Forbes - Electronic Arts continues to battle a horrendous launch of what was expected to be one of the biggest PC games of 2013. The latest news on SimCity from the EA Maxis Studio General Manager Lucy Bradshaw is that the game publisher is close to an “all clear” for gamers to finally seamlessly experience the critically acclaimed PC game.
Those gamers who have been able to circumvent the always-online Digital Rights Management (DRM) issues have already logged nearly 8 million hours of gameplay. Just think of how much larger that number would have been if the most diehard fans could have logged in on launch day, or the next day, or the next, and so on. It’s now approaching nearly a week and SimCity is still not functioning at 100 percent.
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
The game looks awesome, just haven't been able to play it.
LMAO CRAP GAME
I bought the game today and luckily I've had zero problems.
If that is the case then wouldn't it be better to release the game when it's actually finished? All this negative press over trying to release a game a week too soon. Maybe they will learn from this.
Hindsight is 20/20, but hopefully EA and the rest of the industry will learn from this fiasco.