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Whatever Happened to SimCity? (invidious.privacydev.net)
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[–] Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The series shit the bed with the online only bullshit with small maps, and then Cities Skyline came along shortly thereafter to steal their lunch.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Basically EA happened.

[–] Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago

Well yes, ultimately that was the problem in the end. But they had 2 good releases under EA before that happened. Somewhere along the way EA went entirely to shit and Sim City was one of many casualties.