Before reading the 2nd sentence of the article, you seem to have been mixed up about if this article is about the SimCity that came out in 2013 or the one that came out in 1989. I find it hard to believe that you're aware of the original SimCity game and think that this could be an article from 1999 that could be about it being a disaster for the series (and I'm glad you read further to learn more about the series!). But, even in that case, in isolation, you know that 2013 was a decade ago (and not 1989).