Acabo de recibir el siguiente correo electrónico del equipo de Cities XL os copio directamente (está en inglés)
Dear Mayors,
First of all we want to thank you for your support since Cities XL was released in October of last year, and as far back as October 2007 for some of you.
In early 2007 we decided to be those who would make a new offer to City Builder games fans. Right from the start Cities XL has always been an innovative project regarding its online dimension. Of course, trying something new always comes with a risk.
Three months after the launch we have to admit that the subscription rate is lower than what we expected and therefore the Planet Offer is not sustainable. Not enough players decided to subscribe.
Therefore, it is with deep regret that we decided to put an end to the Planet Offer as of March 8th 2010. It will no longer be possible to subscribe to the game starting Monday February 1st 2010.
Nevertheless the Cities XL adventure goes on! Cities XL will evolve into a fully single player game. As soon as march the Bus will be added for free in the solo game. At the same time we also keep on working on new content and new features to keep on improving Cities XL.
We do realize that some of you were real fans of the Planet Offer, and loved to be able to visit other player’s cities and trade tokens between players. There are simply not enough of us.
Thank you again for your understanding and support.
For more detailed information, read the FAQ here.
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De forma resumida para quien no lo entienda, aunque ya se sospechaba el equipo de Montecristo se ha dado cuenta que la oferta del "planet offer" no ha cumplido con los fines que esperaban y que por lo tanto a partir de marzo ya no existirá el "planet offer" y que a partir del 1 de febrero ya nadie podrá suscribirse.
También informan que a partir de ahora el juego se basará en el modo solo y que el sistema de buses será añadido en dicho modo a partir de marzo.
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Opinión personal: Quizás ahora sea cuando el juego empiece realmente a tener éxito haciendo simplemente nuevas expansiones del juego y permitiendo a la comunidad de jugadores crear contenidos personalizados para el juego.
El modo en línea realmente no tenía ningún tipo de atractivo y este tipo de juegos realmente no requieren de otros jugadores, o quizás habría que plantearlo de otra forma, o siendo mucho más barata













