EA’s free game may not make everything better for SimCity players

From the article, "SimCity is a level 5 disaster. Demand has overtaxed servers, keeping people from playing and causing multiple errors. Fans are displeased with the smaller city sizes, focus on region development and inability to make a megalopolis. There are a lot of hurt feelings, and you can't blame the gamers who are upset. They just spent $59.99 on a broken game, they have a right to be mad. EA's attempting to make things better by adding more servers and now by offering people a free game. On March 18, 2013, a mass email is going to be sent out giving people a PC game from Origin. But is that enough?"

[Yi-Long]

"... here's a free Pepsi! Now stop complaining"

[dougr]

probably be a stupid copy of crysis 2 or something.

[parkerpeters]

EA will only learn if you boycott their products... Or sue for bait and switch.

[GABRIEL1030]

This is a lesson to the companies that wants block second hand games and require permanent internet connection. Always-online DRM SUCKS¡

[JonnyBigBoss]

Such a disaster.

[DragonKnight]

I'm sorry but the people who were pro-microtransactions and other B.S. tactics like this deserve this. This is why you should be opposed to everything EA is doing. You don't have a right to be mad if the only thing you're going to complain about is that you can't play a game after you SHOULD have been complaining about the existence of always-on DRM to begin with. People who support this garbage have no right to whine about it after EA's tactics work against you as a consumer. Quite frankly, everyone should have seen this coming.

[2pacalypsenow]

I hope they remove the Always online DRM that way i can buy it but if they dont i wont

[Enigma_2099]

Is it going to be a free game that everyone WANTS?

[HmongAmerican]

make it free to play seen like the only way for them to get their consumers faith back, and for those who bought the game. Give them a free game.