The Simpsons: Tapped Out shutting down by EA after 12 years

[theRepublic]

Dang, not as much interest in the Simpsons as I would have thought I guess.

theRepublic said:

I'm also interested in what this means for the future of Simpsons games.  You have to go all the way back to 2003's The Simpsons Hit & Run for what I would call the last well-received Simpsons game.  That seems to be the last one anyone has any level of nostalgia for.  The 2007 The Simpsons Game reviewed worse, and I never hear anyone talk about that game.  Although maybe there are some people out there that liked it?  Since then it has just been mobile games in 2007, 2009, and then Tapped Out in 2012.  Nothing new since Tapped Out released.  Surprise, surprise, EA took over the exclusive license in 2005.  They have done essentially nothing except for Tapped Out with this license.  Reminds me of how they did so little with the Star Wars license when they took that over.  I don't know why anyone would ever give them an exclusive license again.

Maybe this means that EA's exclusive license with The Simpsons is expiring?  Maybe someone else can actually do something with The Simpaons now.

I'd be interested in if anyone had thoughts on this part.  Any interest out there for new Simpsons games?