User blog comment:LostInRiverview/SimCity Beta Test/@comment-1997588-20130129045604

This is so interesting! Also, please keep the screenshots as I'm sure it will be valuable in the future when the game is getting older, when new players get to see how the game interface was like in the beta version, what has changed since, and what features may have been scrapped since beta version. I like to read the pre-release appearance of a game, which usually leads to speculation and such (but since this is a sandbox game, I doubt it will), like Crash Bandicoot. Oh, the memories.

The always-on connection seems to be a really bad sign for users who play the pirated copy of the game. I'm not encouraging it, but I hope it won't end up badly...