TSTO -REMOVED- from China

"Chris60119;1584995" wrote:
Id love to hear the reason behind this..

EA is getting ready to end TSTO

"samspargo332;1585005" wrote:

"Chris60119;1584995" wrote:
Id love to hear the reason behind this..

EA is getting ready to end TSTO

Do you know this for sure or are you Trump'ssuming that's what will happen?

"bluntcard;1585008" wrote:

"samspargo332;1585005" wrote:

"Chris60119;1584995" wrote:
Id love to hear the reason behind this..

EA is getting ready to end TSTO

Do you know this for sure or are you Trump'ssuming that's what will happen?

Well if EA is pulling this game from Chinese app stores its a sign the game is ending

Or that they cheat and hack the game and it's costing EA server revenue. Hopefully we'll have some info soon.

"bluntcard;1585012" wrote:
Or that they cheat and hack the game and it's costing EA server revenue.

True it could be that too

@LPNintendoITA are you serious?? What possible reasons? Government blocking or another business blocking deal (like state ordered taxes which ea would have had to pay?)

@bluntcard I doubt it would be about hackers, doubt they hack anymore then anywhere else and he said they can't get purchases so that's bigger then hackers.

This is odd, the show has seen a boom in the Chinese market ever since the inclusion of the Simpsons Stores and their expansions just last year. However, even though the IP has shown financial prosperity, there was a supposed to be released Vault of Simpsonology book that was slated for release in that market, but eventually was cancelled for unknown reasons.

I am unsure how popular the show itself is with Chinese viewers, but its popularity might be based off of it being a Western property instead of the content itself. We see this trend in many foreign markets, most particularly Asian countries - the same could be said for the Anime boom here in western markets in the early 2000s.

I want to speculate that it has to do with the state-run media control and conflicts with the show's values for the reason why it is being pulled. I hardly think that the game is coming to an end considering there is still much more untouched content and the show is ongoing.

Maybe it has to do with Maude's ghost. :wink:

Maybe the game is going to end. Were getting bombs, tanks, a homer nuke. EA might just be letting China know cause they don't want to make China mad cause EA fears China. The rest of us they don't care about and want to suck every last penny from us.

@SchemingMinor that makes more sense, thanks.
Still sucks.

Back in December when they banned the New York Times app, it was noted that Chinese authorities routinely remove dozens of apps a day from the Chinese store. The Times app was accused of being “in violation of local regulations”.