EA said that the game is all about regional play, they said this before they launched the game, I don't know why everyone is so surprised
If people didn't buy it, then they would definitely have re-considered, but given that it has probably sold nearly 1m copies already, they won't be too upset
Having said that, I feel that Maxis are going to be doing some serious PR work which will probably include some free DLC, though maybe not an offline mode as they seem to like their regions...







