EA Refuse to Refund SimCity - Possible account ban if you take action

[SuzieJoeBob]

Even Ubisoft learned pretty quickly that always online DRM was a bad idea with the whole UPlay fiasco and I believe it was Assassin's Creed 3 that had terrible sales on the PC and bad consumer reception because of the DRM. I doubt EA learns that quickly, they still haven't even learned all the past mistakes that Valve made with Steam

EA learn from their mistakes??? Where have you been???

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I'm guessing he meant Assassin's Creed 2? That had some pretty terrible DRM.

Well that was a while ago and Ubisoft learned from their mistake. Pretty sure they canned it on Revelations and so on.

 

[Arras]

Well that was a while ago and Ubisoft learned from their mistake. Pretty sure they canned it on Revelations and so on.

Which was exactly his point. They learned from their mistakes and stopped using it.

 

[retKHAAAN]

And I'll be right here listening to music using my galaxy 3 while I'm at work where the functionality is quite useful. My point? Everyone has different needs, and different opinions which both lead to different choices.

And that's exactly what I've been saying...

 

[Veho]

And that's exactly what I've been saying...

So you're saying you "don't PC game" because you have no need for the additional functionality of a PC? So it has nothing to do with this thread. In that case, was your supposed "rhetoric question" just a completely random off-topic and pointless interjection, or was it intentional flamebait?

 

[nukeboy95]

I can't wait to advise all the customers at work that this game is pretty unplayable at the moment.

you work for EA?

 

[Qtis]

you work for EA?

Retail IIRC. Not EA.

 

[retKHAAAN]

So you're saying you "don't PC game" because you have no need for the additional functionality of a PC? So it has nothing to do with this thread. In that case, was your supposed "rhetoric question" just a completely random off-topic and pointless interjection, or was it intentional flamebait?

>Writes "Remind me why I don't PC game again?" expecting it to be read as "Glad I don't have to deal with shitty DRM or a shitty digital download service and its servers" (which it was by at least 3 people...)
>Gets caned by the PC master race who reads it as "zomgconsolesarebetterthanpcsateverything"
>Receives the obligatory accusation 8 pages later of posting off-topic by someone who has nothing at all to do with the conversation...

 

[Veho]

>Writes "Remind me why I don't PC game again?" expecting it to be read as "Glad I don't have to deal with shitty DRM or a shitty digital download service and its servers" (which it was by at least 3 people...)
>Gets caned by the PC master race who reads it as "zomgconsolesarebetterthanpcsateverything"
>Receives the obligatory accusation 8 pages later of posting off-topic by someone who has nothing at all to do with the conversation...

>comes in only to post "durr console superior hurr"
>gets pissy when he's called out on it
>le meme arrows
>master ruseman face dot bmp

Hey look, I can greentext too.

And I'll take that as "flamebait" then.

 

[Rydian]

Apparently no one here knows how business works.

Companies that understand business within capitalism and make good business decisions to compete and protect their products. Those companies stay in business.

Companies who don't understand business and make bad decisions go under.

So if EA is "such a bad company" why are they still in business? Hmmm?

That's how it is in the gaming world in general. Most large companies make pants-on-head retarded decisions, and only their publishing key franchises from others (that they can't damage to an extent) keeps them alive.

An old thread I made about this issue...
http://gbatemp.net/threads/is-it-just-me-or-are-most-video-game-companies-stupid.312221/

 

[retKHAAAN]

>comes in only to post "durr console superior hurr"
>gets pissy when he's called out on it
>le meme arrows
>master ruseman face dot bmp

Hey look, I can greentext too.

And I'll take that as "flamebait" then.

Another eager PC beaver, eh? So quick to see offense where none is present... At least my first comment in this thread actually had something to do with the situation, but I'm glad you felt compelled to join the discussion as it was a little light on pretentiousness. You totally called me out on my "flamebait", guy. I'm not sure if it counts though seeing as there is not once in these 11 pages where I said "consoles are superior", only that a $500 PC is overkill for my purposes. With Rydian and Hells Malice being so giddy for the "Ha, he thinks consoles are better than PCs" misinterpretation, it at least makes you seem more human, your susceptibility to peer-pressure and all...

 

[Veho]

So quick to see offense where none is present...

Indeed. I see my simple question offended you to no end. I am relieved to hear this isn't so.

At least my first comment in this thread actually had something to do with the situation

Nope, it was a completely pointless non sequitur. Had you really wanted to comment on the situation, you could have said "I'm glad consoles don't have similar DRM bullshit" (for now; who knows what the next generation will bring), but you didn't. And since you insist on steering every reply into "console VS PC" territory, it is now clear your intent was to troll from the get go.

Another eager PC beaver, eh
pretentiousness.
it at least makes you seem more human, your susceptibility to peer-pressure and all...

And now you're just reaching.

 

[BORTZ]

So if EA is such a terrible company why do you people continue to support them? To anyone who bought Sim city, learn your lesson and stop bitching.

 

[Black-Ice]

So if EA is such a terrible company why do you people continue to support them?

Coz dey make FIFA and FIFA is a badman game,

 

[ShadowSoldier]

So if EA is such a terrible company why do you people continue to support them? To anyone who bought Sim city, learn your lesson and stop bitching.

I don't hate them, I'll still support them. It's because of them some of my favorites games are available, Mass Effect 2 and 3 which, with them publishing, made it sooo much better than the first Mass Effect, Mirrors Edge, NHL games...

 

[emigre]

This thread has really put me in the mood to play some Fifa 13.

 

[Dr. Ivo Robotnik]

Oh great heavens above, drop the console vs PC discussion. Someone started it, someone responded to it, I've already lost track of who, mostly because it's not worth thinking about. This is not the thread for that to be discussed in. Yes, I'm a newbie saying this, but good grief.

I think that by this point, Simcity's at least more or less getting itself back on track. At least, from what I'm hearing. We'll just have to see what EA does next.

 

[chartube12]

The game isn't even unplayable. I was just playing it! Stop your bitching about a game you guys probably don't even own!

 

[retKHAAAN]

Indeed. I see my simple question offended you to no end. I am relieved to hear this isn't so.


Nope, it was a completely pointless non sequitur. Had you really wanted to comment on the situation, you could have said "I'm glad consoles don't have similar DRM bullshit" (for now; who knows what the next generation will bring), but you didn't. And since you insist on steering every reply into "console VS PC" territory, it is now clear your intent was to troll from the get go.


And now you're just reaching.

lol...if I was offended in any way I know where the report button is. I'm just confused as to where you started reading this conversation... It must've been sometime after Hells Malice started talking about one being superior over the other since I never said anything of the sort. In fact, my stance has been diffrint strokes for diffrint folks. But go ahead and continue talking things out of context and assuming to know my intentions. It's kind of ironic that you jumped into the conversation (after it had ended I might add) and made it a point to tell me my posts were off-topic without yourself adding anything of any substance to the thread... "Report" and "Reply" have a few of the same letters so I can see how you might confuse the two, but "Report" is the one on the bottom-left of each post. At this point, I'm either a troll or misunderstood, meaning, you're either feeding the troll or an asshole...

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

- Robert McCloskey

 

[Rydian]

The game isn't even unplayable. I was just playing it! Stop your bitching about a game you guys probably don't even own!

So I assume you didn't read any of the articles announcing the problem, or any of the later articles where the companies admit the problem exists?

The issue is there's too few servers, so while some people can play, the majority who try to play the game cannot at any given time.

Seriously, start reading, it's helpful.