The SimCity player

[rigurat 6]

I was at Wallmart during game launch and I was told they had 12 games.  Not much compared to their StarCraft 2, and Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Pardon my generalizing but I it seems the kind of people who would play SimCity, especially the people who would pick it up at launch date are older (kind of nerdy) gamers, between mid 20's to 30's.  I myself fit in that category.  It was different crowd compared to the ones who waited for the Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Are we a dying breed?  I mean fans of games that focus on long term strategy, planning, simulation games.

[kgpurrs 107]

No way, we are the players that play XCom, and Civ 4 and 5, and Simcity 4 and 5, and Total War, etc.  

 

We aren't fad gamers.

[Californiaz 33]

Yes, twitch gaming is king. Social interaction capabilities in this game may be too much for us traditional players but I can see how in the eyes of a first time player that it can be viewed as dreadful. I couldn't even chat with the guy I have added on Origin or anyone else in the region because the in game chat is so stupid.

 

Attention spans won't be going up anytime soon though so this was their attempt at "post-modernizing" the brand. We'll see where it goes from here.

 

 

There will never be a true SimCity 5. I think that is my biggest complaint with the game, the existence of it.

[bergerrunner 41]

No way, we are the players that play XCom, and Civ 4 and 5, and Simcity 4 and 5, and Total War, etc.  

 

We aren't fad gamers.

No, I don't think he (or she) is saying anything about fad gamers. The point is about strategy gamers. I think the OP is right though, and it has to do with delayed gratification. I'm 22, and I have 4 younger brothers is the need for now, now, now, now. There are many other aspects, but in video games specifically, if the game isn't holding their attention with explosions, awards, achievements, yelling, etc. they're moving on Meanwhile, I and many like me (probably)  are willing to think, plan, and strategize for a couple hours before playing a game even if it means shutting off the game. And (speaking for myself here) the reward is a well planned out city that I would like to live in.

 

I think we're seeing that even some with this incarnation of sim city with the move away from almost pure creativity on a pretty grand scale to gimmicky (for lack of a better word) things like challenges, rewards, and (to an extent) specialization to keep players interests

[SirChick 184]

I was at Wallmart during game launch and I was told they had 12 games.  Not much compared to their StarCraft 2, and Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Pardon my generalizing but I it seems the kind of people who would play SimCity, especially the people who would pick it up at launch date are older (kind of nerdy) gamers, between mid 20's to 30's.  I myself fit in that category.  It was different crowd compared to the ones who waited for the Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Are we a dying breed?  I mean fans of games that focus on long term strategy, planning, simulation games.

 

 

No we just buy online lol from comfort of our computer chair

[lars_city 23]

I was at Wallmart during game launch and I was told they had 12 games.  Not much compared to their StarCraft 2, and Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Pardon my generalizing but I it seems the kind of people who would play SimCity, especially the people who would pick it up at launch date are older (kind of nerdy) gamers, between mid 20's to 30's.  I myself fit in that category.  It was different crowd compared to the ones who waited for the Battlefield 3 launch. 

 

Are we a dying breed?  I mean fans of games that focus on long term strategy, planning, simulation games.

 

No, we're not a growing section of the market in terms of age. The younger audience is absolutely also interested in the game! I've a cousin at the age of 16, he adores SimCity, especially he likes to bring havoc and destruction on his cities, geez... and his friends is also into it, so the answer is no! But he isn't as good at it as I'm though :-P But he enjoys himself with it for sure.