SimCity: Now With $9 Balloons

22 responses to “SimCity: Now With $9 Balloons”

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   micahn

   July 1, 2013 at 9:31 pm

   I’d be all for it, but I have no room in my regions for it! City sizes need to be made bigger!

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   1. 

      tyris

      July 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm

      It sold ridiculously well early on… in the millions. I don’t know what they were expecting; but millions is pretty good. That doesn’t account for refunds or charge backs… but honestly, despite all the people talking about it I doubt a very large number did (I’d say sub 1%).

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   rowan

   July 1, 2013 at 9:32 pm

   When all’s been said and done, did they end up making money on this game?

   They deserve not to, i mean wow what a way to screw those of us who’ve been waiting years and years for this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve made heaps.

   I had to put my copy of Sim City 4 away a few years ago because it was sucking my life away. Such a great game.

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3. 

   mrtaco

   July 1, 2013 at 9:35 pm

   Because the game hasn’t had enough hot air as it is.

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4. 

   sabrescene

   July 1, 2013 at 9:40 pm

   Airships…but still no subway systems?

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5. 

   energydrinkhigh

   July 1, 2013 at 10:01 pm

   When I saw the airship hanger at 1:40 the first thing I thought of was “Good news, everyone!”

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6. 

   weresmurf

   July 1, 2013 at 10:10 pm

   Fuck me, seriously I didn’t think this game could be worse than Simcity Societies… but there ya go.

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7. 

   danielsgame

   July 1, 2013 at 10:15 pm

   This makes horse armor seem like a reasonable purchase…

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8. 

   keiranj

   July 1, 2013 at 10:49 pm

   Is this the fix for the traffic jams caused by bad car AI?

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      thagyr

      July 2, 2013 at 1:16 am

      Maybe. If not the Airships will end up crashing into a nuclear reactor.

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9. 

   SCIENCE

   July 2, 2013 at 1:31 am

   You know what cost ME 10 bucks (albeit on sale) and is 10x better than this game and its DLC? Tropico 4.

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10. 

    gunzablazin

    July 2, 2013 at 1:39 am

    lol i cant believe this freaking game, who the hell wants to add more stuff when you cant even fit the basics in this tiny unusable map??! and its still in alpha. Worst game of all time. OF ALL TIME!

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11. 

    McDerpFist

    July 2, 2013 at 2:11 am

    Oh EA, the more you change, the more you stay the same.

    Over at Forbes there was just an article about how EA is pushing hard to actually walk the talk about their consumer first shtick. This is either a poorly timed piece of business from EA, or they’re really just taking the piss.

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12. 

    bigboss

    July 2, 2013 at 8:58 am

    The problem is they can keep pushing this kind of stuff and idiots are still paying top dollar

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13. 

    bleeding_thumbs

    July 2, 2013 at 9:20 am

    I’ve always wanted to organise a gamer protest were we all gather outside of EA’s main office building for an asparagus breakfast, surround the building then simultaneously piss on it. Juvenile? Yes. Effective? Only one way to find out. 🙂

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14. 

    BiJGH

    July 2, 2013 at 10:20 am

    An urban hot air balloon park? That will make sims happy, especially those who like watching fiery balloon crashes.

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15. 

    transientmind

    July 2, 2013 at 10:59 am

    I think the original plan was to have a huge, loyal install base who wouldn’t mind a bit of this every now and then, and would be so socially-invested (thanks to the Always-Online forced multiplayer) that they would need to buy to be able to continue to play with their friends.

    Instead, we get the train-wreck of a launch followed by utter disillusionment down the track when it’s discovered that the whole thing is fundamentally broken, and these bits of DLC no longer have the same sort of enthusiasm to them.

    These DLC releases (especially the more cynical ones tied to buying certain brands of toothpaste or paid advertisements for Hyundai or whoever it was) come across less as a value-add or gaming enrichment, and more as an embarrassing request from some deadbeat friend or relative for a loan of money you know you’ll never see again.

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    1. 

       tyris

       July 2, 2013 at 2:39 pm

       It was Nissan… …. … I guess that advertising worked on me… (actually, I refused to install that add-on out of principle).

       The thing I can’t understand is the price… Do they really think the value here is worth $10? When other games (Borderlands 2 for example) give us entire expansions for that price? I’d be totally down for paying a dollar or two… but $10?

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          transientmind

          July 2, 2013 at 2:46 pm

          Well, it’s certainly in line with their attitude towards Sims expansion pricing, which usually gives you a half-dozen swatches to apply to furniture and maybe a few extra end-tables and a jacuzzi or something… for about FORTY DOLLARS.

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             McDerpFist

             July 2, 2013 at 6:40 pm

             I will admit that the Sims is one of my guilty pleasures, but even I don’t splash on the little “lifestyle” discs. Only bought proper expansions, and while they’re not value for money in the true sense of the word, they do give you a good deal of content ( new town, interactions, items, etc. )

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16. 

    bigboss

    July 4, 2013 at 12:17 am

    I also find it hilarious how many times “hot air” is mentioned. 😛

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17. 

    funky_munky_aus

    July 8, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    EA can suck a dick. Didn’t but this game. Will never buy this game. I have played it though.
    $10 for some more crap to find a place to jam into the pathetically small city.
    EA money gouging again. Trying to make up for unfulfilled sales expectations.

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