Simcity2013 Release Date pushed back til March

[Winterface 0]

Saw this on the Facebook page, looks like the due date got pushed back to March.

"Did you hear the news, Mayors? SimCity hits retail and online stores March 5, 2013 in North America. Got your copy yet?"

[EG0611 57]

Be careful it sells to retail which means we can see game in "game store" after the 5 March. AND ALSO When it will be sold in Europe ?

[MarjaSpaceOddity 14]

That'll be March 8th. :/

[T Wrecks 10,210]

IMO, it's by far too early to speculate about periods of time as short as several days when we're still months away from a release date - be it planned or postponed.

So much can happen during the remaining development time... at this stage, any date that makes its way through the community now may be old news not too long after. I wouldn't worry about any halfways precise release date yet at all.

[VeritaScientia 150]

IMO, it's by far too early to speculate about periods of time as short as several days when we're still months away from a release date - be it planned or postponed.

So much can happen during the remaining development time... at this stage, any date that makes its way through the community now may be old news not too long after. I wouldn't worry about any halfways precise release date yet at all.

This. I am personally waiting until I have seen the game in Beta before I consider the game release date valid.

[Larks2242 251]

Lets hope this isn't a recurring theme, I'd hate to see this turn into Duke Nukem Sim city edition.

That being said it is probably just so they can market it better, this isn't uncommon and it is only a month.

[Screwballl 196]

Maybe they are actually listening to all the criticism??? Time will only tell.

[Frode789 70]

1 month is nothing. Wont make much of a difference. (only bug fixing/balancing)

[herob4u 34]

It's only a 2-3 weeks delay, not so serious to reconsider stuff. It's no problem at all, after all, we were the ones demanding a well polished game and complained for rushed releases of previous EA Titles. (At least that's what the general community said :\)

[mapboy 106]

It's only a 5 day delay actually! They never said when in February it would be released. I don't get why people are over-reacting (especially in the FB comments). I don't really consider this a delay at all. March is just the end of February...

And it may yet be released in Europe on February 28 or something.

  Edited October 24, 2012 by mapboy  

[Arangarx 20]

I don't even know if I really count this as a delay. Going from "February" to "March 5th" just sounds like they finalized the release date is all.

[jacksunny 741]

I hope they keep pushing it back if they have to. I don't want a game full of bugs and glitches because it was released too early.

[grugor 60]

According to the latest article on wired, they are in shipping mode at maxis and only polishing from now on so dont expect and major changes by march.

" We're in ship-mode, so everyone is cranking, fixing bugs and finishing the game," explains SimCity's Creative Director, Ocean Quigley. "

However there is hope for future improvments after release.

" Once we ship, we'll go back into brainstorming mode. There are lots of ideas percolating just below the surface."

Subways are below the surface . just saying

  Edited October 24, 2012 by grugor  

[MaxisGuillaume 289]

" Once we ship, we'll go back into brainstorming mode. There are lots of ideas percolating just below the surface."

Subways are below the surface . just saying

LOL, noted.

[cirugo 1,889]

Maybe they are actually listening to all the criticism??? Time will only tell.

I wish.

I don't think an extra month is going to be enough to fix everything people don't like

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Wow! I didn't expect this. I wonder why it was delayed....

[Vampirovibrio 43]

This was a quote from the article where wired.co.uk took a tour of Maxis studio. Ocean Quigley said ""We're in ship-mode, so everyone is cranking, fixing bugs and finishing the game," explains SimCity's Creative Director, Ocean Quigley. "Actually shipping a game as complex as SimCity takes a whole lot of prolonged, focused effort. Earlier in the project things were much more freewheeling and improvisational -- we'd try out new ideas and new approaches to see what worked, but we're done with that stage, and now we have to bring it all to completion."

I took this to mean that they are done with putting in new features and are now bug-fixing and improving aesthetics. This quote appears to also be in agreement with what some of you have mentioned above that the new release date was probably pushed back a few days rather than a month. I wonder if this also means that beta would be launch soon.

[Jokurr 175]

I suppose that means that beta will be more about catching bugs than a review of the game mechanics then.

[DmainEvent 195]

One more month is not going to undue the previous 2 years worth of development that has already occurred.

[Screwballl 196]

US release: March 5

Europe Release: March 8 (according to their official Twitter post)

[Frode789 70]

US release: March 5

Europe Release: March 8 (according to their official Twitter post)

*Norway: March 7. (EA launch on Thursdays here)

  Edited October 25, 2012 by Frode789  

[cirugo 1,889]

One more month is not going to undue the previous 2 years worth of development that has already occurred.

indeed.

they need to push it back a lot farther than a month.

[Cockatoo 2,262]

In all seriousness, I'd happily take a 6 month delay if it meant more features, less bugs and an overall better game experience.

Maxis, take all the time you need.

[jacksunny 741]

Australia release date is March 7, for anyone wondering.