User blog comment:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki News - 1st August 2013/@comment-1692461-20130803184047/@comment-1519608-20130803184630

Personally I agree with you. I feel like EA has taken an all-or-nothing approach to online gaming; SimCity was forced multiplayer and always-on, which turned off a lot of people (myself included) that wanted multiplayer features available but not shoved down our throats. I think having some of these features in TS4 - while maintaining the ability to play solo and offline - would make for a better, more well-rounded game.