Was about to post saying the same thing dale did. They apparently don't get that their financial loss isn't about "patching" its about implementation that is keeping many of us from buying their products
some people like the game...some don't...others didn't even bother with it...
I suspect EVERYONE will hate the game 5 years later because EA/Maxis decided to take the servers down because some excuse (not enough players, new game, ect) while I can still play SimCity 2K, 3, and even 4 with mods...
Doesn't address some of the game mechanics that are flawed like the RCI system not needing I... This game is just a bunch of fluff. EA, your customers are smarter than you think. Never buying EA again.
These are all obvious issues that should have been caught during a beta. Unfortunately, EA used the beta as a demo. Lots of people reported issues like what's in this patch list, yet they were ignored by EA. Really sleazy company. I won't buy unless there's a proper offline mode where the entire region is one city. I'm not buying some SimTown MMO where add-on buildings that were free in previous iterations now cost $15 each.
I don't want to have anything to do with multiplayer sim city. I want to advance into space exploration unhindered by the neighbouring regions, even if in offline mode. Sim city has been dead to me ever since part of EA.