Is it possible that EA is finally (belatedly) learning to listen to their customers? Could this be the point that they turn around as a company and become player centric?
Or am I naive and reading way too much into this?
Or am I naive and reading way too much into this?
1. No way to milk this year-by-year (John Madden's SimCity 2014...)
2. So, might as well see if there's a long tail.
My wife bought this game, and was really mad at how EA bungled it. It's probably the last SimCity game she'll buy. So from this single data point, yeah, EA might as well give up :-/
Maybe he's the one leading the new EA.
I do remember everyone being confused when EA did the humble bundle where proceeds went to charity.
This will be a fascinating study as to how companies can (not) win back the trust of their customer base.
The reason they may be considering an official offline mode now is that a) it's been cracked anyway and b ) the majority of game sales happen in the first few months.