Maxis: SimCity offline mode 'Just not possible'

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The issues with SimCity stem from its requirement that players are always online and connected to EA's servers, even if a player wants to experience the game alone. Making the game available offline could solve many players' issues, but that's "just not possible," developer Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw said during a Twitter Q&A session.

"The game was designed for MP, we sim the entire region on the server so this is just not possible," She said said, in response to a question about offline modes. Previously she responded to another question about an offline patch: "We have no intention of offlining SimCity any time soon but we'll look into that as part of our earning back your trust efforts."


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WokzePosted:

pretty stupid.

ExoticWolfsPosted:

Sosa Why would the online affect the online?


Online effect the offline? That is what I am wondering. Doesn't make all that much sense.

SosaPosted:

Why would the online affect the online?

MawderzPosted:

They should of made it possible. Think ahead of problems.

WoobiePosted:

That's stupid. I don't see how a game could NOT work in single player.. like how.

XCaptainDinkXXPosted:

thats kinda funny.........theres an offline crack already....BAD dev BAD

Expect-OriginalityPosted:

DRM is just stupid. It just contradicts the point of offline play.

Lets say you wanted to travel and take your Xbox, you wouldn't be able to play it due to DRM.

It's stupid.

PlusnetPosted:

phlegm This isn't that big of an issue considering that people mostly play online PC games, but it still sucks for those who don't.


Yea, I see more with PC.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

This isn't that big of an issue considering that people mostly play online PC games, but it still sucks for those who don't.