EA admits there's a problem

[freewaytonowhere 7]

I won't disclose much, other than to say that my company is partnered with EA and Origin. Today I got an e-mail telling us to suspend all promotion of Sim City until further notice. I guess they are in damage control mode with all the people demanding refunds.

 

Maybe this is good news?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I actually hope they don't tell this to Simtropolis too, because that banner across the top looks awesome.

[William Gates 84]

I actually hope they don't tell this to Simtropolis too, because that banner across the top looks awesome.

 

They won't 'tell' us, since Simtropolis has no obligation to obey EA. I guess they could request it, although I imagine the chances of that happening are very close to nil.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I actually hope they don't tell this to Simtropolis too, because that banner across the top looks awesome.

 

They won't 'tell' us, since Simtropolis has no obligation to obey EA. I guess they could request it, although I imagine the chances of that happening are very close to nil.

 

Actually I believe that the website does indeed have a contract with EA.  If you hover your mouse over the advertisement for SC2013 on the homepage, it says that "Simtropolis receives a small commission for every purchase"

[the_architect25 5]

Great news! That just means we won't see a patch for the current problems besides the servers, or any new features for months.

[City Planner 121]

It has to do with Linkshare and telling their affiliates to stop promoting the game for the time being.  I used to be a Linkshare EA affilliate on a couple of my larger websites back in the day but you just don't get enough money from it (as usual).

 

I can see why they would do this, as they obviously know that they can't handle the current load let alone what's going to happen when all the Europeans try to get online.  No need to add gas to the fire.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I was looking forward to the Europeans chiming in. I have a bag of popcorn especially for that wave. Oh well.......

[GenXisT 127]

I was looking forward to the Europeans chiming in. I have a bag of popcorn especially for that wave. Oh well.......

 

lol

[RepublicMaster 428]

What about our friends in Asia? That will be the problem.

[Sir-Mark 0]

Wont be pretty in EA's offices. Think about the public outrage when Blizzard's servers couldn't stand the heat of the largest game launch in history on Diablo 3. There were court cases everywhere and their offices were even raided in Korea.

[crashx 18]

I'll be very surprised at the next game that tries Always-Online DRM after Diablo 3 and now Simcity.