets: 640 KB; 10 Slots
*The Sims 2 Castaway: 1088 KB
==Notes==
* A * means that the saved game cannot be moved or copied.
* Space usage on consoles apply to a single save file unless stated otherwise.
* For PS2, PSP and GameCube games, the space usage is from the back on the case or from the system using the Data screen. For other systems, space usage is from the Data screen.
* GBA and DS games have a fixed amount of save space installed on the game cartridge itself. Some of this space is allocated into "slots" for saved games, which are stored on the cartridges.
* For comparison's sake, Nintendo GameCube save blocks are 8KB each. Nintendo Wii save blocks are 128KB each. Original Xbox save blocks are 16KB each.
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