I-Sims Online - Isivivinyo Samahhala Sibe Ukudlala Kwaphakade
Isivivinyo samahhala somdlalo weSims Online okwamanje siyabuyekezwa. Maduze, ngokusho kwe-EA, isivivinyo samahhala sizoba ukudlala mahhala unomphela. Izindaba ezinhle kithina esingakwazi ukukhokhela u- $ 9.99 ngenyanga wokudlala ngokugcwele, kepha yini elethe lolu shintsho?
Kalula nje, i-EA yafakwa phezulu. ISims Online yakhishwa emphakathini eminyakeni emine eyedlule, futhi yazitholela isisekelo esincane somsebenzisi. Umdlalo odume kakhulu weSecond Life ukhishwe ngasikhathi sinye, futhi usuqale ngamandla. Manje, i-Second Life ngumdlalo omuhle kakhulu futhi udlala ngamandla ahlukile kuSims Online, kepha amaSims avela kwi-franchise enemidlalo emibili ethengisa kakhulu kunayo yonke. Bekungafanele kube nzima kakhulu ukuthi i-EA iqhamuke nomdlalo-ke, lokho okungenani kufinyelele kuma-10% aphezulu emidlalo eku-inthanethi. Futhi ekuqaleni, bakwenza.
Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2003, iSims Online ifune ukubhaliswa okusebenzayo okungaphezulu kuka-100,000, okwenza kwaba phezulu ohlwini lwemidlalo eku-inthanethi. Ukuthengisa kukhuphuke, futhi i-EA ibonise ababhalisile abangama-40,000 ngasekupheleni konyaka. Futhi-ke badela. U-Luc Barthelet, iSekela likaMongameli oPhezulu wezoBuciko be-Elekthronikhi, ubonakale efulathela lo mdlalo, futhi izimbungulu nokungazinzi kwasala kungaxazululiwe. Kwavela ukukopela okuvumela abadlali ukuthi bathole amanani amakhulu amaSimoleon (imali yaseSims Online), abhubhise ngempumelelo umnotho ongaphakathi komdlalo futhi enze izinhloso eziningi zomdlalo (njengokuqashwa) zingabi namsebenzi. Ngaphambi kokuphuma kwama cheats amaSimoleon angathengwa ku-eBay ngemali yangempela, nokungenye yezinto ezikhangayo kubadlali abaningi abasha, abafuna ukukholwa ukuthi izenzo zabo ngaphakathi komdlalo zinomphumela othile emhlabeni wangempela.
Ngakho-ke impilo yesiBili yakhula, kwathi iSims Online - inguqulo eku-inthanethi yemidlalo ethandwa kakhulu ngasikhathi sonke - yacwila obala. abasebenzisi abambalwa abathembekile banamathela kuyo, kepha abadlali abaningi bayishiye yodwa, esikhundleni salokho bathola imidlalo emisha enezici ezithakazelisa nezintsha. Lokho, nokho, sekuzoshintsha. ULuc Barthelet wamemezela ngoMashi 2007 ukuthi usezibandakanya futhi kulo mdlalo. Izithangami sekuthintwe okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni, kanti umhlaba weSims Online ulungele ukuzamazama.
Esinye sezinyathelo zokuqala ezenziwa yi-EA ukudala amadolobha amasha abadlali abangawahlola. Futhi bashintsha i-logo, futhi bathembise ukuvala izikhala ezivumela ukukhwabanisa kwemali. Ukubhaliswa kuzokwenziwa lula kakhulu, futhi isivivinyo samahhala sizoba, kungekudala, ukudlala mahhala ngokuphelele. Vele kuzoba nemikhawulo: kukhetho olulodwa kuphela lwedolobha kwabangakhokhi; i-avatar eyodwa kuphela; imali yokuqala kancane. Noma kunjalo, lokhu kungumbukiso wangempela wokuzibophezela kwe-EA, futhi akungabazeki ukuthi kuzodonsa abadlali abaningi abasha. Abadlali abasha, abakhokhelayo noma cha, bazobuyisa impilo kulo mdlalo, futhi lokho kuzoba yinto enhle ku-EA, isithombe sayo ebesibukeka sonakaliswe ukwehluleka kwayo.
Manje kungani manje? Yebo, iSims 3 kufanele ikhishwe ngo (kungenzeka) ngo-2008, okungahle kube nokuhlangana nayo. Akekho ofuna i-goose efile ekubonisweni lapho bezama ukwakha i-hype yomkhiqizo wabo omusha, futhi kuzothatha isikhashana ukuthi iSims Online ibuyele emgqeni. Lesi isiqalo esithembisa kakhulu (kabusha), noma kunjalo, futhi yisikhathi esimnandi kakhulu sokungena emhlabeni weSims Online. izici ezintsha ezifana ne-AvatarBook, esebenza kakhulu njenge-Facebook, izosiza ukuvusa inzalo, futhi ingadonsa izethameli eziningi impela. Bambalwa abantu abadlale imidlalo ye-Sims abangakaze bazibuze ukuthi kungaba njani ukudlala nabanye abantu, kepha iningi labo likhishwe izibuyekezo ezimbi noma izeluleko zabangani. Manje konke sekushintshiwe, futhi umphakathi ungakhula uqine futhi uqine. umbuzo-ke akukhona ukuthi kungani i-EA yenza lezi zinguquko manje, kepha kungani zingazenzanga phambilini. Manje sesingadlala futhi silinde kuphela, futhi sethemba ukuthi kulokhu i-EA izokuthola kahle.