> SimCity 3000 was a train wreck that helped destroy Maxis.
Wikipedia makes SimCity 3000 sound fairly well received [1] - I thought it was the 2013 online-only SimCity that was the train wreck that destroyed Maxis?
I suppose the idea is that while the SimCity Maxis studio met its true end later after SimCity(2013) [1], Maxis the company was destroyed earlier. They had originally tried and failed to make SimCity 3000 be a full 3D game. It was only designed into its successful form after the acquisition by EA.
LGR did a retrospective on the game and it provides some context for the state pre-EA Maxis was in when they started SimCity 3000.[2]
1. The Sims is again branded as developed by Maxis.
Wikipedia makes SimCity 3000 sound fairly well received [1] - I thought it was the 2013 online-only SimCity that was the train wreck that destroyed Maxis?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_3000#Reception