EA Employee Chastises Company Over SimCity in Public Letter

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1. Having a queue for what is supposed to be a single player game is a joke.
2. "Always online" DRM is a completely broken model for this type of game. Not everyone has a reliable connection (I've had a borked Fios connection for over a month before) or always has access when they want to play a game like this. Playing on a train/plane, or at the office killing some time on your own laptop between tickets; now no longer an option.
3. Steam somehow manages to have both an offline mode AND curb the "scourge of piracy."

Their model is trying to make their customer conform their lifestyle in order to play their game, rather than putting the customer first. But thanks for your condescending tone.

I would rather be condescending than a perpetual victim.

Everything you mention was known before the game was released. Don't like it? Don't buy it. I just don't understand the need for all the drama and hysteria. FFS, this is EA. If you are surprised by ANY of this, than you are being willfully ignorant. Be a big boy and move on.

You are welcome.