"SimCity connection troubles 'almost behind us'; offline mode 'not possible'"

[kane_magus]

"Offline mode 'not possible'" == "buying the game 'not possible'" as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, SimCity has become the new Diablo III for me, i.e. a game that I almost assuredly would have bought, had it not been buried in the unnecessary fecal matter that is an always-online connection requirement. Maybe I should give it its own tag or something. ¬_¬

(EDIT)

Also, this: "SimCity Is Inherently Broken, Let’s Not Let This Go".

"The game, by its very design, is hideously broken, and like Diablo III before it, it has only served to scream a complete disregard for sense and a massive disregard for customers. So what we mustn’t do now is say, 'Well, teething problems.'

These aren’t teething problems. These are continuous deep-running flaws designed to cripple the game for you as a player, simply to serve some nebulous notion of protecting the game against piracy."

I love RPS.

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(EDIT 2)

Also, also, this: "SimCity Meltdown: What Always-Online Says About Game Ownership In The Digital Age"

I love Forbes as well.

(EDIT 3) Here's another one from Forbes, which follows up on the RPS article linked above. (/EDIT 3)

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