Never played SimCity, but got invited to the Maxis studios in CA 4 years ago to preview Spore (major flop) with a "community day" thing they had.
I felt out of place when all the other site owners started talking in depth SimCity, yeeeaaahhhhhhhh. It was also awkward being the only one willing to drink, like wtffff nerds.
SPORE is a hit selling nearly 2.0 million copies in just 3 weeks – over 40 million creatures have been uploaded into Sporepedia™. SPORE is the number one title on the PC in North America and number three title in Europe year-to-date.