Hacker Skips SimCity Full-Time Network Requirement [Slashdot]

[DP ServBot]

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Geek.com: "Ever since SimCity launched, there has been a suspicion that the need for the game to always be connected to a server was mainly a form of DRM, not for social game features and multiplayer. Then a Maxis developer came forward to confirm the game doesn't actually need a server to function, suggesting the information coming out of EA wasn't the whole truth. Now EA and Maxis have some explaining to do as a modder has managed to get the game running offline indefinitely." The writer names a few small ways in which the game is actually improved by being offline, too.

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[Rickstilwell1]

Looks like greedy companies get what they deserve after all. There is no reason for online-only 1 player games. None. If it's interacting with other players online it makes sense, but not a game like Sim City where you do it yourself.