Bad day for PC gaming

[mastorofpuppetz 199]

Articles are on ABC news and Forbes, it's BS like this that gives pc gaming a bad reputation. EA's rep cannot get any worse at this point.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/03/07/amazon-pulls-digital-edition-of-simcity-as-ea-struggles-to-fix-servers/

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ea-scrambles-fix-simcity-server-congestion/story?id=18677568

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57573053-1/simcity-launch-a-complete-disaster/

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-07-gamer-anger-grows-as-simcity-debacle-threatens-to-turn-ugly

[cirugo 1,889]

Polygon review score has steadily dropped from 9.5 to 8 and is now sitting at a 4...

http://www.polygon.com/game/simcity-2013/2630

[Superbacon 380]

It wouldn't be so bad if Origin didn't exist.

[Ohadi195 30]

Bad day for city-building ganre I'd say.

[Shadely 63]

I would say it's more of a bad day for EA. There's still a lot of exciting things on the horizon for PC gaming, thanks to Kickstarter. It's experiencing a renaissance, in a way. Star Citizen, Project Eternity, Wasteland, just to name a few. If these games do well, then there's a lot of hope that a high profile development team could make a city builder in the future. 22 Cans, Peter Molyneux's new development company, is developing Godus which is more along the lines of Populous but I could see him embarking on a city builder project in the future. Perhaps the EA debacle might inspire independent developers even moreso now, who knows.

 

I still think it's an exciting time for PC gaming.  

[Urban Cartographer 601]

I practically gave up PC gaming from multi-million-dollar corporations.  However, I still have hope for indie developers, especially with Civitas and Buggi's Boomtown.

[pkderek 51]

THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR GAMING! FINALLY PEOPLE WILL SEE THE BS THEY CALL DRM AND MAYBE WE CAN FINALLY BE VOID OF IT FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

At least I wish. 20 bucks this whole fallout happens for the next DRM title. Yet again. Error 37 never ceases to torment us.

[PreposterousMindGames 0]

Imagine if this was on Steam, we'd all be playing!