It appears that the rumors of deliberate sabotage by this game's designers is proving true. EA as a company, was bought out by a private Saudi/Muslim hedge fund, run by none other than their crown prince. With people likely to lose their jobs over this, it looks like this horrible, game/city ruining "Services 2.0" update is their revenge. And they've closed out their own discussions requesting feedback on this mess. They're even deleting any comments about it on their Twitter/X account.
This update has made the game unplayable. My own primary city (out of four) that I've worked on for 8+ years and had 4.7 million "residents" and with NO land left for anymore buildings, was practically destroyed with the new service requirements. Fully upgraded, it was still impossible for the current buildings to provide enough for the new requirements. And no space to build more. And that's precisely what the designers clearly wanted; to leave the game (and the company) in shambles for their new owner. Guess what, it worked! I've already deleted the game app off of my Ipad. I'm done with it and the idiots who screwed it up. And it appears that thousands of other players are doing the same. Stick a fork in Simcity BuildIt. This game is DONE. It was fun while it lasted.
I had the same thought, but that maybe they were firing staff after the sale and if workers messed it up it would guarantee their job was necessary to fix it. I also saw any mention of the new owners, ahem, squelched in various threads as abuse or removed. Oh well, guess I am next. If they delete my account, the loss is theirs cause I am a paying customer and my struggle to keep the mess afloat will be over. Just hope my teammates don’t think I just up and abandoned them. It will be interesting to watch how this all plays out.
I remember the original Sim City from the 90s. Before ads and actual internet requirement. That also eventually was replaced by other hobbies.
Enjoy life wherever it leads to next. Happiness is an inside job and priceless. Smiling.
