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citation needed. Origin works pretty well (i've seen this echo'd in various internet outlets... reddit, gaming communities, etc), Sim City was launched by maxi

by MAGZine 12y ago

citation needed. Origin works pretty well (i've seen this echo'd in various internet outlets... reddit, gaming communities, etc), Sim City was launched by maxis a studio that has little (apparent) online knowledge, battlefield launches suffer from buggy gameplay, but their servers are generally solid. Also, most of the BF stuff you interact with is Frostbite, not online (apart from battelog and online connectivity) Now, how about FIFA and Madden which have userbases that absolutely dwarf those games? All of the news feeds, user statistics, video/image sharing, etc? It works well and consistently. the people who do online at EA studios proper are very knowledgable. I can't speak for Bioware, but you must realize that studios inside EA have a fair degree of autonomy wrt technical decisions. this is a huge step for EA. I applaud them and am rooting for the active movers inside EA to keep pushing for more OSS.

serf 12y ago
> citation needed Okay. http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-fo... http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simcity-free-game/1974865/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simc... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb-electronic-arts-apology_n_2853690.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb... http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-online-simcity-wasnt/ http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-on... http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-marketing-campaigns-asks-affiliates-to-stop http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-... http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ In fact, look up 'Battlefield', 'Origin EA' or 'Sim City' on Google News between 2010 and 2014. Not too many happy people. I only included Sim City stuff because it was mentioned by your comments' parent.
jklinger410 12y ago
>Sim City was launched by maxis a studio that has little (apparent) online knowledge Sim City was launched by EA. Very little of "Maxis" existed when that product came out. It was entirely an EA project and EA has ample experience with online gaming. >Now, how about FIFA and Madden which have userbases that absolutely dwarf those games? If you've ever tried to play an EA game beyond casual 1v1 online matches you would rethink your praise of their online systems. As an avid NCAA 14 player believe me when I say that they have a basic misunderstanding of what players want out of an online experience. They're not even good at 1v1, to be honest, when you're playing over a network their solution to input lag is to just slow down the gameplay entirely. EA is a cheap company. >I applaud them and am rooting for the active movers inside EA to keep pushing for more OSS. EA has made so much money off of shit products they would have to do 100 Open Source projects before I felt they deserved praise.
DonHopkins 12y ago
The problems with the SimCity launch, and the insistence on requiring a connection to play, were thanks to Origin, not Maxis.

by MAGZine 12y ago

serf 12y ago

> citation needed Okay. http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-fo... http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simcity-free-game/1974865/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simc... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb-electronic-arts-apology_n_2853690.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb... http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-online-simcity-wasnt/ http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-on... http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-marketing-campaigns-asks-affiliates-to-stop http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-... http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ In fact, look up 'Battlefield', 'Origin EA' or 'Sim City' on Google News between 2010 and 2014. Not too many happy people. I only included Sim City stuff because it was mentioned by your comments' parent.

jklinger410 12y ago

>Sim City was launched by maxis a studio that has little (apparent) online knowledge Sim City was launched by EA. Very little of "Maxis" existed when that product came out. It was entirely an EA project and EA has ample experience with online gaming. >Now, how about FIFA and Madden which have userbases that absolutely dwarf those games? If you've ever tried to play an EA game beyond casual 1v1 online matches you would rethink your praise of their online systems. As an avid NCAA 14 player believe me when I say that they have a basic misunderstanding of what players want out of an online experience. They're not even good at 1v1, to be honest, when you're playing over a network their solution to input lag is to just slow down the gameplay entirely. EA is a cheap company. >I applaud them and am rooting for the active movers inside EA to keep pushing for more OSS. EA has made so much money off of shit products they would have to do 100 Open Source projects before I felt they deserved praise.

DonHopkins 12y ago

The problems with the SimCity launch, and the insistence on requiring a connection to play, were thanks to Origin, not Maxis.