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SimCity [Megathread]
Ben Grapevine:
--- Quote from: Comatose on March 05, 2013, 04:36:45 PM ---It's inevitable that with a highly anticipated game like this, download issues will arise. As a matter of fact, you came into this thread just to spew stuff about the issue. You haven't contributed anything to the discussion, let alone joined it.
It's not anybody's fault. Do you honestly think EA wants to suspend use of their servers to botch the release day for one of the most anticipated games of the year?
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He has a pretty good point. I was really excited to get it until the drm thing came up. Now I'm currently locked out of simcity and am getting some serious buyers regret.
Swat 3:
wow
not buying anymore
Ben Grapevine:
--- Quote from: Swat 3 on March 05, 2013, 05:44:56 PM ---wow
not buying anymore
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I wouldn't buy it
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Also, EA support says 30+ minute waiting time for a live chat so I can talk to someone and get an ETR on the lockout
Comatose:
--- Quote from: Ben Grapevine on March 05, 2013, 05:43:08 PM ---He has a pretty good point. I was really excited to get it until the drm thing came up. Now I'm currently locked out of simcity and am getting some serious buyers regret.
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You can always request a refund. I had the link around here somewhere. Allow me to give it to you.
Personally, I haven't had many problems. I expected a few first day jitters, but nothing like this.
EDIT: A quote from the EA Forums:
--- Quote ---Hey all, after going through this thread (and the many similar ones), let me first of all apologize to each and every one of you; as gamers ourselves, we absolutely appreciate how aggravating it is to sit there and not be able to play. So yes, we are very sorry for the delay, and I just hope that once you have started playing, you can enjoy the game itself its fullest, despite this experience!
Let me address a few more points for you all:
1.) Pre-Loads: We agree, pre-loads are very important, which is why we usually offer them (as we did for all of our last big releases like Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3). This didn't come together for SimCity unfortunately, for which I again apologize.
2.) Communciation: As they have a far larger outreach than the forums, we tend to use our social media channels like facebook.com/origininsider and @OriginInsider (general news) as well as @OriginStatus (outage and maintenance news) to keep you up-to-date on any issues.
3.) Refunds: If you regrettably feel that we left you down, you can of course request a refund for your order at http://help.origin.com/contact-us , though we are currently still in the process of resolving this issue.
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Ben Grapevine:
--- Quote from: Comatose on March 05, 2013, 05:46:22 PM ---You can always request a refund. I had the link around here somewhere. Allow me to give it to you.
Personally, I haven't had many problems. I expected a few first day jitters, but nothing like this.
EDIT: A quote from the EA Forums:
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I'm just going to wait it out. At least I can watch this twitter and know what's going on.