EA: We rejected offline play for SimCity because "it didn't fit with our vision."

[noname2200]

dobby985 said:

noname2200 said:
If there's one thing I've learned since I started coming to internet forums, it's that games are art, and that an artist's vision is the most important thing. So what's the problem here?

Don't use "Art" as an excuse to defend douchey business practices. Having a vision does not make a company exempt from criticism.

A large segment of the development community and enthusiast press, at least, disagree. After all, isn't the artist supposed to have freedom to do whatever he wants?