The Sims 4 does not require Internet connection

Great. Now give us SimCity without the internet connection requirement. They've got their games bass-ackward, if you ask me.

If it requires Origin, which all EA games on PC do now, then yes it does require internet connection.

no internet required? sure. huge amount of dlc and microtransactions? yes , internet required? hell yeah. cost sh**load of money? of course.

Well, thats at least something.

I'd rather not buy $400 in DLC though.

I can't wait to play in 2015 after they release all the expansions.

Well if it doesn't contain AO drm, then that's one problem down.

Now if they would just create a core sims 4 that isn't limited in features and gameplay. Was it sims 3 where you had to get the first expansion just to build a basement?

And like after 3 or 4 expansions, the game ran like shit.

Really, you mean you're not going to force an inherently single player game to be online only and claim the servers are doing a significant amount of offloading work from the clients? But how will you stop all the evil pirates from cracking the game and its 100 expansions?

I call bull$#!t

Sims 4 Alien invasion out 2015

This is kind of like a dog pointedly peeing outside after having previously upset you by peeing on the rug.

Why, isn't that awesome? Just huge suck-*ss loads of money!

now give us the old Bioware and all will be dandy...

Believing EA anymore, seriously?

another Sim's game, wow, i haven't even bought half the Sims 3 games yet -.-

Okay EA, you now realise that always online was a big mistake. Now remove it from Sim City?

is thins gonna become a thing now? DRM or NOT DRM will be stated up front... same as multiplayer or no multiplayer?

And sims 4? I already feel a deja vu coming!!!!

Poor Sim City, it was just a test. A bait. To see how always-online works for the publisher (I know it sold more than 1 million but look at the negative hype, destroyed brand and angry consumers).

It was a test and since it failed, Sims 4 will be like any normal, non-MMO.

thank you.

Hey I wonder why did they stopped making games requiring always online? (trollface)

Never played Sims since the first one. Is it any good ?

By the way I didn't even read the article, just the title, then strait to the comments section.

An ea game with no drm ????!!!! Seems wierd, probably it's gonna be a micro-transaction orgy-fest. See with ea, they have to find something to rob you with, EA "F**KING YOU IN THE GAME"

LMAO! I love how they have to make sure and state that it will not be a giant fail at launch that Simcity was. **** this developer I don't trust them anymore. It's not even the blatant lying either, it's the fact that they think their user base is stupid and they wanted to capitalize on it.

So why does everyone hate EA. They are in the business of making money. I personally hate cloud gaming. But I am not sure how this going to work. Its full online or none at all.

There's got to be a catch. The full version of the game is online, but a stripped down demo is playable offline. Never take EA at face value.

I'm sure it doesn't after the travisty that was Sim City

EA....learning their lesson? Say it aint so! Why the heck can't they admit that with Simcity and fix all of those problems (also beyond the DRM)

A feature removed from the plans about a week after simcity came out.

EA learned something... f***ing amazing.

here we go in-game transaction for every furniture/prop/jobs/food

This is what gaming is being reduced to. Cheers and clapping for something elementary.

In 2016, people will be cheering and clapping because game company releases game that actually allows you to play for 1 hour at a time.

sooo who else is not buying another shitty game from them...

I am not- whos with me?

Lets hope after this game come out they give us the offline sim city we all wanted. but i am not holding my breath.

How costly IS learning from your mistakes?

This is EA we are talking about, I will believe it when I see it.

Honestly, the Sims franchise seems far more suitable to always-on social gameplay than SimCity. I wonder if Sims4 was going to be an always-on game.

Well Atleast they are learning. Far away from getting away from their branding as a horrible company. However it's about time that they start listening. If a company does not evolve with its customer base, they will be out of the cold.

Are they sure they don't want to put it in just for kicks. Not that I'll get the game anyway. Boycotting EA games for the best part of a year now has saved me both on money and disappointment and from what I've seen I really haven't missed much.