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You misrepresent what happened severely. Whatever you need to tell yourself in order to maintain the level of anger you desire. Nothing I saw from EA seemed o
by Goronmon 14y ago
You misrepresent what happened severely.
Whatever you need to tell yourself in order to maintain the level of anger you desire.
Nothing I saw from EA seemed out of the ordinary for a company trying to sell the game they made. Unless you expect companies to only promote games that meet certain quality standards when they are released.
I mean, look at Aliens: Colonial Marines. From my perspective, it was in much worse shape than SimCity upon release, and I don't see RPS coming out with stories about how the game has disappeared from the limelight.
Honestly, I feel like people got so angry about SimCity to deflect their own responsibility for the purchasing decision they made. No one forces people to buy games on release day, and everyone should know that the smartest thing to do is to sit on a new game for at least a couple of days to let any issues arise. That's the responsible thing to do as a customer, and obviously it was something many people chose not to do.
- wnight 14y agoDo you expect me to use a valid credit card when I pay? Because I expect a game that works as well.
- iy56 14y agoNo. I validate the credit card before completing the transaction. Maybe you should check whether the game is terrible before you buy it.
- wnight 14y agoIf "you" didn't lie to some reviewers and pay others I'd be able to. This isn't a case of a game that doesn't age well, the thing just didn't work. Even after fixing the servers it's still defective by design. Worse, EA deliberately lied about this and their coordinated responses show widespread and high-level involvement. Anyways, thank your lucky stars I can chargeback, it's a lot cheaper for you than any of the other (all legal) things I'd do to get back at someone who knowingly sold me a defective product. Hiring a PI isn't that expensive...
- saraid216 14y ago> No one forces people to buy games on release day, and everyone should know that the smartest thing to do is to sit on a new game for at least a couple of days to let any issues arise. If that were true, no one would buy anything ever.
- bostonpete 14y ago> > the smartest thing to do is to sit on a new game for at least a couple of days to let any issues arise. > If that were true, no one would buy anything ever. Your comment only makes sense if you assume that everyone always does the smartest thing -- which seems not to be the case.
- saraid216 14y agoActually, it makes sense if you include the context that I quoted. Namely the "everyone should know" bit.
- onli 14y ago>Honestly, I feel like people got so angry about SimCity to deflect their own responsibility for the purchasing decision they made. Honestly, I even agree with that partly. But note that I didn't buy the game. I still feel that this is wrong behaviour from EA/Maxis.