On: EA Apologizes For SimCity Disaster, Says It Was “Dumb”..

[blaabjerg]

Honestly I think people should stop saying anyone bought this game at all. They leased it. At some point in the future, EA is going to decide that the cost of running the servers outweighs the benefits of keeping them online, and they're going to shut them off.

Have EA made any promises regarding the expected life of this game?

[laumars → blaabjerg]

You raise a very interesting point.

I still play the original SimCities from time to time. It's sad to think that modern games might not be around in a decade or two for us to enjoy - even if just for reminiscing.

[crististm → laumars]

Indie games might still be around even then.

[zanny → blaabjerg]

Like AC2 and Starcraft, I personally expect a crack by the start of Spring.