After a very sloppy launch, SimCity is on the road to becoming one of the worst rated products in Amazon’s online shopping database history.
Some games force online-only measures onto people. It sucks! Especially when some titles, like these seven, 100% didn't need it.
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of The Secret History of Mac Gaming, “Simulated.”
EA has something of a reputation when it comes to awkwardly handling much-loved franchises. Here are 7 that Screen Critics feel they ruined.
Need for Speed as well. Here's to hope that the new one will be a return to form for the franchise.
Wow that is really stupid... the game is wonderful! Well if you can get into a server...
I'm pretty sure EA has space monkeys running their servers. Didn't they see this being a potential problem?!
The launch has been a disaster.
It is too bad because I was able to play for a while last night and it is a great game. Too bad it is plagued by terrible servers.
This is an unmitigated disaster in every facet - developers, EA, Public Relations, advertising, revenue, possible future earnings...even friends of mine who have NO interest in video games know about this debacle.
You have to wonder: How in the #@&#!& did EA and Maxis not prepare for this? How does a multi-BILLION dollar organization not have SOME type of disaster plan in effect for this sort of problem?
If EA is capable of this, makes me wonder about Activision, UBIsoft, Rockstar, etc. Is this the potential future of gaming?