Amazon have withdrawn sales of the digital download version of SimCity, as the game’s server problems continue ahead of the UK launch tomorrow. Meanwhile, it’s faced a vast and vocal consumer backlash, with customer reviews sitting on one star.
This is huge. Diablo 3 players in South Korea are being offered refunds as compensation for Error 37, the launch day malfunction that prevented many from accessing the game after purchase. The Wall Street Journal have a translation of Blizzard's post on the Korean Battle.net, confirming that players under level 40 can apply for a refund between June 25 and July 4. After that, a refund policy will be enforced whereby players under level 20 can request their money back within two weeks of purchasing the game. The offer comes after significant consumer backlash and the raiding of Blizzard's Seoul office by Korea's Fair Trade Commission.
