>The patch would cost a lot more development dollars. In order to make always-on DRM effective there needs to be some significant logic kept on the company servers.
Well, there's that and the fact that this is a really mature genre. This year's Sim City game isn't any more fun to play than the one from 20 years ago, so they're probably afraid more copies will start circulating and cut into current sales.
Well, there's that and the fact that this is a really mature genre. This year's Sim City game isn't any more fun to play than the one from 20 years ago, so they're probably afraid more copies will start circulating and cut into current sales.