I still occasionally play my ooooold copy of simcity 2000. So if I do like the new simcity, what happens ten years down the line? Will I still be able to play it? Or will I not be able to authenticate/save/access old saves because the official simcity server was taken offline?
It seems to me that we are buying digital products with an expiration date. And that seems wrong to me.
EA has in its bowels made a choice that Sim City fans will become its new cash cow. They will be now free to sell you the game and turn it off when they choose that releasing another version is more profitable. They easily could have allowed the game to function without inputs from neighboring areas or could have simulated it.
As a Sim City fan I am deeply disappointed since I have fond memories playing the game from the very first release. But these days I have chosen to only support and reward companies who do not make relationship with their customers a power play.