In The Sims Bustin' Out, your Sims can now get out of the house and travel to 16 wild new locations, socialize with 25 outrageous new characters, and conquer a dozen new careers in their quest to move into Malcolm's Mansion. Along the way, you can unlock tons of new objects and social moves exclusive to the console to improve your Sim's status. For the first time, your Sims will be able to enjoy their weekends with no work obligations by going online in the PlayStation 2 version. Additionally, The Sims Bustin' Out supports connectivity with the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo Game Cube, as well as HDTV for Microsoft Xbox. With two-player cooperative gameplay, completely open-ended Free Play mode, and memory card support, your Sims may never go home again!

The Sims Bustin' Out also features new integrated two-player gameplay and memory card support, for those players who like to take their Sims over to a friend's house and show them off.

The Sims Bustin' Out for the console is rated "T" for Teens with descriptors of crude humor, mature sexual themes, and mild violence, and will have an MSRP of $49.99.