As you’re all well aware, the Simcity servers were unable to keep up with the massive influx of players all trying to connect at the same time. Thousands of players then voiced their complaints on the official Simcity forums and retail sites. Within that time frame, Amazon and other retail outlets were forced to remove Simcity from the shelves until server stability improved.
Lucy Bradshaw SVP of Maxis released a statement explaining the reason behind the server instability. “So what went wrong? The short answer is: a lot more people logged on than we expected. More people played and played in ways we never saw in the beta.” EA/Maxis claims they have increased server capacity by 120% which decreased server connectivity issues by 80%.
As compensation for this disaster, everyone who has activated Simcity will receive an email on March 18th with instructions on how to redeem a free PC game from EA’s library. They’re hoping this gift will help them return to good graces within the Simcity community.
EA Game Selection
- Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
- Bejeweled 3
- Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
- Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
- Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)
- Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition
- Plants vs. Zombies
- SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
You have until March 30th, 2013 11:59 PDT to claim your free game.
