
New SimCity Will Possibly Have Always-Online DRM
While SimCity was announced a long time ago and was making a glorious comeback with the efforts of Maxis it seems that the game is already doomed to failure and hate even before the game has been launched. It has just come to light that the New SimCity Will Possibly Have Always-Online DRM, A developer from Maxis Studios made an AmAA (Ask me Almost Anything) which he thought would end differently but in the end he ended up alerting everyone in the thread about the games DRM, similar to that of Diablo 3 you are REQUIRED to do everything with an internet connection active INCLUDING saving,
Things took a turn for the worst when A Maxis developer revealed that the New SimCity Will Possibly Have Always-Online DRM, saving will even require internet.
Today was not a good day for the people over at Maxis studios. Today one of the employees went over to reddit and made a thread titled: We are the SimCity dev team from Maxis. AMAA! but things soon got from good to bad once the question of DRM came to light to which the dev team replied that the game will follow the “always online” DRM technique similar to that of Diablo 3.
This single comment sums up the thoughts of all the gamers as you can see there are many people who are definitely very upset by this move. This type of Draconian DRM is absolutely unacceptable in the modern day of gaming, I understand EA wishes to protect their interests and reduce piracy on such a game but for them to escalate to such heights is absolutely unacceptable to where they end up causing more inconvenience to the consumer than they are to the pirates. Ubisoft tried many forms of DRM and ultimately succumbed to the PC world without DRM and made some great games like Assassins Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 have superior PC versions without any form of DRM and each have had great success in terms of PC. For EA to take the road less traveled and not learn from the mistakes of others would be highly foolish of them.
Here are all of the complaints of all the people in above mentioned link:
“Please just make it playable offline -___-“ -PumpkinLatte
“This is why people make cracks and sales get barfed over to TPB.” -secretchimp
“I would love good city builder but I refuse to support extreme DRM abuse.” -Namell
“yeah i would 100% pay for this game if […] it only had the gentle steam drm.” -RatherDashing
“I don’t care how good of a game it is, this question will decide whether I buy it or not.” -PersonPersona
“…it just doesn’t make sense that a company is so deaf to their hardcore fans opinions.” -Metallican
“The option to play online is AWESOME, but being forced to have an internet connection to play… is that really something that enhances the player experience?” -badpersonlivingbadly
“I don’t think I’ll be buying this game if you can’t play it offline…” -Bloodyfinger
“You just lost a lot of customers.” -evilbob
“…I will not support this type of DRM…” -nhepner
“This is total bullshit and why people pirate games.” -RandomLego
“Ditto to all the other comments; I’m out. No to always-on internet connectivity required DRM.” -dasinternet
“I am not buying this game unless it can be initiated and played offline.” -apos
“Online-only DRM? You have chosen…poorly” -Doctor_Insano_PhD
“A singleplayer city building game does not require an internet connection.” -dt_vibe
“You’re making a decision that is actively hostile to your customers. Please rethink it.” -Aiede
“I’ll be pirating your game in that case.” -battlemetal
“Didn’t work for Diablo 3 not going to work for you. Sorry, just lost a buyer.” -Bidwell64
“If anything, it gives people a reason who have any issue(s) with the DRM to seek out a pirated solution.” -notcaffeinefree
“And you wonder why People pirate games when you have utterly ridiculous DRM like this.” -nimie
“Wow…. That sucks.” -chewp911
“Sorry Maxis, my childhood was your games, but I will have to pass on this one.” -bigger_higger
“minutes? Thanks but no thanks. I’ll spend my hard earned money on something else. “ -jojotv
“Sorry, add me to the list of not buying this game..” -ThatFuckinGuy-
“If I buy the game, it should be mine.” -Griffun
“I don’t buy games that I don’t own. It’s as simple as that.” -ArthurTrollington
“…I can’t support crap as hell DRM and stupid business decisions like this.” -Mattaro
“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that EA hates its customers this much, and has literally no idea what they want…” -TamponTunnel
“If a game requires me to be online all the time to play it, sorry, I can’t get behind buying it.” -BrewerPhil
“If you have DRM and DLC like the Sims 3 I won’t touch your product!” -koolplatinum
“Sim City now requires a constant internet connection? What the fuck for?” -Cabana
“You don’t force a strong community, the strong community comes if the game is worth it.” -kissapuu
“This the #1 concern that would stop me from buying what looks like an otherwise excellent game.” -rustypig
“I too will not be paying for this game due to Origin and DRM.” -Zaxer
“I will not be purchasing this game if it requires the constant connection. I am a fan of the franchise, but not of the DRM movement.” -rubberbabybugybumper
“…all these horror stories about Origin has caused me to completely avoid their games.” -Liquid_Feces
“I don’t buy anything with ea on it anymore. Sorry to developers, its not you its the company you keep.” -DeathHaze420
“I, too, will be passing on this because of the required internet connection and Origin. Pass that along to your superiors.” -jefferytaylor
“No gamer likes this kind of thing.” -Bob_The_Avenger
“…whoever made that decision just lost a very excited customer.” -HoffmanMyster
“I won’t get this edition if it requires origin and always on internet.” -Maxion
“there’s absolutely no reason for it to require internet access. Prove me wrong?” -bekindeverytime
“We pc gamers want 2 things: No DRM and the ability to mod our games. This is not new information!!” -Alexanderh86
“I will be passing on this game massively in part due to the always online origin requirement.” -dsi1
“I pray you guys don’t ruin the game with an always online requirement…” -LeCrushinator
“I can’t support a game that requires me to have a constant internet connection.” -Kensin
Source: Reddit