Simcity Societies Destinations

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

That's nice.

[patriots_1228 51]

breaking news from EA's website.

Sim City Societies Destination will be a simulator in which you give the disk of "sim City Societies" the destination of a trash can.

When asked about this new idea, EA said "Well, since we care so much about our fans, we thought we would make the first expansion pack based off of an idea submitted to us by a SCS lover, Dusktrooper of simtropolis.com".

[pinkpanther1990 1]

wow, now i might buy it.......................................................................................................................................................not

[LB_Industries 4]

lol

U will see ...it will be something like that

[bourneid 13]

Originally posted by: tourniquetism Oh I am quite sure if SC4 had like 3 more expansion packs, the vast majority of the people here would have bought them right away -- regardless of the time span in which they came out.quote>

 

the diffrence is that SC4 as it came out was a great playing game with loads of potential... which lead to the quick development of an orginized development community. SC:S has not proven that there is interest in developing for it...

EA took a lesson from SC4 and even the sims and applied it incorrectly. the sucess for sc4 was due in large part to its huge ability to be mod'ed and inproved. Though the origional sales wernt huge.. it continued to sell because of these improvements. 

So EA being reletivly smart built mod'ability of sorts into SC:S from the start... the thing they missed is that if the base game isnt fun to play... if it isnt fun to paly and hold interest then devoted fans arnt created... and its those devoted fans who would spend countless hours to bring new stuff to a game, but they have to have the intial interest.

SC:S dosnt seem to be gaining that interest.

[Godzillaman 21]

An expansion pack? A little sooner than I expected...

[BurroDiablo 222]

I'm sorry to hear that TQL... can I arm the masses with Cheese cake seeking missiles?

Originally posted by: Godzillaman An expansion pack? A little sooner than I expected...quote>

They've discovered new ways to make the expansion packs contain less and suck more while still putting in a blistering Marketing campaign that will probably cost more than the development. It took over 8 months for Maxis to release Rush Hour but EA have set a new record in how fast they can begin milking this game for all its worth...

[tourniquetism 0]

bourneid, I believe I've been misunderstood as I wasn't comparing the two games in terms of quality, I was comparing the fans. I was simply arguing against the notion that SC4 players are a "tad bit smarter" because they wouldn't buy numerous expansions. If EA had decided to stay the course with SC4 and pump out a handful of extra expansions -- everyone here would own them all. This is going to happen with fans of anything, regardless of the quality of the original game. Fans of SCS will buy SCS expansions and fans of SC4 will do the same for their game. This is the primary reason why The Sims continues to sell expansion packs -- the fans of the game love it and will continue to buy it -- I highly doubt the majority of those sales are coming from new costumers.

In fact, the dedication of SC4 fans would make one believe that the expansions would sell like hot-cakes. The original is still in the top 10 for goodness sake.

[LB_Industries 4]

the expansion pack was already ready and finished as SCS came on the market ... be sure about that

and also sure is that there are other ex paks already finished

SCS is a low budget game but a high marketing money maker game

[joe2102001 19]

Originally posted by: LB_Industries the expansion pack was already ready and finished as SCS came on the market ... be sure about that

and also sure is that there are other ex paks already finished

SCS is a low budget game but a high marketing money maker gamequote>

 

Sadly this seems to be the new marketing strategy for a lot of games.  And like a putz I'll probably end up buying it.

[LB_Industries 4]

the new strategie is to have micro transactions...that means u can buy in game some stuff for 1$.

as they money maker recodniced that free games with micro transaction do a 5 times higher turnover than sold games.

so they start to sell games + that feature

EA do that with succer in asia

so u can be sure scs will have that too

[Maranello575 5]

The Microsoft touch! 
Release an original version of something with tiny but significant faults just so you can sell upgrades for extra profit and you know people will buy it because they need it to make the program run better.
Business sure can be a bi.............

[neongamer 3]

No matter how hard you try, you can't resurrect the dead. Somehow this message obviously hasn't got through to EA yet.

[SimRabbit 48]

More crap coming out from EA, noo...

[Jman47 0]

i imagine that just like with the sims there gonna release craploads of expansions for scs, the only difference is-

the sims didnt suck ~really?~

[Maranello575 5]

They have released so many expansion packs for the sims that you dont even get to use all of them!

But I guess it wouldnt be too bad if they released as many exp packs for scs.

[michaelsjewel 0]

well - because simcity societies has dropped in price so low (hopefully) - then the expansion pack shouldn't be so expensive - maybe 20 dollars? - i couldn't see 30 since the game itself is almost that low - if not in some places..... besides - it's an expansion pack!

