Amazon pulls SimCity as EA struggles to fix servers

[Mrgrim333]

[url]https://www.change.org/petitions/electronic-arts-inc-remove-always-online-drm-from-simcity-and-future-games#share[/url]

I signed this petition, it seems to have a lot of supporters lol

[Mattz333]

I wonder how much it costs EA to buy and run the servers to keep the game online only.
I wonder if it's more expensive than the loss in sales.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Brt5470;39843842]
Being forceful and stern is good. Acting like an ass doesn't help the situation. You're not taking your frustration out on EA, you're taking it out on someone dealing with hundreds of angry people per day.[/QUOTE]

The trick is to tell them what they can do for you, not ask. I don't mean order them around, but simply tell them that they [i]can[/i] fix the issue for you and that the way to fix it is to _________ (what you want).

[tsar]

[QUOTE=lapsus_;39847831]Late reply, but the first fiasco was Spore, 2008 iirc.[/QUOTE]

Spore was fucking terrible, somehow SecuROM completely busted my DVD drive and it to this day [I]still[/I] does not work. No surprise that EA fucked up yet another big Maxis title, I pretty much stopped buying from EA altogether after spore and the sims 3.

[Tufty 🌹]

[QUOTE=mrgrim333;39847886][url]https://www.change.org/petitions/electronic-arts-inc-remove-always-online-drm-from-simcity-and-future-games#share[/url]

I signed this petition, it seems to have a lot of supporters lol[/QUOTE]

What makes you think that'll work? EA has presumably seen the huge amounts of people who dislike their DRM, quite how an itemised list of a few of them is going to change their mind is beyond me.

[Noth]

[QUOTE=mrgrim333;39847886][url]https://www.change.org/petitions/electronic-arts-inc-remove-always-online-drm-from-simcity-and-future-games#share[/url]

I signed this petition, it seems to have a lot of supporters lol[/QUOTE]

[url]https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/institute-industry-wide-return-policy-video-games-rely-remote-servers-and-drm-function-properly/nMy1wrtC[/url]
This one has a couple of supporters