CitiesXl tried this formula, but FAILED because it was $15/month... I HOPE EA keeps the online FREE.. if they want this game to stay online, they'll NOT do a subscription... also, Just change the Final Box art to say SIM CITY WORLD... That has a Nice sound to it... and would not confuse people... since there was already a SIM CITY ('89) Also, the replay of the Conference is NOT available... I wasn't able to see it because I woke up when the conference was over... 11am CST.. why host it in Germany anyways?? either way... I WANT the BETA.... I Just got a KILLER PC... I need to run SIM CITY WORLD ON IT...

I agree, the online NEEDS to be free in order to gain popularity and a successful online environment.

Lets hope the trading wont be a disaster as in CXL (only sometimes :P ). Wanna sign up for Beta!!!!

This sounds intriguing! I think they are trying to bring SimCity into the 21st Century! I agree that the online needs to be free to play! Just registered for the Beta!

Awesome! Looks like the features or CityXL being added to simcity!! Please don't make the mistake of trying to charge a subscription fee, this killed cities XL and now all thats left is a half broken city simulator with a lame standalone trade engine in the background!

+1 For Mac Support!!! :) Can't wait to hopefully be in the beta!!!

It would be awfully stupid to pay 80 euro's for a game, and after that monthly fees. If thats going to happen, I'm not going to buy it. I can't believe that they will ever decide to do that :)

Oh man, I can't wait for this. I'm really hoping for that old Sim City feeling. I'v loved so many different version of this game. 4 and the SNES versions are my two favorites. As far as this trailer goes, I don't know about this global thing yet, but I'm hoping it works well and doesn't affect building my own city however I want.

Looks interesting, I hope the beta brings my hopes up higher for this game...

I would like the ability to create and redesign buildings, cars, and sims along with an undo feature.

UAU, I am braziliam, but I LOVE THIS GAME

I want be a beta tester for Mac Version! )
Awesome GAME!

how did you register for beta guys??? it keeps saying it cant move my .txt file in order to submit.... :(

all I hope that it would work correctly and not to many bus that would fixing right way

Judging from the EA strategy I presume they will not charge you for playing online. They will try to make extra money from you by offering all kinds of extra's which you can buy...

Does anyone else just want to create a small town that specializes in something (maybe like a college or farming town) and not a big mass metropolis. Not saying that metropolises wouldn't be fun to create, but I think at least one of my cities will be a smaller town.

CitiesXL won in one category. IT IS ON STEAM!!! EA, you better bring the new SimCity to Steam. YOU COULD GET SO MUCH MORE MONEY!!! I mean we all know that EA is a greedy company why wouldn't they put it on Steam.

GLOBAL TRADE !

I like it how in a Sim City game they have made the simple idea of trade, and how, who, what to trade look so easy to understand in the Sim City global market and yet make it feel as exciting as if your physically on Bell Street seeing the stock exchange come to life with live price reports and feeds !

TOUGH DECISIONS

I wonder if from time to time if we will see the price of certain items crash in price or rise in price from an unexplained event to keep things interesting long term for gamers so its not too predictable in reading their current fluctuations in the Sim City global market and making things get a bit lazy in their city building approach. Imagine if one random item, why not two, rose or fell in price ? What immediate major changes in your decisions would you consider in relocating or in restructuring your city plan or business plan layout. Or will you take the risk and stick with your current plans and ideas and see if you can survive long enough to see it through the financial crunch.

NEVER JUDGE A CITY BY ITS CREATOR

Hey when the presentation of game play is as visually stunning and immersive as this, who cares right ! The colors are smoothe and easy on the eyes which really helps for those long hours of game play. Seeing the city I created come to life will be cool. Especially the fact that in the past i liked creating a gridlock traffic scenario. Now with the new graphic engine, my epic long gridlocks will look so sweet, but even more so at night, seeing all the red and white lights inching along the road for miles and miles, the commuters thinking Im gonna be late for dinner, again! Lol. Not having to worry about numbers and stats i can then just look at the gridlock and get a clear visual understanding that my pollution will be slightly up along these areas, production will continue to fall steadily due to a logistical nightmare. Yep you guessed it, gridlock.

PLENTY TO DO AND PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT MAYOR

Across the board for the young and old, new to the game and experts of city build sims will enjoy mostly the simplicity feel of pick up and play, the map scale to add depth and difficulty to the game, the count down challenges, the unison through global trade, and private matches amongst friends.

I am very happy that Sim City will be also for MAC user!!! ...but what about Italian Cityt Set???

I like the idea of naming it SimCity World. It's a good idea and a lot less confusing. It just makes a lot more sense.

I don't like how basic and cartoonie it looks graphics wise. I want version 2012 graphics DX 10 or 11 on par with how good SC4 looked when it came out. Other than that it looks GREAT! I really hope there are railways, highways that work :)

I really hope that trade isn't all global like the failed Cities XL MMO system. That would ruin the aspect of having a diverse regional economy, because it would be useless to trade with neighbors if I can (or am forced to) hop over to Wall St. to buy/sell everything. Not to mention there can be massive surpluses that will render your city (and million other player's cities) useless if you are specialized in that industry.

I played cities xl for a while, the problem was that more people wanted to build a city with office buildings and high rises than people that wanted to build a small farm community or oil field. That created a massive unbalance in resources and made it nearly impossible to build a large city. Remember EA, it’s called SIM CITY not SIM FARM, or SIM OIL RIG, or SIM COAL MINE.

Can't I just play the game without being online? Sometimes, I don't want to play with others. I just like to build a city and tinker.

Signed up for the beta!! I have been so excited for this game!

I'm a little disappointed with what appears to be a lot of building dropping. I miss the SC2000 days when you could zone your own airports and seaports. With all of the negative comments related to building dropping in Societies, I have to wonder WHY they would make it appear to be so prevalent in this game??? I really hope I'm wrong. I much prefer zoning and waiting to see what develops.

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It's "Märkten" not "Markten"

It's "Märkten" not "Markten"

For the online to grow on people I hope that the game starts from a browser like battlefield 3 with battle log, its much faster than starting up the game if you just want to look at your stats or organize stuff with friends. And we all thought battlelog was a bad idea when we first saw it, I now wonder why every other multi player centralised games doesnt use it.

Also the name 'simcity' is fine, anyone who thinks this is going to be called simcity world or thinks it would be a good idea is wrong, simcity world is basically the name for the global market in simcity, not the name of the game. Also the fact that it's just called, simcity, makes me think that its like turning over a new leaf on simcity and not just adding to it. Why would anyone get confused between this game and a game that came out almost 30 years ago? Its like saying you'd confuse super Mario bros with the original.

i think Mizuki Nakamura doesn't have any friend.. look at her gloomy face...:(