Random Commentary #12: SimCity, EA and Gaming

[@ZonalFear]

"Hey guiz, you spend all that money on something that didn't work. Here's - wait for it - BEJEWELED!" Planetside 2 has for me been the only breath of fresh air recently.

[@WeNeverFear]

Agreed. Because you are smart!

[@ZonalFear]

And sadly what sells is pretty trash nowadays. Catch 22 bro!

[@Radicalmunch]

EA's motto. We strive to screw over our fan base the best way we can. Also COD!

[@Peppermintnull]

Pretty much. I remember reading reviews for simcity about how people didn't enjoy their launch experience but we're excited for Army of Two. Do you ever fucking learn? - Also the games they offered to the people who bought before march 8th got a shitty choice of games. These people bought a citysim. Why would a horror game or afew poor FPS games interest them? But its ight because bejeweled is their for the value of like fucking £4.

[@Peppermintnull]

Like I told you, we're pandered to as gamers in any medium or genre nowadays, I haven't played one game recently that didn't' feel the need to hold my hand all the way through - The problem with Sim City aswell is that at its core, ignoring launch problems its still a HORRIBLE game, AI is whack, gamebreaking bugs and tiny sandbox space to play with. But its 'ight, Sold 1.1m copys during the whole press coverage. Consumers hurt the market more than developers do, who will stick with what sells.