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The Human Cost of Failed Products: The Tragic Story Behind the Launch of SimCity 2013

Behind the Doomed Launch of SimCity 2013: A Developer's Perspective on Transparency, Marketing, and the Human Cost of Game Development

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Nick Pasta
Mar 13, 2023
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Enjoy my photohop of the Simcity Logo with (Doomed caution tape over it)

Not too long ago I had the pleasure of talking about Paradox Interactive and their initiative to rescue franchises that EA - Maxis had seemingly thrown out onto the road into the middle of nowhere. I was not kind to EA/Maxis, and frankly I’m not being very kind now. But fate was not…

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