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EA should clean house on their PR team. What disastrous responses. To starting this post with, "I hate to disturb you when you’re playing SimCity," is so gross,
by NoPiece 14y ago
EA should clean house on their PR team. What disastrous responses. To starting this post with, "I hate to disturb you when you’re playing SimCity," is so gross, self congratulatory, and not contrite. That plus doubling down on the dishonesty instead of really offering straight answers is just going to fuel the fires.
- n3rdy 14y ago> "I hate to disturb you when you’re playing SimCity," I really cannot believe they actually started the post with that line. The very reason they are in this PR nightmare is because people have been unable to play the game. Too soon Lucy, too soon!
- k3n 14y agoThey might as well have said "we can't hear your complaints over the sound of money rolling in".
- fnordfnordfnord 14y ago"Oozing high fructose corn syrup" is what first came to my mind when I read that.
- endianswap 14y agoThere's a subtle piece here that a lot of folks are missing: it's not just EA, but also Maxis, independently responding to the community. Maxis being the developer, EA being the publisher. That's why part of this is a shitstorm, Maxis and EA are sharing contrary words with the community, so the community sees double-speak and stops trusting anything from EA or Maxis.
- NoPiece 14y agoBecause Maxis is a wholly owned subsidiary, I assume what is said by Lucy Bradshaw is actually filter and vetted, if not scripted, by EA corporate PR. If not, shame on Lucy for being so tin eared. If so, shame on Lucy for letting it happen.
- pixl97 14y agoThere is no Maxis, only EA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis#Acquisition_by_EA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis#Acquisition_by_EA