I really hate to say it but I think gamers are actually just as much at fault for the current state of the industry as the developers and publishers. If we stopped buying EA stuff because lets face it, they haven't successfully launched a game in 5 years so clearly they don't give a shit, maybe they'd have incentive to change. We buy and buy and buy and there are little to no consaquences (aka downside) for the publishers to do anything different.
I personally killed my pre-order the minute I saw all the problems. I likewise did the same with Aliens CM when Gearbox thought it was OK to shit that game out of their anus. But SimCity's already sold a shit ton of copies, they've made their money. We as a community need to stop accepting this bullshit.
No doubt here any more, this is DRM. Furthermore, given how he played for 19min offline, I believe they straight up lied about the connection being needed. Normally, I would not accept a rumer as truth but what-do-you-know I got a link:
I konw my game purchasing is way down, i used to buy a game every month, last year i think i bought 4 or 5 games. This year so far... 1 (tomb raider) with plans to buy GTA5 and south park stick of thruth if that ever comes out, and maybe i'll pick up bioshock on sale during the summer.
I konw my game purchasing is way down, i used to buy a game every month, last year i think i bought 4 or 5 games. This year so far... 1 (tomb raider) with plans to buy GTA5 and south park stick of thruth if that ever comes out, and maybe i'll pick up bioshock on sale during the summer.
+1 on less games. I got 2 last year. This year im on zero.
Will be getting GTA and Forza 5 if it's out. Other than that, that's it
The definition of apathy is offering a pissed off customer an older version of the game they just bought that won't work... At least everyone can play Simcity4 offline.
I was reading more on the mod to make the game playable offline. I guess there's a line of code in the game that will shut the game down if you loose your connection for more than 20 minutes. If you go in and remark the line out so the code doesn't execute it, you can play offline forever. Everything works minus the online portions proving that Maxis/EA lied about the game needing to be online because the servers process much of the game simulation.
I was reading more on the mod to make the game playable offline. I guess there's a line of code in the game that will shut the game down if you loose your connection for more than 20 minutes. If you go in and remark the line out so the code doesn't execute it, you can play offline forever. Everything works minus the online portions proving that Maxis/EA lied about the game needing to be online because the servers process much of the game simulation.
I believe you can't save your city if you are off line.
I was reading more on the mod to make the game playable offline. I guess there's a line of code in the game that will shut the game down if you loose your connection for more than 20 minutes. If you go in and remark the line out so the code doesn't execute it, you can play offline forever. Everything works minus the online portions proving that Maxis/EA lied about the game needing to be online because the servers process much of the game simulation.
I believe you can't save your city if you are off line.
For now. Although I do belive there is a Mod in development where you will be able to soon.
Nice, good riddance to that guy. I nominate Peter Moore for CEO.
They're loosing money because of their shitty reputation and excessive wallet leeching. Ya we get it you're a business and have share holders to take notice but we the gamers who buy your shit think you've gone a few steps too far with your money grubbing.
Nice, good riddance to that guy. I nominate Peter Moore for CEO.
They're loosing money because of their shitty reputation and excessive wallet leeching. Ya we get it you're a business and have share holders to take notice but we the gamers who buy your shit think you've gone a few steps too far with your money grubbing.
Speaking of share-holders, when I read the CEO left and that earnings were going to be lower than expected, I placed some trades and made a couple hundreds dollars off it. Feels good to profit off of EA's stock dropping over 8%.
Nice, good riddance to that guy. I nominate Peter Moore for CEO.
They're loosing money because of their shitty reputation and excessive wallet leeching. Ya we get it you're a business and have share holders to take notice but we the gamers who buy your shit think you've gone a few steps too far with your money grubbing.
Speaking of share-holders, when I read the CEO left and that earnings were going to be lower than expected, I placed some trades and made a couple hundreds dollars off it. Feels good to profit off of EA's stock dropping over 8%.
I personally think Bank of America deserves the title more than EA. But, having their own CEO starts a blog post called "We can do better" and then shifts blame back on to their own customer base is pretty f*cking disgraceful.
After re-reading that, I am sure he just called us winey homophobes that hate the cover art to Madden football. Well, damn...
The problem is most people will never know, the majority of their customers that do know just don't care and the rest will still buy buy a game they got their eye on. This will only influence maybe 1 gamer out of a couple hundred where they WON'T buy their products. Guys like Moore and Pitchford know this. So they can say whatever they want and it really will never hurt their bottom line.
EA is the WalMart of the gaming industry. Everyone hates them with good reason, but they remain on top because the bottom line is that most will still patronize them despite controversy.
I qut buying EA when they tied up the Porsche brand and wouldn't work out a deal with Forza until well after it's release. That was almost 2 years ago I'm guessing?
And I don't care if they care, it's all about me, not them.
Peter Moore's response, pretty much echo's what he already said in his blog..... his statements are recycled as much as their game content one year to the next lol....
