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[Feb 01, 2013, 09:55 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

games.on.net - The SimCity beta won’t help to win over the anti-DRM crowd.
I get that it’s a beta. It has the word ‘BETA’ stamped on it in about fifteen thousand different places. I understand that the multiplayer possibly — almost definitely — isn’t ready for public consumption yet. That’s fine. EA’s server team were no doubt working overtime on ironing out the kinks in their connectivity, and a fine job they did too. But the damage, for many, was probably already done.

With its one hour time limit and non-existent online capabilities, the SimCity we saw on the weekend isn’t the one that is going to help Maxis win over the anti-DRM crowd. If anything, it’s just going to push them further into their holes.

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Re: Op Ed

Feb 1, 2013, 10:55

Creston

Cutter wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 09:34: We'll see if they're going to get punished for this or not. Diablo 3 got away with it because a lot of people din't realize what they were getting into but they do now so I'm really curious to see how this will pan out. I hope it gets crushed hard. That's the message publishers need to be sent. It won't make more than a tiny difference. Everyone knew exactly what they were getting into with Diablo 3, and everyone happily sent the message to publishers that "We will gladly accept this if it's a game we want." Sim City will sell quite well. I don't know that it'll be a mega-success, but the DRM won't turn off too many people. EA knows this very well, which is why they're putting it in. Creston

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Comment [quote="Creston"Feb 1, 2013, 10:55][quote="Cutter"Feb 1, 2013, 09:34]We'll see if they're going to get punished for this or not. Diablo 3 got away with it because a lot of people din't realize what they were getting into but they do now so I'm really curious to see how this will pan out. I hope it gets crushed hard. That's the message publishers need to be sent. [/quote] It won't make more than a tiny difference. Everyone knew exactly what they were getting into with Diablo 3, and everyone happily sent the message to publishers that "We will gladly accept this if it's a game we want." Sim City will sell quite well. I don't know that it'll be a mega-success, but the DRM won't turn off too many people. EA knows this very well, which is why they're putting it in. Creston [/quote]

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