EA improves SimCity online access with 40 times better server response times

Electronic Arts said Saturday that it made improvements in online access for SimCity, the city-building game that requires online connections for its single-player experience. SimCity had too much initial demand, and that left most players unable to access the title, leading to a huge number of complaints for EA.

Lucy Bradshaw (pictured), general manager of EA’s Maxis Label, said in a post on Saturday that the game now has 40 times better server response times than at launch. And the company has doubled the number of people who can play the game at once. Server downtime is also reduced.