Re:Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues
by fooey on Thursday March 07, 2013 @10:28PM
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"fail" makes it sound accidental
I'd put good odds that server allocation was a very high level decision balancing the expected backlash
They knew Amazon rating / word of mouth is going to put a massive hit on the LaunchDay+1 sales anyways, so what do they care if it actually works once you've handed over your cash?
Re:Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues
by Cardeck1 on Thursday March 07, 2013 @05:06PM
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No, it actually doesn't sound like some random MBAs.Are you one of those guys that blame MBAs for everything?The truth is we don't know what actually happened there.We'll have to wait for EA's reply on this one.It will be hard for them to recover after a huge mistake/strategy like this.
Re:Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues
by Karunamon on Thursday March 07, 2013 @05:17PM
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>We'll have to wait for EA's reply on this one.
If EA's usual response to criticism means anything, we'll be waiting a loooooong time...
>It will be hard for them to recover after a huge mistake/strategy like this.
You're kidding, right? They'll just release Call of Modern Madden 5: Battlefield Part 2 and the fanboys will eat it up, horrid DRM and microtransactions and all.
Re:Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues
by Fargren on Thursday March 07, 2013 @06:03PM
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If the reviews and reaction to the last Medal of Honor are anything to go by, people are finally getting tired of that old rehashed formula. The next CoD may not be as successful as the previous installments were.
It sounds as if some random MBAs said that they really need that server-side undefeatable copy protection, then balked at the price of actually purchasing enough resources for it and decided to skimp on that.