Sims 3 is better than sims 4 but sims 4 runs better on shittier hardware. Sims 4 doesn’t have an open world to the degree sims 3 does so it doesn’t have to process every sim walking around in the entire world and their unoptimized pathfinding at all times.
Perhaps now in the age of higher single core cpu clock speeds, maybe it’s not as bad.
Edit: a word
Fuck 'em then. I’ll stop playing video games before I switch to windows, but I’m sure there will always be indie devs willing to take my money in exchange for a playable game.