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Re:SimCity Update: Straight Answers from Lucy by darkarmani on Saturday March 16, 2013 @01:05AM (#5384533)
You are going to compare a launch 9 years ago to what is acceptable today? Besides, the whole point of WoW was that it wasn't going to be single-player. Sims could avoid the server meltdowns by having a single player mode.
Re:SimCity Update: Straight Answers from Lucy by itafroma on Saturday March 16, 2013 @02:02AM (#5384639)
Where did I comment on or compare the acceptability of either? GGP mentioned the hypothetical outrage that would occur if WoW was unavailable for a week: well, surprise, it actually did fail, repeatedly, and not just for a week—but for weeks on end—during its launch. And just like SimCity, there was a large amount of justified outrage. It's simply historical context: we don't need to imagine the so-called "shitshow" because it actually happened.