Yup, if gamers got as angry about this as they did about Day 1 DLC or the ME3 ending, then maybe we'd be able to exert some influence over the direction of the industry. Insisting on offline modes is an option, it just seems most people are more interested in accepting inconvenience and limitations rather than…

Exactly, keep consuming without regard for the implications or consequences. That can't go wrong.

You're knowingly part of this problem

The best that can come from this is that people smarten up and learn not to support persistent-online games.

Oh yeah, I must work for EA because I point out how stupid people are. Sorry, EA is a shitty company but the shittiness of EA is easily dwarfed by the shittiness of the unwashed masses buying games without knowing what the fuck they are buying.

Nope, I could care less about EA. I just want to remind people not to be uninformed consumers, because they are a plague on this industry. Lots of dumb consumers fumbling around making purchasing decisions based on the colorful box art. I have zero sympathy for people who buy things without doing research. I was…

Remember folks, even if you bought a broken product, you are expected to behave like civil human beings who were raised by decent parents in a shame-based society. Try not to behave like angry gorillas, even though you feel that you are entitled to.

"No matter how you cut it, all the research in the world on just buying the game couldnt have predicted this mess." No, this was predicted, even by Maxis devs who specifically said "we saw the disaster that happened with Diablo 3 and we are actively working to prevent it from happening with SimCity."

No, it is shitty DRM that EA and Maxis baked into their game. It is definitely their shitty design choice, but yeah, customers are responsible for the things that they buy.

Wow Owen, I don't think I've ever seen you so angry or disappointed with a game. You really tore that game open. I wouldn't play it anyway, but hell, I hate this game's guts now.

Yup, not doing an adequate amount of research would make it a pretty dumb purchase. Look, this game was advertised for over a year as an online-only game. Just like Diablo 3. If people are willing to spend the time buying and playing a game, and spend the time complaining about the game they bought, then they damn…

Yup, if people dislike the series so much, they should leave. No one wants them repeating their same complaints for 12 months straight. And the funny thing is, they still love the ME series, their butts are just so hurt, they can't bring themselves to quit playing. So they feel entitled to keep complaining and…

No. EA is a company of 9000 employees that makes literally dozens of games, the vast majority of which do not have online requirements. I don't make dumb consumer choices like this, so I don't need to worry about getting burned. Instead, people should learn to be better informed consumers so they don't support a…

Yup, I don't know why people buy persistent-online games. I would love to play Diablo 3 but I'm not willing to support this feature. Still 12 million people bought D3, and millions have bought SimCity.

You're right, persistent-online requirements are a crock of shit. That is why I didn't buy this game. Any one who does is a fool.

It is an online game. Even if you don't want it to be, you can't play it without online. That is a fact, not an opinion. It is a way of hiding DRM, but it is a feature that was advertised for more than a year before this game launched. If people were stupid enough to buy or support a persistent online game, then they…

Yeah, people said the same thing about Diablo 3 and they haven't released an offline version for that game either. You cannot expect to buy and support this kind of game and still get the offline mode you want.

Eh, thats not good enough. People are expected to use their brains at least 50% of the time. This guy was really missing the mark.

Yup, they specifically said they would prepare to avoid a Diablo-3 like launch, and yet here we are. They knew it was coming and still failed to provide adequate support. Like I said, it is more cost effective to subject customers to this for the brief window at launch when everyone is trying to concurrently play on…

Yeah, it is a shitty mechanic that more developers are baking into their games from the start. It is a form of DRM, but they can hide behind a veil of creativity and say "the game was designed to be a multiplayer experience." - they did with with both D3 and SimCity. The idea is that they reap all the benefits from…