Every box comes with weaponized Anthrax.
Sells 1.5 million.
I really want to buy this game but it just sounds so horribly screwed up.
Well, any person who isn't a developer.definitely not enough to make a single person at EA produce a drop of sweat
The game itself is decent right? It's just the online crap that kills it? From what I've watched the game looks solid, so congrats to Maxis. EA just needs to get rid of this always-online crap. Without it the game would be better off.
I've never been someone who's into Simcity- played it a bit on Mac and SNES years ago, but it's just not my thing. That said, it's been fascinating to follow all the hubbub over this game's release. DRM and server issues aside, are those who are now playing the game mostly enjoying it?
I'd be ok with this. At least in that case there would finally be 1.5 million less people to keep supporting this shit the next time.
Nice, wishing death on people who don't agree with your viewpoint.
if sales freeze below 1.5mil though, it'd still send a strong message to EA.
That probably wont happen though. I see it selling millions more over time based on the name alone :-(
It's not like people bought this game because of all the fuck ups, right?
Right?
SimCity is one of the storied brands in gaming, and Maxis delivered a game re-envisioned and engineered for the online age.
Everything is intelligently simulated in this new SimCity
from all of the Sims in a city
No longer are players relegated to playing one single city, now they can manage and play up to 16 cities at once. Each city can have different specializations; they can share services and trade resources; they can help or even hinder each other; every decision a player makes in each city has impact in the broader region.
For the first time in the series multiplayer is added to the gameplay
Underpinning SimCity is a live service that simulates real-time updates and pushes them to players in the form of new challenges and achievements. Players will track their progression alongside their friends and the world for the most polluted city, the richest city and more.
Yep. They're even managing to give it a second wind on the back of a debacle.If you buy the game now you get a free game! *sales increase*
The game itself is decent right? It's just the online crap that kills it? From what I've watched the game looks solid, so congrats to Maxis. EA just needs to get rid of this always-online crap. Without it the game would be better off.
Then again, even Dragon Age 2 sold something like 1 million copies 2 weeks post launch. Kind of depressing when a game with as catastrophic a launch as you can get can still muscle its way to a million plus copies sold.
ICE COLD!I'd be ok with this. At least in that case there would finally be 1.5 million less people to keep supporting this shit the next time.
SimCity gamers have also helped set new records for peak concurrent users on Origin, now at 1.3 million and rising.