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Title: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: fighterpilot562 on March 05, 2015, 12:01:20 pm: http://gamerant.com/sims-city-developer-maxis-shut-down/

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The Sims and SimCity were certainly Maxis’ most well-known contributions to the video game canon, but their smaller titles found just as dedicated a following. Games like SimAnt, SimCopter and Streets of SimCity couldn’t rival the sales of their bigger siblings, but will nevertheless endure thanks to their fans for years to come.

While this news wasn’t anticipated, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise. The studio’s 2013 reboot of SimCity was met with widespread criticism from fans thanks to its focus on online city-building rather than a robust single-player experience, and EA have a nasty habit of closing studios associated with poorly received projects.
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: tafk on March 05, 2015, 12:02:26 pm: As LGR said in his video on the subject "That Maxis was basically done after Will Wright Left" so not a whole lot of sadness from me. They have their place in history and their legacy.
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: badATchaos on March 05, 2015, 12:05:25 pm: Somehow one flop warrants the shutdown of a studio with over a dozen hits spanning 27 years. RIP Maxis
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 05, 2015, 12:07:12 pm: Leave it to EA. I hope i see the day when this jackass of a company goes out of business.
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: insektmute on March 05, 2015, 02:41:24 pm: Sad news, but with Wright gone, this was really Maxis in name only. That anyone thought an online-centric SimCity was needed or wanted is indication enough of where things could have, and would have, eventually led.

That being said, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the next Sim* game is essentially a Sims MMO done by a third-party company.
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: gartcat on March 05, 2015, 03:50:52 pm: I could never get my city to make money in SimCity, I was always just scraping by :(. Without them, where would games on facebook be?
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 05, 2015, 06:03:19 pm: A shame EA basically caused the death of them. While I loved the creation aspect in the new SimCity, the always online stuff was such a pointless idea and how badly broken the game was due to rushed development. Could've been a pretty solid game.
Title: Re: EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis
Post by: MJMaranan on March 06, 2015, 12:52:16 am: Heard about this last night. Definitely loved The Sims games on PS2, my brother's a bigger fan since he plays both of the series.