| theprof00 said: I'm not saying the new simcity is bad. I'm saying they completely left out a huge demographic (their previous fanbase) There are literally, still threads today on /v/ about simcity 2000 and the one after it, I forget what it's called. Anyway, why make the cities so small? That's really the whole point. They could have ahd both, but decided to change it completely. For literally no reason. It could have been big cities with all the same multiplayer portions added on. I think the multiplayer aspects are terrific....but at the cost of the map size? Man is that frustrating. |
They did think of it, they just thought that they're fanbase had moved on.
As a developer, it's hard to judge whether or not your fanbase still exists, especially for an older game. Most of these people are middle aged and even if they're excited about an idea of a new game, they might not necessarily have the time required to play it (since they have jobs now).
SimCity looked to capture the new "connected audience" but just misjudged their fanbase I feel. I don't think it was a case of forgetting, rather a case of misjudgement
