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" SimCity has sold over 1.1 million copies since it launched, Electronic Arts has announced. Despite server issues preventing users from playing at launch, EA says that in terms of sales it was the biggest launch in the series&amp;#039;s history.   According to EA, over 5.7 million cities have been built by users, with over 780 million buildings, and accounting for 15 million hours of play time. Nearly 54% of the copies sold were for the downloadable version of SimCity, with 44% bought through EA&amp;#039;s Origin service. EA also said that since launch it has increased server capacity by 400%, and improved server response times by 40 times. Recently, Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw said that the server issues were almost behind them. Gallery - View images of SimCity: Users have been offered a choice of one of eight free games as compensation for the server issues that have made the game unplayable for lengthy spells. A modder recently posted a video on YouTube of a hacked version of SimCity running offline, with building permitted beyond the restrictive city limits. &amp;amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;SimCity&amp;#039; review Watch a trailer for SimCity below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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