IMO, even though it is just a fan page I still find it a bit funny.
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EA suspends SimCity marketing campaigns
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IMO, even though it is just a fan page I still find it a bit funny.
No way! No fucking way! Well there have there chinese spammers all right..
Edit : oh false alarm..such a shame
Most amazingly amusing thing would be if EA's absence from the PS4 announcement does mean some kind of deal with MS due to the always on-line infrastructure. To add insult to injury MS may have been planning a big demo with EA to demo Simcity on 720 using a Kinect interface.
*This is me thinking of the most amusing scenario out of this, I'm not starting new rumors*
Visualante2
Member
Likely it will continue as is, explain that they were hit with unprecedented demand (turning a negative into a positive), apologise and explain how their top people are working round the clock on a solution.
It's text book damage control. Unlikely to see any deviation from that.
Well Mass Effect 3 got a new ending because fans were angry. That's why I'm wondering.
Visualante2
Member
Once they have it working as intended, and demand peters out they will feel vindicated in their decision. They've got their money and don't even have to offer refunds any longer. They seem to have engineered this game to work this way, can't see them doing an offline mode without extracting cash from wallets.
NaughtyCalibur
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Hey, can somebody please link the video of that dude from Maxis/EA promising that the servers would immediately go back up if they went down? Shit is hilarious but I can't find it anywhere.
Here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYLmsEBGug
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T.M. MacReady
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Why does the thread title have Polygon in it? This story is everywhere.
scytherage
Member
I still can't believe it. EA forcing online on what is mostly a solitary experience. They deserve the misery they're going through right now.
And in a way it's good this is happening now. Sony/MS better pay attention. Always online is a very bad idea.
And in a way it's good this is happening now. Sony/MS better pay attention. Always online is a very bad idea.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Using the "artistic vision" defense to justify making the game always-online is...really something. I can't see how somebody could honestly give EA the benefit of the doubt in this case when they have such a long history of being anti-consumer.
And if the developers were driving force behind making the game always-online in order to turn a beloved franchise into an ill-advised MMO-like game, they deserve the pink slips that will probably be at their doorsteps soon.
And if the developers were driving force behind making the game always-online in order to turn a beloved franchise into an ill-advised MMO-like game, they deserve the pink slips that will probably be at their doorsteps soon.
of course, the more likely theory is that this is the only way EA would let them make the game and the devs didn't want to make it an MMO but let's keep up the facade that all this was done entirely with good intentions
Askherserenity
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Posted this on that other thread but whatever. Not sure if anyone has seen this but EA is now blaming people that bought SimCity for the train wreck. "What we saw was that players were having such a good time they didn't want to leave the game..."
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-simcit...--248186.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-simcit...--248186.phtml
CarbonatedFalcon
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Yeah, the slowing of the game speed thing has me shaking my head. People say the D3 launch was bad (and while there were issues in terms of the servers - all gameplay complaints aside) it was mostly stable within a few days.
TheNatural
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LMAO. That quote deserves another thread.
"That's why we told people to stop promoting the game. The fungates can only handle so many people!"
Mihos
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Funny thing is, I used to let the old Sim Cities just run over night to build up money and just turn off my monitor.
"gamers'" inability to act in self interest is really funny and awesome
Crazyorloco
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The negative publicity is marketing the game. They don't have to spend money yet.
I think all games should have an offline mode. This is ridiculous.
I think all games should have an offline mode. This is ridiculous.
What calculations run server side? Because I've disconnected A LOT from the servers while playing. And the game would just continue like nothing happened. Getting into the game was a mess. But staying in while playing wasn't a problem for me.
Slurpy2k20
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What the fuck? The polygon score updates are pathetic. From a 9.5, to an 8, to a 4?! That philosophy makes no fucking sense. Will they update it again when server issues disappear? What if I buy the game in a month, when there are no server issues, and check the review? Will I need to check the timeframe of each score to get the correct number? How hilariously unprofessional, seems they did it simply for click-whoring and sensationalism. Yes, the game seems broken because of server capacities, but having a continually changing review score based on the severity of the situation is ludicrous.
They could have just plastered a massive note at the beginning of the review claiming that the game is currently unplayable, etc, and the score will not apply until this is fixed, instead of arbitrarily assigning new numbers depending on their level of rage. Why a 4, and not a 2? How can a game go from a 9.5 to a 4? How will these score updates be relevant in the future? Ridiculous.
They could have just plastered a massive note at the beginning of the review claiming that the game is currently unplayable, etc, and the score will not apply until this is fixed, instead of arbitrarily assigning new numbers depending on their level of rage. Why a 4, and not a 2? How can a game go from a 9.5 to a 4? How will these score updates be relevant in the future? Ridiculous.
It's in their self interest to buy games they derive entertainment out of. If they feel this game is fun to play despite the service issues, in particular if there is no substitute on the market, it's in their self interest to buy it. A single consumer is never going to make a difference and the issue here is relatively benign in the grand scheme of things (it's a game). Of course if you feel strongly about these issues your stance will be different, but to suggest that a gamer buying Simcity is against their self interests is a bit much.
That too. Even more surprising is that people actually defend this shit
what I mean is that it's really awesome and funny
TheChewyWaffles
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For once a "What Microsoft and Sony can learn from SimCity" headline actually makes sense!
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TheChewyWaffles
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Not perverse. Warranted.
VeryGooster
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zephervack
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Are they being sarcastic?
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I can see that =D
Silly.Mikey
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I remember they removed the Simpsons tapped out game for MONTHS cause of server type issues. And that's a fucking IPHONE game. Hold onto something people.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Shitty thing about origin games, cant return them.
edit: Wheres the "upload back to EA" button?
I don't have a horse in this race (though I did boot up SC4
for the first time in eons...), but this was very good.Email attachment.
Truckondo2.0
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At least that game is free minus the micro transactions. I feel sorry for the people who spent money on Sim City.
GoddyofAus
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This could very well be the straw that breaks the Camels back. No other company will want to suffer this level of negative press in the event something like this happens again. This may be the death of Always online DRM.
Assassins Creed 2?
Also, I believe it was possible to run World of Warcraft offline by emulating a server, which is an online only MMORPG -- granted, it wasn't much fun since the main appeal is playing with other people, but it was interesting.
It might go a away for a bit but itll be back.
Now that we've had two games with heavy DMR and forced always online (SimCity/D3), both of which failed horribly in the first few weeks due to such high server loads, maybe publishers will see that unless they're willing to shell out for the infrastructure, they shouldn't do this shit any more. It just generates bad press for them