Sim City compensation package is revealed.

I have resisted the urge to post about Sim City, thus far. Suffice it to say that I am deeply displeased, and, anyway, mainstream game journalists are doing a surprisingly good job of covering how broken it is. However, we just got some information on the compensation package, and I thought it might be worth mentioning.

For Our Patient And Amazing Mayors – A Free PC Download From Origin

Fortunately, those of us who are neither patient nor amazing are also getting our choice of one of the following games:

  • Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
  • Bejeweled 3
  • Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
  • Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)
  • Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
  • Plants vs. Zombies
  • SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

It’s important to note that we must claim our free game by the 25th of March, or lose it. And it must be downloaded by the 30th of March, or, once again, it will be lost. I guess the electrons go mouldy if they’re left lying around for too long. I’ll probably go for Mass Effect 3.

Sim City buyers were promised a fully functional Sim City, and that’s exactly what we’re going to get. Unfortunately, it’s called Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition.

Update: It appears that EA CEO John Riccitiello has resigned. I’m not sure whether we should consider that part of our compensation package or not. My suspicion is that the sort of people that own enough EA shares to have any power are not the sort of people who actually play many EA games, BUT they do play Sim City. Also, the Sim City fiasco has been covered thoroughly by many publications that they might read, such as the BBC, and the New Statesman. Getting publicly called out for lying, and provably so, is the sort of embarrassment that causes heads to roll. I doubt he’ll be the last.

Riccitiello’s term as CEO began in 2007, and it has not been a particularly happy time. The dismal performance of SWTOR had already left him bruised. He’s credited with being the one that powered through the change in ethos to concentrate on DLC. I expect that legacy will persist.

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