And which one launched a decade ago? How about we combine the three bits of info and see what we think we have... name = "SimCity", launch = 2013, reception = disasterous. Only one of those matches the '89 game, so it's clear which one is being referred to.

With the frequency with which older articles are posted to HN, it's easy to imagine this was an older article (re)posted. I'm old enough that I remember the original and SimCity "2000" and had no idea there ever was a 2013 version.