The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away

Re:The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away by dotx3 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:04AM (#5593700)

While the story went away, did the problem for the company? I personally didn't buy SimCity and I know several people that didn't because of what was up in arms at the time.

To me the damage is done. I won't bother complaining or yelling. I just won't pay $80 and if certain organisations keep associating themselves with poor releases/games why would anyone keep handing over their money.

Especially when you're releasing something like the next SimCity sequel which plays on older gamers' nostalgia, why would people pay for SimCity 2 in a years time if they remember how poorly this one was sent out into the wild?

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Re:The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away by djt on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @06:55AM (#5594325)

I didnt buy it either and I haven't bought any EA games since Origin started. I figure there are a lot of other games out there from businesses I'd rather support.

I am confused by people that post on forums and get outraged then buy the games anyway.

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Re:The Power Of Silence: Why The SimCity Story Went Away by uptown on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @08:46AM (#5594704)

Same here - decided to save my money. I'd probably have waited for the Mac version anyway (which comes out next month) but there were enough gameplay complaints to convince me it wasn't worth the premium price they were charging. It the price ever falls considerably, maybe I'll re-consider.

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