10 Worst Things FOX Did To The Simpsons
9. Discontinuing The Video Games
This one takes a look away from the show at the wider Simpsons media. Whenever conversations come up about which cult games need a remaster, Simpsons Hit & Run is usually in the mix.
There’s also Road Rage and Skateboarding which most people know about, though there’s not nearly as much demand for them. Prior to 2007 though, The Simpsons churned out loads of games. There were even two dedicated entirely to Itchy & Scratchy - one a ‘so bad it’s good’ golf sim on the Game Boy.
2007 saw the release of The Simpsons Game, a sandbox adventure which took you around Springfield as different members of the Simpson family. It was decent, if short, and racked up respectable enough sales figures to earn a sequel.
However, this sequel was cancelled in 2011 as EA ‘made room for other projects’ and The Simpsons were shunted into mobile freemium territory. The Simpsons Arcade flopped and earned backlash, but by Tapped Out they had the balance right to keep milking their cash cow.
Tapped Out is... fine. It’s basically a stripped back Sims but with Simpsons characters. It clearly makes a lot of money (enough for Family Guy & Futurama to copy), but it’s no Hit & Run.