Talk:Maxis

Maxis is dead !

Maxis is dead since they are in EA, since 2007 the Maxis logo was removed from The Sims franchise ! It's no longer Maxis but it's EA Games only.

The official site is redirected to the Spore site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.52.208.241 (talk) 13:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I heard that the Maxis logo was removed from The Sims since Maxis didn't work on it anymore, as they started developing Spore.

The ORIGINAL Maxis might now be known as "The Sims", but the name and brand appear to have been transferred to Will Wright's new studio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.34.212 (talk) 16:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

best-selling of all time?!

I have removed the text best-selling computer game of all time in relation to The Sims as i was under the impression that Myst was the best selling computer game of all time. discussion? — Nate | Talk 00:07, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

Myst was the best-selling game of all time for quite a while. The Sims surpassed it quite some time ago. Sorry. Reverted your edit. — Frecklefoot | Talk 22:40, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

Actually, if I recall correctly, Diablo II passed the Myst record first, then The Sims. Coolgamer 19:09, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

I never heard that. Diablo II was quite popular, but I doubt it was more popular than Myst. It was an action-RPG—not exactly everyone's cup of tea. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:18, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Article on the topic. "Diablo II earned a coveted spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling computer game ever, with more than 1 million units sold in its first two weeks of release. Diablo and Diablo II together have sold over 5 million units to date." The original holder of that title was the Myst series. Later, The Sims overtook it. However, I was mistaken over the record of most UNITS sold. That still falls on Myst and The Sims. My mistake. Coolgamer 00:56, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

The Sims 3

Does anyone have the source for the info in the article about TS3? I'm personally curious if nothing else. Melissa Della 06:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, Will Wright hasn't planned too much on the sims 3, working on a new project, I can't exactly remember the name of. he wanted to make better faster algorithms, however I am not very enlightened on the subject right now...R. Nix 20:31, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of Spore; the Maxis team responsible for The Sims series are rumored to receive only direction from Mr. Wright and are nearly self-sufficient. In any event, I see that somone has removed the unconfirmed titles section, although I have seen increasing speculative information that TS3 is now in development. Ah well... Melissa Della 15:28, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

It's no longer speculation, it's official. I've added info on it in the article with citation and source. 72.49.194.69 22:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC) Joshua

Disney-Maxis connections?

Could someone find a source for this rumor? I wasn't aware of anything related to its reasoning -- specifically, the celebrity cameos... --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

More Unconfirmed Rumors

What is the basis of this speculation?: "Maxis programmers are currently working on five new The Sims titles, but only three of these releases are publicly confirmed. They will also be releasing five to seven expansion packs for The Sims 2 and a possibly release of the Sims 3 in 2009. By 2007, all future Sims games will not be called The Sims X, but it will be just be called Sims." If no citation is provided from a reputable/verifiable source, it should be removed. --Melissa Della 10:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Concerns from EA

[The Sims was] Released despite concern from Electronic Arts that it would be a commercial failure Can anyone provide a citation for that? The fact that I smile when I say that (silly giant corporation, what fools, etc...), makes me worry about WP:NPOV. --Daev 15:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Will Wright said it in an interview once. It can probably be easily found through Google. — Wackymacs 15:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Well it was a reasonable opinion to have (Most gamers dtill frown upon The Sims) but what the sims did that I don't think many people saw coming was sell like hot cakes to an entirerly new audieance aka the casual gamer.Dog777 (talk) 01:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Robosport

Just noticed this page had no mention of the maxis game robosport. I'm not good at formatting articles, but it would be a good addition.

Done. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Should Klik n' Play fall under the "Related Games" section?

I know Maxis didn't make it, but they did release it, like with SimTower. Should it be added to the template thing? --BLuToRsE 12:41, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Has Maxis actually been disolved and where is the evidence of this?

How can one article on Wikipedia claim that Maxis exists and another claim that it no longer exits? Which article is correct? According to this article Maxis was closed this year in 2006 while on the Spore article it introduces Will Wright as the creator and EA Maxis as the developer of Spore. Additionally I do not see anything concrete that is supporting that EA has entirely disolved Maxis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(video_game)

Excuse me if I did this wrong. It's my first time. I just have an honest question abuot the accuracy of the article on Maxis.

Sissyangel 01:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I fixed this in the article. EA just retired the brand name Maxis, but kept the studio open. The development of Spore was probably initiated when Maxis was still a brand name, but is coming near completion under EA. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

In the UK at least, Maxis' logo features on the back of the Spore creature creator box.

I have found in various articles regarding Will Wright and documents on the EA corporate website that refer to Will Wright's Studio in Emeryville as a Maxis Studio, and the Studio located in Redwood City is refered to as the EA-Maxis Studio. If anything is changing, it may be that the Maxis label is following Will Wright to Emeryville. I don't believe they will disolve the company entirely as long as Will Wright is around, but if they do this would be very big news to the gaming websites i.e. Gamestop/EB Games, etc. We would be seeing huge write ups and articles about it, which has not ever occured. Until there is an official announcement, I believe no one should be declaring Maxis has been disolved. Therefore, I further edited the article so that we are speaking of Maxis in the present tense. To my knowledge it remains a thriving game design studio. Sissyangel 22:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 01:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Maxis founders

Page SimCity implies that Maxis had already been founded when Will Wright approached Jeff Brown with SimCity ("founder Jeff Braun of then-tiny Maxis agreed to publish SimCity as one of two initial games for the company"). Page Maxis says Maxis was founded to publish SimCity. Which one is correct?

Maxis Losing Respect?

It seems lately that EA Games is more of an annoyance to legit players than it would be to hackers, hackers can bypass all of the annoyances but legit players have to deal with it. Many players do not like that they have to be online to play a single player game in Battlefield 2142, especially since a hacker will just bypass that and play easier than the legit player could. Some are saying that if Spore is released with the annoying limitations by EA Games (must play online, must play within 10 days or be forced to reactivate etc) that they will never buy another EA game related product again. It appears that their [Ea Games] attempts at anti piracy don't work and will always have the capability of being bypassed by hackers, they only frustrate legit players and this seems to be causing people to lose respect for Maxis in the name of Ea's bad management choices. Maxis was once known for their innovations and giving the people fun enjoyable things, but with Ea being as controlling as it is this seems to now be counteracting the innovations and pushing would-be buyers away because they do not wish to deal with the hassle. Shouldn't there be a controversy section in the article for this?71.112.194.164 (talk) 22:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps in the EA Games article, but what has Maxis got to do with that? They don't make multiplayer games, the only multiplayer game they did make wasn't a problem with hackers. Jammy (talk) 22:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

It has to do with it because Maxis is EA games now71.112.194.164 (talk) 22:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't mean Maxis has anything to do with that though. If Hilary Clinton suddenly died, would we put that information on George Bush's article? No, because it has nothing to do with him, it'll have a great deal to do with the Obama article and Hilary's own article but George Bush has nothing to do with it as he's not part of the elections. Maxis has nothing to do with what problems EA have with other games, if it was to do with a Sims game then yes it would, but not with multiplayer games like Battlefield 2142. Jammy (talk) 13:12, 30 May 2008 (UTC)