EA Shuts Down ‘SimCity’ & ‘The Sims’ Developer Maxis

[fighterpilot562]

http://gamerant.com/sims-city-developer-maxis-shut-down/

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.

[tafk]

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.

[badATchaos]

Somehow one flop warrants the shutdown of a studio with over a dozen hits spanning 27 years. RIP Maxis

[bikingjahuty]

Leave it to EA. I hope i see the day when this jackass of a company goes out of business.

[insektmute]

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.

[gartcat]

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?

[kamikazekeeg]

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.

[MJMaranan]

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.