Comments on: Sims Online Is Dead, Long Live “EA-Land”

By: Gobblu

Gobblu — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:47:46 +0000

EA really messed up when they killed “Earth and Beyond” and used it’s servers for TSO. It never got as many users as EnB even at it’s lowest. Disappearing tech support/games discontinued in a matter of months…
I wonder how EA is going to shoot themselves in the foot next?

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:19:12 +0000

I dunno, man. The last time I heard about the Sims Online was due to the thriving virtual prostitution industry that’d set up shop in it. Hermaphrodite furry vores not a big step past that, really.

By: darkripper

darkripper — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:50:26 +0000

The 16bit thing it’s umbelievable: it means they’re not even trying to success with an improved client and stuff; it’s just a rebrand (even the icon of the game it’s still the one of Sims Online!!!). My opinion it’s they’re trying some stuff with this one to take notes for future The Sims games. Makes sense that they are gonna put more online functionalities in the next sims games (using the technology created for Spore?). Considering the success of the franchise, the error in the first place was to separate sims online from sims offline.

By: Stromko

Stromko — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:10:32 +0000

I doubt it’s going to work commercially. The only reason that SecondLife is pulling down big numbers is sex. Oh, it would have an audience without it, it’d just be 1/10th the size and wouldn’t be causing everybody to copy it.

I somehow doubt they want people to log into a game called EA Land and roleplay as transexual Furry Goreans.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:09:27 +0000

While I don’t know that I’m really any more interested by this than I was by the initial launch of Sims Online, at least making it free is a step in the right direction. There was never even the remotest chance of me paying money for what’s basically a graphical chatroom.

By: Zeno, Internetographer

Zeno, Internetographer — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:07:28 +0000

I wasn’t even aware that Sims Online still existed. I thought it had failed miserably upon release…

By: Garth

Garth — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:57:35 +0000

Considering EA’s tendency to fuck anything up that involves online play, I think I’ll pass.

By: Essell

Essell — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:42:24 +0000

“EA Land”?! The concept is probably sound but that name makes me want to vomit…

By: terry

terry — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:32:42 +0000

Sounds like Ultima Online to me.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:04:30 +0000

/spit

By: Five

Five — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:45:02 +0000

My girlfriend is trying to run it, but there are just timeouts when it tries to connect.

By: James

James — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:20:49 +0000

“EA Land”: The world where everything is owned by EA! Wow, it’s one fantasy world I would have never have thought of myself. It’s just such a radically alien concept that I – … wait.

*Peers out the window*

… Actually, it might not be too different to Earth after all. Carry on.