SimCity sells 1.1 million in two weeks

Yeah but 1 million of those people are still waiting for their refunds

Haters gonna hate...

I'm so proud to say I didn't contribute to these numbers! :)

They just need to patch some things. I know that we should expect a finished product from an AAA publisher, but that's just now how the industry works anymore. If blizzard can't release a finished game, then nobody can.

Simcity has the groundwork to be an outstanding game. They need to clean it up, fix some terribly broken mechanics (freight, traffic, etc) and make the maps bigger by about 25%.

1.1 million reasons why EA will learn absolutely nothing from the SimCity fiasco.

If you knew about the always-on internet, bought the game, and then complained, you're part of the problem, not the solution. You can vote with your wallet in weeks OTHER than the very first week of a game's launch.

Given EA's reputation for launches of big, online games, you should have waited. We should ALSO expect EA's game to work, but you know... "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."

At this rate, EA has fooled the gaming community... what, a half-dozen times? So instead of gamers LEARNING and then EA having to learn a lesson on their own, all EA is learning is that we'll do anything they want.

yeah big launch but lets wait and see what those lifetime sells look like.

Hm. Context. They recently said they expected 5 million sales of 'Dead Space 3', an IP respected but not as well known to gamers as the name of 'Sim City'. Okay, this is over two weeks and not 6-7 weeks, but can we see this game reach 5 million? Or even equal the numbers of 'Dead Space' after the utterly borked release?

Maybe to boost sales they should bundle a free game... oh.

"And one million of them were pissed"

This is a prime example of why publishers continue to implement business practices that are unfriendly to the consumer.

In most "normal" markets, a company that abuses its core customers would lose said customers, and unless they changed, may go out of business.

In the "gaming" market, a company that abuses its core customers will see a temporary drop in sales, but still sell millions of copies and see large profits (Simcity, Diablo III, COD treadmill, etc...), providing no reason for them to change.

So no matter how much we may despise these abhorrent business practices, if gamers continue to support them...and buy the oh so shiny games they release...then they will not only continue these practices...but may push further...providing less and less content, while charging more...and further limiting our already limited play options...

The only two games that I can say I'll be buying with absolute certainty in the near future: Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077. I'll happily give my money to companies like CDPR that still treat *me* with respect - the ones who take full price for a game and actually earn it by giving me a full game to play in return. A game that "just works", which doesn't have a built-in self-destruct, which I can install and play a month from now, or ten years from now because it isn't tied to some company-controlled ecosystem.

Companies like EA, Ubisoft, and Blizzard that retain the option of preventing me from using something that I've paid for... they can't go out of business fast enough in my book. When you pay for something and then can't use it later - that's a RENTAL. Except, these companies all fear that sort of terminology. They want to have the option to take things back (IMO, so that you can't collect or play OLD games, and must constantly buy new ones), yet the PR departments still use the "game sales" terminology liberally because consumers are willing to pay more for the illusion of ownership. Sadly, many PC gamers buy without thinking, and also have no backbone when it comes to boycotting.

Do the smart thing - support companies like CDPR who still respect PC gamers and actually give us something for our hard-earned dollars. Don't feed the companies that abuse you. That's the only way things are going to get better.

oh look all games in with they will expect you to buy DLC or Microtransactiosn, in some both

Out of all the people on here slating the game, I wonder how many have actually played it? They are instead just going by what they've heard and the server issues. I think Simcity is a great game, just let down by EA screwing everyone over by not labelling it as an MMO. Plus calling games "services" which they are not.

Now the trolls will flame this comment, but I won't post on here again so don't expect me to be part of your flame war, or try and see my reaction

I love how EA is the devil incarnate until they give you a free game. If i run a multibillion dollar corporation one day i should really remind myself to **** you over constantly as long as i extend the promise of 2 free games a year. No....no, lets make it 3. Only fair for all the sex we'll be having. lmao smh....

1.1 million deceived people