[LB_Industries 4]

i am happy that a lot of us consumers are more intelligent as the money makers expected and we DO NOT BUY .

May be this will be the reason that they will see that a product has to be good if it should become a financial success.

Back to the roots will be the future i hope and i guess.

The last trying the same was Empire Earth III....same story than SCS

[Sim-Maire 2]

Wrong, i have buyed SCS, i am not an idiot and i think the history of SCS is like PS3

The majority hasnt ever right-reason

[Bluebeard 0]

Well you gotta give them credit for trying.Duck Tape works wonders just ask EA.

[panthersimcity4 162]

I have to be honest... I kinda like those beaches, and the water park thingy on the screenshots @ simcity.com.

Overall though: SCS sucks big time. No little beaches or neat water parks are going to change that.

[jugioh1012 2]

Are there any screenshots?

[dedgren 830]

Selling an expansion pack chock full of basic stuff to a game that doesn't work in the first place- now that's chutzpah beyond reckoning.

The only thing that would top it would be for EA to sell "The Ultimate Upgrade to Sim City Societies."  You'd buy it, take it home, install it on your computer...

...where it would erase SC:S and reinstall SC4.

Now that would be brilliant.

David

[bri3d 4]

Breaking News: Simcity Societies Destinations screenshots released. Which means, the game is featured on the official website.

I might say what I think about the screenshots...but EA needs to get more bandwith on their server, because none of them will load .

Go to simcity.com and (try to) check them out if you wish...

"New City Pack filled with content and features coming soon!

From unspoiled nature parks with campgrounds and hiking trails to tropical beach resorts with water sports and fine dining, from humble county fairs with hay rides and midway games, to sprawling modern theme parks with all the bells and whistles, you’ll build an entire city based on attracting visitors, and keeping them entertained and satisfied."

Their brief description seems to indicate a large basis on tourism, and attracting guests, blah blah...it sounds more like some tourism tycoon than city building, but I'll probably end up buying it.

I wonder what they will charge for (confirmed in picture captions) 100 new buildings (including UFO crash sites ) and 35 new special sims (including pilgrims and cult members )?

Just my 2 cents...

The pictues finally loaded; I'll link them so you don't have to go through that devastating flash:

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[tourniquetism 0]

Originally posted by: dedgren Selling an expansion pack chock full of basic stuff to a game that doesn't work in the first place- now that's chutzpah beyond reckoning.

The only thing that would top it would be for EA to sell "The Ultimate Upgrade to Sim City Societies."  You'd buy it, take it home, install it on your computer...

...where it would erase SC:S and reinstall SC4.

Now that would be brilliant.

David

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Wow, didn't someone already make that type of comment in another thread?  Let's come up with some new anti-SCS material please.

As for the expansion (errr---city pack),  I did like the caption for the last picture, which says "Expanded transit functionality, including air and water travel."  Considering it's a "city pack", and not an expansion, I think it's only going to have a slew of new buildings and the like.  Nothing too extreme.

Also...what is up with that first screenshot?  Isn't that the public pool?  That's in SCS right now...

[katamariguy 6]

that's one of the best things I've ever heard, apart from SPORE

[Ocram's Razr 964]

To tourniquetism, there are no actual pools in SimCity Societies as far as I can tell but there is an azure terrain texture that looks like pool water.

[tourniquetism 0]

ILikeSeattle, I just checked -- there is a venue called "Public Pool". It's identical to the picture for the expansion.

[toxicpiano 125]

Originally posted by: bri3d Breaking News: Simcity Societies Destinations screenshots released. Which means, the game is featured on the official website.

I might say what I think about the screenshots...but EA needs to get more bandwith on their server, because none of them will load .

Go to simcity.com and (try to) check them out if you wish...

"New City Pack filled with content and features coming soon!

From unspoiled nature parks with campgrounds and hiking trails to tropical beach resorts with water sports and fine dining, from humble county fairs with hay rides and midway games, to sprawling modern theme parks with all the bells and whistles, you’ll build an entire city based on attracting visitors, and keeping them entertained and satisfied."

Their brief description seems to indicate a large basis on tourism, and attracting guests, blah blah...it sounds more like some tourism tycoon than city building, but I'll probably end up buying it.

I wonder what they will charge for (confirmed in picture captions) 100 new buildings (including UFO crash sites ) and 35 new special sims (including pilgrims and cult members )?

Just my 2 cents...

The pictues finally loaded; I'll link them so you don't have to go through that devastating flash:

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Hahahhhahahhahaahahahahaaha

[Godzillaman 21]

Originally posted by: bri3d

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Those pictures remind me of this...