EA: Problem preventing SimCity playtime 'is almost behind us'

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SimCity developer Maxis says they have reduced game crashes by 92 percent since day one and players have connected and clocked more than 8 million hours in-game.

"I'm happy to report that the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us," Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw states. She says the improvements stem from adding new servers, tinkering with their network and issuing client updates, such as Thursday's removal of "non-critical" gameplay features.

"I had hoped to issue an 'All-Clear' tonight, but there are still some elements coming together," Bradshaw says. "Tonight and tomorrow we'll be monitoring each server and gameplay metrics to ensure that the service remains strong and game is playing great. We need a few more days of data before we can assure you that the problem is completely solved and the game is running at 100 percent."

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CearnsyPosted:

Vice
Teh
Soulful
Hall
EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..


That's the one thing they never get right.


i hope they get it this time.


Im sure they will be improving soon.


They already are better?

SODJEPosted:

Their servers are like liverpool FC, a bag of sh#t

ToesPosted:

Teh
Soulful
Hall
EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..


That's the one thing they never get right.


i hope they get it this time.


Im sure they will be improving soon.

ToesPosted:

Yikes They have bad servers.


Not a big suprise.

CearnsyPosted:

Soulful
Teh
Soulful
Hall
EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..


That's the one thing they never get right.


i hope they get it this time.


Maybe once they'll get it right.


They always get it right but it should be right from the start

HallPosted:

Soulful
Hall
EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..


That's the one thing they never get right.


I don't see how, other companies pull it off just fine.. maybe overloading?

HallPosted:

Soulful
TakeTheDamnPiLL This is why u stick to console gaming sometimes.


In some cases I guess so.


I suppose, I feel PC gaming is more stable though, for some reason.

MultitaskPosted:

Soulful
Hall
EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..


That's the one thing they never get right.


i hope they get it this time.

HallPosted:

Soulful
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


It looks great, I don't think it's at a full 100% though by means of working.


I don't think so either, from all the negative hype it has gotten..

HallPosted:

EMT
Teh
Hall
They Hopefully they keep finding and fixing issues in the game. If they keep up the good work I'll be buying this because it seems really fun.


Except for the servers will screw you.


thats true bad servers .


They need to fix the servers


Immediately, its such a huge issues in all of their games..