The city building simulation series Sim City has been neglected by EA for years. At least 15 spin-offs appeared from 1989 to 2014, but the brand has been on ice since then. There is still no news about a successor to the last PC title, which was released simply as Sim City in 2013. Other games such as Cities Skylines 2 have long since taken its place.
Retro release after 25 years
At least EA has now taken action with an older Sim City game. After the company had been offering Sim City 3000, released in 1999, on GoG for a long time, the game has finally been available on Steam since Friday. For the “release” after 25 years, there is also a direct discount campaign: the city building simulation will be sold for two euros until March 21st. The old Citybuilder will then be offered for five euros.
This means that publisher EA deviates significantly from the previous offer on GoG, because the regular price there is just over nine euros. There is no explanation for the huge price difference, because both Valve and CD Projekt have comparable conditions on their platforms: both charge 30 percent of the sales price for newly released games.
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Regardless of the reason for the price difference, this arguably ruins Sim City 3000's appeal on GoG. After all: As usual, the game is offered there DRM-free. However, for most players this probably won't be worth the additional cost. As long as EA doesn't adjust the price soon, buying on Steam will probably be the more attractive choice for many. Especially since Steam scores points compared to GoG because of its greater popularity.
Sources: Steam / GoG