EA Maxis Vice President, Bret Barry explained the controversial decision to make SimCity require an always online connection for gamers. He said the main reason was because of the asynchronous multiplayer experience that would blend seamlessly to the overall playing experience. Imagine getting help from a friendly neighbouring city to deal with your energy issue, or problem with waste? Bob in Bob's Ville might be able to help. Then there's also some not so good thing like crime from a crime ridden ghetto neighbour spilling into your own cities. The bottom line is... for now... it seems like there is absolutely no way to play the game cut off from the rest of the world, offline single player is not in. EA Maxis wants you to play and build your cities in this huge worldwide network of SimCities and you have no choice. I sincerely hope Maxis can find some compromise and allow for some offline single player game.
Source: Gamespy
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