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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MTVPosted:

Compliance
DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


Took them a while. Finally.


It's about time I've been waiting

PGAPosted:

DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


Took them a while. Finally.

MTVPosted:

Mazur
Yikes
-DeadMouse- SOG why would your grandma want to play this


This made me laugh, and yes, why would your grandma play this? Mine just watches TV all day, lol.


haha i doubt anybody's grandma's would be playing SimCity lol


You never know its a pretty good game

MazurPosted:

Yikes
-DeadMouse- SOG why would your grandma want to play this


This made me laugh, and yes, why would your grandma play this? Mine just watches TV all day, lol.


haha i doubt anybody's grandma's would be playing SimCity lol

MazurPosted:

-DeadMouse- SOG why would your grandma want to play this


haha what did that even have to do with anything? @SOG ?

SonaPosted:

SOG why would your grandma want to play this

SOGPosted:

Mazur
yay
Mazur
DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


while that is true, people with the game are unable to play it unless the are connected to the internet, which is a major downside for it.


Yeah, but who honestly, who doesn't have an internet connection these days?


you'll be surprised, there are actually quite a lot of people w/o internet. but pretty much anyone with a basic cable plan can get internet, so...


My grandma doesn't have internet. How could she play this game?

MazurPosted:

yay
Mazur
DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


while that is true, people with the game are unable to play it unless the are connected to the internet, which is a major downside for it.


Yeah, but who honestly, who doesn't have an internet connection these days?


you'll be surprised, there are actually quite a lot of people w/o internet. but pretty much anyone with a basic cable plan can get internet, so...

PGAPosted:

Vice
DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


Yea lol, very true.


Yeah, true.

yayPosted:

Mazur
DJxReWinD Well at least the servers are almost fully functional again haha


while that is true, people with the game are unable to play it unless the are connected to the internet, which is a major downside for it.


Yeah, but who honestly, who doesn't have an internet connection these days?


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