SimCity sells 1.1 million in two weeks

@MegaPhilX2 Actually in addition to the free games that we are getting. A lot of people did get issued refunds or additional compensation. It depends on how you go about it when you call origin support. If you treat them like human beings instead of taking your frustration out on them, they would help you. The people who posted the a lot of oh i can't get a refund chat logs treated the customer support agent like shit, what motivation or incentive does he have to want to help you at all? get real. . Little person taking out his frustration over the phone on a person who is just handling clean up, you want to protest or complain, go protest at their HQ or something.

@GSGuy321 They don't care, success of game is measured in profit, in their opinion game was success, money earned and f*ck bad publicity, people are stupid and will buy next game anyway.

@GSGuy321 Count me as part of that cross. I'm done with EA for now. There are games this year I want like FIFA14 and Battlefield 4 that I won't be getting. I've had enough. If this is the way EA continues to do business, then I will continue to skip their games. SimCity has been a bitter disappointment on multiple levels.

@SandRunneR I'd wager these even aren't good numbers on their own. You can't compare the new game's sales directly with the older ones released 10+ years ago. The market is way bigger, the spending is way higher, and for this particular game the marketing campaign was huge. I'm sure EA expected something from 2-3 millions or more right at launch and 4-5 million until the end of the year, and they're stuck at 1 million right now with a lot of bad blood and bad word of mouth souring future sales.

@SandRunneR Truth, piracy is only 0,1% of gamers, I would say that even used games are worst than piracy.

@airboard360 I don't think it's that. We're used to visiting gaming sites and therefore grow accustomed to the idea that this is par for the course for any gamer. It's not. Not even 10% of regular game buyers access gaming portals. They just see the regular advertising elsewhere, think "What? FINALLY a new SimCity? Man, I love this back in the day!" and go buy it.

@airboard360 I think it has more to do with people nursing their nostalgia than the press. More likely they're ignoring it, or choosing to ignore it.

@Granpire It doesn't prove that voting with our wallets doesn't work. It only proves that people vote with their dollar the same way they vote on elections: without thinking it through.