SimCity 2013
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How long have they been trying to emulate the WoW servers? What have they actually achieved? I wouldn't bet my money on it, sorry. If the servers are already full at 2PM, it's going to look bad tonight!
DCWarhound
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James
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Can I tell you once i've played it a bit this weekend?
I'm considering hopping in my car right now to get it at CNA... But yes please update
Graal
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Can we ask the chocolate-posters to please take their lemonade and sulfuric acid to another thread? I respect that people are upset about Simcity, but it is entirely unnecessary to ruin a thread for people interested in the game by posting every single bad thing you find about a game you have absolutely no interest in or intention of playing.
Say your say and then get out, imo.
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Good luck to those who bought the game. I hope that you are able to play. I know that it would drive me up the wall if I bought something and can't play it. But that's why I didn't buy this. I'll just keep on supporting the indie guys and enjoying my popcorn while the big guys destroy themselves.
Crzwaco
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I have played the random times today so far the server 2 was suddenly full now so went with server 4. Hopefully they won't allow so many people in a server that you can't join them.
But the time is now prime time and seems the servers are filling up :S
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czc
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Simcity burning a warning to Microsoft, Sony and all publishers on the dangers of always online DRM http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03...ublishers-on-the-dangers-of-always-online-drm
Last I heard your city stays on the server you were playing on and doesn't move with you? Is that still the case?
Crzwaco
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Yeah it stays on the server so each time you switch servers you start new and that's where the the skip the tut comes in.
HavocXphere
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EA is worth billions. How fckin hard can it be to keep a few authentication servers up? Throw a couple of thousand USD at it and call it a day?!?! You still make millions of profits...
Or you could cunningly save yourself the above few thousands...and end up with millions of PR damage.
PR trainwrecks happen. Sucks. Sometimes it takes time to fix it. 24 hours of round the clock work even. Call in extra staff. Promise extra compensation. Do what it takes to get it done. But when you get headlines like "SimCity server fiasco enters day 4" then you might as well fire the entire staff. Managers too. They're all shit.
Actually no...keep all the low end staff and torch everyone with decision making power. With screw ups of this size the managers are always at fault. Doesn't matter if the underlings failed...you're the manager - - - manage it or GTFO.
Or you could cunningly save yourself the above few thousands...and end up with millions of PR damage.
PR trainwrecks happen. Sucks. Sometimes it takes time to fix it. 24 hours of round the clock work even. Call in extra staff. Promise extra compensation. Do what it takes to get it done. But when you get headlines like "SimCity server fiasco enters day 4" then you might as well fire the entire staff. Managers too. They're all shit.
Actually no...keep all the low end staff and torch everyone with decision making power. With screw ups of this size the managers are always at fault. Doesn't matter if the underlings failed...you're the manager - - - manage it or GTFO.
Graal
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And that's what they've been doing. They've been consistently upgrading the back-end and adding new servers since the launch on Wednesday and they're planning on adding more over the weekend. The situation is already a lot better than it was. The EU release went really well. Even though there's a login queue (19 minutes for us) the servers are incredibly stable. I just played 5 hours straight without a single crash. That's compared to NA, who were complaining that they couldn't play half an hour without the servers booting them out. Aside from the login queue, I'm not seeing any of the issues NA reported (high latency, disconnects, unable to find friends or join games etc).
That's not to say I'm not pissed off when I start the game up and have to look at a login screen for 19 minutes, but give credit where credit is due. Things have already improved drastically. Besides, it's not like it's the only online-only game that has issues at launch. GW2 had capacity issues at launch, Diablo 3 had capacity issues at launch, WoW had capacity issues at launch, Path of Exile had capacity issues at launch. It's a pretty common occurrence. Gauging the amount of server capacity needed before a game launches is a lot harder than you think.
Remember, you guys are jumping on articles from videogaming sites. They live for page views. The SimCity launch is highly controversial at the moment, so what better way to gather page views by continuously writing sensationalist articles about it?
That's not to say I'm not pissed off when I start the game up and have to look at a login screen for 19 minutes, but give credit where credit is due. Things have already improved drastically. Besides, it's not like it's the only online-only game that has issues at launch. GW2 had capacity issues at launch, Diablo 3 had capacity issues at launch, WoW had capacity issues at launch, Path of Exile had capacity issues at launch. It's a pretty common occurrence. Gauging the amount of server capacity needed before a game launches is a lot harder than you think.
Remember, you guys are jumping on articles from videogaming sites. They live for page views. The SimCity launch is highly controversial at the moment, so what better way to gather page views by continuously writing sensationalist articles about it?
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