 Maxis has acknowledged that city size is a major complaint, but has stated that they are not currently working on an increase in size.However, they have stated that larger areas may appear in an upcoming release or expansion of the game.In October 2013, Maxis stated that due to player feedback, they attempted to implement larger cities through "months of testing," but ultimately decided to abandon the concept as "the system performance challenges [Maxis] encountered would mean that the vast majority of [SimCity's] players wouldn't be able to load, much less play with bigger cities."