So during this whole SimCity launch event, Maxis and EA have both maintained that SimCity requires a connection at all times to function and to give us offline play it would require a significant undertaking. The game is so entrenched in the cloud that bringing it offline is pretty much off the table. 

Except apparently that's not true. 

A trusted source came forward and revealed what really gets sent to the servers and said that bringing the game offline isn't a big deal. 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/

kotaku also found that they were able to play without a problem with their Internet off for 19 minutes. 

http://kotaku.com/5990165/my-simcity-city-thrived-offline-for-19-minutes

You mean...EA....lied to us????

They said region simulation is done on their servers. So I guess it would update those when you reconnect.

Really EA needs to realise the appeal of Simcity is not in the region mechanic.

Havent you heard? In 2013 DRM is a "feature"...

Here here! The idea of interconnected regions is cool to some, but is not the main focus, and actually id rather just build my own connected neighbors. I'm sure many people feel the same about it.

if this was on steam it would be ok

how many games on steam require an always online internet connection?

Technically all of them. But Steam has an offline option where you can play the game without connecting to your account.

That's not always online, because you just activate it and then can turn it off forever. Few does this though, however PC gamers criticize SecuRom when it's essentially like steam.

If they didn't do this Online always they wouldn't of pissed off Vegeta