http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertco...public-letter/

What you?ve demonstrated with this launch is that our corporate management does not believe in our core values. They are for the unwashed masses, not for the important people who forced this anti-consumer DRM onto the Sim City team. This DRM scheme is not about the consumers or even about piracy. It?s about covering your own asses. It allows you to hand-wave weak sales or bad reviews and blame outside factors like pirates or server failures in the event the game struggles. You are protecting your own jobs at the expense of consumers. I think this violates the Act With Integrity value I?m looking at on my own coffee mug right now.
I pre-ordered the game for my GF through Amazon. On launch day the reviews started coming in, and in addition to the "Always online" I was none too please that the game was yet another DLC money vacuum. I had her refuse the package and got a refund. I am done with EA for good.

Oh, and this Amazon review depicts perfectly the issue with both the game and EA
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HI7AM...ore=videogames