I knew that was coming. Another guy in a different forum said this was likely what was coming next.

I'm with you. I was getting excited about this game as I loved the old Sim City, but I will not buy a game that forces you to be online all the time to play or else you can't use A PRODUCT YOU PAID FOR. Don't care what the reason is. They could just as easily make some kind of an "update" function for you to catch…