> citation needed Okay. http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-fo.

> citation needed Okay. http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-fo... http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simcity-free-game/1974865/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/03/09/ea-simc... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb-electronic-arts-apology_n_2853690.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/simcity-launch-dumb... http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-online-simcity-wasnt/ http://techland.time.com/2013/03/12/were-ready-for-always-on... http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-marketing-campaigns-asks-affiliates-to-stop http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/8/4079894/ea-suspends-simcity-... http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ http://www.pcgamer.com/simcity-refund-ea-origin/ In fact, look up 'Battlefield', 'Origin EA' or 'Sim City' on Google News between 2010 and 2014. Not too many happy people. I only included Sim City stuff because it was mentioned by your comments' parent.