Sim City servers seem to have imploded at launch

[Trunkin]

Mummelmann said:

Trunkin said:
Didn't Diablo 3 have similar issues at launch?

Oh yes indeed. Other games on Origin also have issues, especially Battlefield 3. Its been suffering from from problems since launch, you would think that they had time to get their shit together 1 1/2 years after release. Seems that's not the case with EA.

They won't stop making games that are always online DRM protected, they'll simply insist every time that the "issues are fixed" and keep on doing what they do best (screw customers).

This type of DRM seems somewhat conterproductive, to be honest. It hurts the consumer, and it hurts the reputation of companies like EA, as well. Especially in botched cases like Sim City. Is there any legitimate reason why they can't just have the game do an online check at startup and be done with it?