EA is now officially on my crap list.
But we gamers put our money and time into something and we expect YOUR best effort. This is a half assed, turd that needs another 6 months in development. Also, your feeble attempt to tie your SIM worlds together is pointless. Simcity people don't want to watch people play basketball, or watch people watch fake tv's... we want to build and develop and test, and destroy, etc...
You have taken Sim City 4, lobotimized it, put a pretty dress on it and told us that it's the best thing you've ever made. Do the developers of this tripe realize they have killed a excellent franchise? Last broken game I ever buy from EA. Last game I'll ever buy from EA. Get Bent EA.