SimCity is falling apart
About a year and a half ago, Network problems and Game freezes became a new fact of life in the beloved SimCity landscape….
- Then endless Video Ads…. Some of which like KingShot never end and can never be escaped or exited without restarting the game
- Then endless new “features” and currencies … Some of which sucked (like Services 2.0)
- Poor quality testing so now trains require items from regions that haven’t been opened (perhaps a “feature” to encourage users to watchmore ads)
Please, please, please…. stop ruining the game with high speed poor quality software, network instability and poor quality “features “ by taking a game with a lot of social and economic upside and ruining it for a quick buck that will slip through your fingers when users leave.
instead try:
- testing new features with A/B testing
- user feature consistency testing
- maximize for long term / long life cycle income rather than quick revenue that drives
- don’t be greedy, this isn’t monopoly
