They still sell Sim City? - Page 3

Aldurin · 03-08-2013, 08:21 PM

Just wait until EA gets in on the whole console market and comes out with the ~~SEGA~~ EA Dreamcast (though admittedly they probably couldn't beat SEGA's sales with that).

Bells · 03-08-2013, 08:58 PM

i would love for EA to make their own console, cause that damage would be so great they would probably fall too hard to come back up ever again.

RickZarber · 03-08-2013, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nique

Maybe I should just play Sim City 2000.

Seriously though, why not? GOG has it for six bucks, formatted to work with Windows XP, Vista, 7, or 8 and Mac OS X (10.6.8 or newer).

Also, great quote from author Scott Lynch on Twitter today: "Comparing the SimCity launch debacle to the Hindenburg is not entirely fair. The Hindenburg had no trouble getting off the ground."

Magus · 03-08-2013, 10:20 PM

Once again pirates have tasted the pain with this--did I say pirates? Customers, I meant customers. Once again customers have tasted the pain with this amazing DRM!

Arcanum · 03-09-2013, 12:35 AM

EA offering a free game to those who own and register their game before the 18th.

No word yet if the game is player choice, player choice among a selection, or EA going "here's a game, take it, this is the free game you're getting." Knowing this is EA we're talking about, it'll probably be the latter.

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 03-09-2013, 01:24 AM

Knowing them the game'll also have shittastic DRM slapped on.

The latest lollery on Sim Shity is EA basically putting the fault on players for the game being too gosh darn fun and not making room for new players to join!

Arcanum · 03-09-2013, 01:37 AM

As said numerous times in this thread, apparently the game IS pretty darn fun.

Flarecobra · 03-09-2013, 01:41 AM

I'd say less Hindinburg... and more like this.

That said, I'll wait for a bit to get it. In the meantime... I got some classic Simcity to attempt to play.

Jagos · 03-09-2013, 01:48 AM

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...ays-online-drm

If you screw with consumers, expect a backlash.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/0...st-onerous-drm

Customers and the public HATE DRM!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-enters-day-4/

And they will start to petition the government to avoid DRM.

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 03-09-2013, 06:46 AM

Here's another one for Jagos' links of grand amusement:

EA asks affiliates to stop promoting SimCity for time being.

Looks like the PR team is operating at peak efficiency

(captcha: rack and ruin HAH!)

Turns out the european servers are buckling under stress too. What deliciousness this is.

03-08-2013, 08:58 PM	#22
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	i would love for EA to make their own console, cause that damage would be so great they would probably fall too hard to come back up ever again. __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

03-09-2013, 12:35 AM	#25
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	EA offering a free game to those who own and register their game before the 18th. No word yet if the game is player choice, player choice among a selection, or EA going "here's a game, take it, this is the free game you're getting." Knowing this is EA we're talking about, it'll probably be the latter. __________________ POS Almighty has spoken.

03-09-2013, 01:37 AM	#27
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	As said numerous times in this thread, apparently the game IS pretty darn fun. __________________ POS Almighty has spoken.

03-09-2013, 01:41 AM	#28
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	I'd say less Hindinburg... and more like this. That said, I'll wait for a bit to get it. In the meantime... I got some classic Simcity to attempt to play. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

03-09-2013, 01:48 AM	#29
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...ays-online-drm If you screw with consumers, expect a backlash. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/0...st-onerous-drm Customers and the public HATE DRM! http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-enters-day-4/ And they will start to petition the government to avoid DRM. __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

03-08-2013, 08:21 PM	#21
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Just wait until EA gets in on the whole console market and comes out with the ~~SEGA~~ EA Dreamcast (though admittedly they probably couldn't beat SEGA's sales with that).

03-08-2013, 10:20 PM	#24
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Once again pirates have tasted the pain with this--did I say pirates? Customers, I meant customers. Once again customers have tasted the pain with this amazing DRM!

03-09-2013, 01:24 AM	#26
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Knowing them the game'll also have shittastic DRM slapped on. The latest lollery on Sim Shity is EA basically putting the fault on players for the game being too gosh darn fun and not making room for new players to join!

03-09-2013, 06:46 AM	#30
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Here's another one for Jagos' links of grand amusement: EA asks affiliates to stop promoting SimCity for time being. Looks like the PR team is operating at peak efficiency (captcha: rack and ruin HAH!) Turns out the european servers are buckling under stress too. What deliciousness this is. Last edited by Grandmaster_Skweeb; 03-09-2013 at 06:54 AM.