Considering the note they have on the page that the game doesn't work, I'd guess they got sick of people returning it. If they put it back up before the issues are fixed, I guess we will know the answer
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Considering the note they have on the page that the game doesn't work, I'd guess they got sick of people returning it. If they put it back up before the issues are fixed, I guess we will know the answer
Oppo
Member
As a infuriating as these SimCity issues are, we are still talking about playthings. There are so many worse companies. EA isn't even in the running.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
The big name games have been $60 for a while now.
BolognaSoup
Member
I'd be surprised if it was any other reason.
If the cities get any smaller than they already are, this game would basically just be The Sims.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I meant the DD version, apologies.
TheGreyHulk
Member
i just love how they made this game online only... what a piece of shit.
if they had just simply put in a damn single player mode, we wouldn't have to worry about the servers being hammered because not everyone wanted to play online and when they had server issues, we could just play offline and build our personal regions while we wait..
as many said before, there literally is no justification for this game being online only other than the money hats at EA wanting to nickel and dime us consumers constantly.
if they had just simply put in a damn single player mode, we wouldn't have to worry about the servers being hammered because not everyone wanted to play online and when they had server issues, we could just play offline and build our personal regions while we wait..
as many said before, there literally is no justification for this game being online only other than the money hats at EA wanting to nickel and dime us consumers constantly.
EA/Maxis really have no excuse. They knew pre-order numbers, they knew how much major retailers ordered. Server loads/capacity shouldn't have been this underestimated.
No sympathy from me. They had 2 servers up on launch day for North America.... 2. And now they are disabling features so their servers stop melting down. Complete joke.
I don't feel bad for the devs either. Flat out lying in interviews and mocking Blizzard over D3. Well, jokes on you guys.
No sympathy from me. They had 2 servers up on launch day for North America.... 2. And now they are disabling features so their servers stop melting down. Complete joke.
I don't feel bad for the devs either. Flat out lying in interviews and mocking Blizzard over D3. Well, jokes on you guys.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Boom
RedNumberFive
Banned
It's a dumb blog. Just have fun with it.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
If the server issues weren't enough to make reviewers readjust their scores, that should be. Speed and pacing is a major factor of the core gameplay experience.
Eh, Revolver is the only one so far that should shut the fuck up about broken launches.
Jake Tower
Banned
Bane meme statAw damn Fork Parker CEO from Devolver Digital just posted this on twitter.
Metalmurphy
Member
Not as funny when you're just copying someone else.
Visualante2
Member
Think StarCraft 2 did it also. But Blizzard tends to get a pass on such matters.
No way, that is bad business. Amazon did this because so many people are asking for refunds, no doubt about that. They're protecting themselves from an administrative nightmare.
SolsticeZero
Banned
Aw damn Fork Parker CEO from Devolver Digital just posted this on twitter.
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Didn't Activision do it first with Modern Warfare or Modern Warfare 2 for PC?
PapaJustify
Member
The bad thing about that kind of bad publicity is, that now everybody is buying the game just to experience by themselves how bad it is.
Game is still #1 game on Amazon.com
Game is still #1 game on Amazon.com
Starcraft 2 was playable from day 1.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Only activision and blizzard do this (and they can because of the target audience)
Ubisoft tried a year ago but that didn't go very well.
PC games still cost 40 euros on average here (and euro = dollar in the gaming world sadly :\ )
Steam tends to be way overpriced though with many games at 45-49 euros, you can always find them on gmg etc for 40.
I haven't paid over 40 euros for a game in years during launch week, usually way less.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
And Bethesda.
Visualante2
Member
I'm talking about pricing not playability.
Jake Tower
Banned
Later bro
PapaJustify
Member
Well, it was surely their vision for the game also. I mean with interconnected online cities and all. So I do not put them entirely out of the line of fire. However, I would account for their good intentions.
But that is what you get when you are dancing with the devil in the first place.
No, it's a $60 PC game with $15 day-one DLC and microtransactions.
stufte
Member
Crappy excuse. Just don't purchase/pirate the game. You'll be fine if you go without.
Dude....you've been a forum member for years and you make that post?
storybook77
Member
Going out with a bang, I see.
SolsticeZero
Banned
You are only half correct - remove the other halve for your own good ;-)
Wow, they removed a core feature like speeding up the game? WTF? Just to improve some chance of people being able to play? I mean, by the time they get to play they won't even want to when such a feature is gone. You'll literally sit there for an hour and make less progress without the speed-up.
Christ EA, good fucking job at ruining another franchise.
Christ EA, good fucking job at ruining another franchise.
MW1 had Dedicated Servers from day 1,people could order a bunch of them before the game came out. And MW2 was hopping on IW.net (or xbox live in disguise).
SolsticeZero
Banned
We're talking about $60 pricing for PC games, not online capabilities.
DragonSworne
Banned
My girlfriend really really really wants this game, but I don't want to buy it for yet until the server issues are resolved.
The last thing I want to do is give her a lemon.
Is the iusse any better?
The last thing I want to do is give her a lemon.
Is the iusse any better?
RedNumberFive
Banned
You've been here long enough that you should know better. Then again, we have GAFfers who should have known better than to buy an always-online game from EA.
Famous last words!
troopershades
Neo Member
And Rockstar with MP3
Gearbox with Borderlands 2
I'm sure there are more. Getting more common sadly.
Ooh sorry. About the price MW1 was 45 euro's before indeed it become 60 euro's on PC with MW2.
Spoiled lettuce
Well, if the game is really good and I get to play for many hours, I don't care much about those $20. But Simcity is not one of those games.
SlipperySlope
Banned
Ice cold.
RumblingRosco
Member
How's that ad-blocker you're using working out for you? No ads ever on NeoGAF for you, right?
SlipperySlope
Banned
This is why always online sucks. Your game has a lifespan people... and in the case of Sim City 5, that lifespan was half a day.
SolsticeZero
Banned
It's an EA game. You'll be lucky if the server lasts over a year.
https://www.change.org/petitions/el...ays-online-drm-from-simcity-and-future-games#
Petition going strong.
Petition going strong.