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Answer» Electronics Arts has apologised for the shambolic launch of the latest version of town-planning title SimCity.
Gamers have reported long queues to play, bugs and other glitches since SimCity launched on 5 March.
The company said the way it had set up the launch had been "dumb" and that it "really feels bad" about the way gamers had suffered.
As compensation, all those who bought SimCity will be offered a free Electronics Arts PC game this month.
Since the game launched, the online computers that co-ordinate play have been regularly overwhelmed.
Many gamers reported waiting 30 minutes or more before they could start to construct a city and said the game was sluggish once they were playing. Others said it often crashed or was slow to respond to changes.
The troubles led online store AMAZON to briefly suspend sales of the download version of the game.
In a blogpost, Lucy Bradshaw, general manager for SimCity, said the way Electronics Arts (EA) and Maxis, the studio that created the game, had set up the servers had contributed to the problems.
Unlike all other versions of SimCity, the latest requires gamers to remain online while they play, as each city they construct sits on a chunk of virtual territory shared with other players.
These regions share certain over-arching CHARACTERISTICS such as crime levels, resources and pollution.
However, said Ms Bradshaw, the way people played the finished game was very different to what EA and Maxis had seen during early, or beta, testing.
She wrote: "A lot more people logged on than we expected. More people played, and played in ways we NEVER saw in the beta."
"OK, we agree that was dumb, but we are committed to fixing it," she added.
Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21741528
I dislike EA.. everything that is wrong with gaming these days. Murry, you are in the minority.
One PUBLISHED survey says only 41% of the respondents hate EA.
Maye the other 59 % were bound and gagged?
Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 11, 2013, 12:26:16 PM Murry
Geez, how long have I been coming here?Sorry Mulreay,
-vision is blurry
Quote from: Mulreay on March 11, 2013, 01:39:26 PMGeez, how long have I been coming here?
EA really needs to get all their ducks in line before they try to do crap like this. GMOD's Toybox authentication is a prime example of how this method can work, but that's only because they can handle the people using it.
QuoteAs compensation, all those who bought SimCity will be offered a free Electronics Arts PC game this month.
They better hope that this free game is also not a let down..LOL ... Kind of interesting that they wont disclose the game title that people will get for free as compensation and just state A free EA Game.
QuoteOne published survey says only 41% of the respondents hate EA.
Maye the other 59 % were bound and gagged?
LOL Geek-9pm on this!
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