I really hate to say it but I think gamers are actually just as much at fault for the current state of the industry as the developers and publishers. If we stopped buying EA stuff because lets face it, they haven't successfully launched a game in 5 years so clearly they don't give a shit, maybe they'd have incentive to change. We buy and buy and buy and there are little to no consaquences (aka downside) for the publishers to do anything different.
I personally killed my pre-order the minute I saw all the problems. I likewise did the same with Aliens CM when Gearbox thought it was OK to shit that game out of their anus. But SimCity's already sold a shit ton of copies, they've made their money. We as a community need to stop accepting this bullshit.
Well maybe people are starting to get fed up.
The industry on a whole was down 22% on total sales, last year compared too 2011
This game is just another push to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983
If you read the wiki, its very very easy to start seeing similarities of now and 1983 in gaming land.
If a game is required to play online, like an MMORPG, then it fails within SECONDS after losing connection. Not exactly true with Simcity:
http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes
No doubt here any more, this is DRM. Furthermore, given how he played for 19min offline, I believe they straight up lied about the connection being needed. Normally, I would not accept a rumer as truth but what-do-you-know I got a link:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/
here come the modders
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/modder-proves-simcity-can-run-offline-indefinitely-20130314/
I konw my game purchasing is way down, i used to buy a game every month, last year i think i bought 4 or 5 games. This year so far... 1 (tomb raider) with plans to buy GTA5 and south park stick of thruth if that ever comes out, and maybe i'll pick up bioshock on sale during the summer.
+1 on less games. I got 2 last year. This year im on zero.
Will be getting GTA and Forza 5 if it's out. Other than that, that's it
I give it a week until Its cracked and on tpb
Reading the RPS comments it seems like the game is just broken?
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/18/4119328/simcity-free-game-origin
Their first statement said they would give away a free game on the 16th....then it was the 18th....NOW its the 20th
The definition of apathy is offering a pissed off customer an older version of the game they just bought that won't work... At least everyone can play Simcity4 offline.
I was reading more on the mod to make the game playable offline. I guess there's a line of code in the game that will shut the game down if you loose your connection for more than 20 minutes. If you go in and remark the line out so the code doesn't execute it, you can play offline forever. Everything works minus the online portions proving that Maxis/EA lied about the game needing to be online because the servers process much of the game simulation.
I believe you can't save your city if you are off line.
For now. Although I do belive there is a Mod in development where you will be able to soon.
The modders will make Simcity 5 what it is SUPPOSE to be :)
I did get my free game download....Dead Space 3
In other news Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello is stepping down as chief executive officer. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/18/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter ( for $5, you can read the full story straight from EA's website)
"$5 on EA's website". That is killing me.
Nice, good riddance to that guy. I nominate Peter Moore for CEO.
They're loosing money because of their shitty reputation and excessive wallet leeching. Ya we get it you're a business and have share holders to take notice but we the gamers who buy your shit think you've gone a few steps too far with your money grubbing.
Speaking of share-holders, when I read the CEO left and that earnings were going to be lower than expected, I placed some trades and made a couple hundreds dollars off it. Feels good to profit off of EA's stock dropping over 8%.
This dude is my hero!
http://www.ea.com/news/we-can-do-better
blah blah blah blah..... talk is cheap. I doubt they'll change anything, it costs too much to do things properly :)
They really don't want to be last again eh?
Will see how they do on Monday.
No way man! They really, really, really mean it this time.
Well its official!
EA is the worst USA company two years in a row lol
http://consumerist.com/2012/04/04/congratulations-ea-you-are-the-worst-company-in-america-for-2012/
A response to the Blog on EA's site:
http://consumerist.com/2013/04/05/ea-admits-it-can-do-better-but-blames-worst-company-success-on-homophobes-and-whiny-madden-fans/
I personally think Bank of America deserves the title more than EA. But, having their own CEO starts a blog post called "We can do better" and then shifts blame back on to their own customer base is pretty f*cking disgraceful.
After re-reading that, I am sure he just called us winey homophobes that hate the cover art to Madden football. Well, damn...
The problem is most people will never know, the majority of their customers that do know just don't care and the rest will still buy buy a game they got their eye on. This will only influence maybe 1 gamer out of a couple hundred where they WON'T buy their products. Guys like Moore and Pitchford know this. So they can say whatever they want and it really will never hurt their bottom line.
I qut buying EA when they tied up the Porsche brand and wouldn't work out a deal with Forza until well after it's release. That was almost 2 years ago I'm guessing?
And I don't care if they care, it's all about me, not them.
http://consumerist.com/2013/04/09/ea-makes-worst-company-in-america-history-wins-title-for-second-year-in-a-row/
Peter Moore's response, pretty much echo's what he already said in his blog..... his statements are recycled as much as their game content one year to the next lol....
http://1.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/37/94/c5817d6dc2d8866146dac2ccc7cab713-e...