Offline SimCity did not fit with Maxis' vision

It's been a rough couple of weeks for Maxis. Ire from SimCity players ebbed a bit when the game's servers caught up (for the most part) with consumer demand and downtime and disconnections abated . Since then, anger has shifted to the root of the problem: SimCity's need to always be online. Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw responded to players who question the game's need for constant internet access