SimCity is getting an offline mode even though that didn't fit with the developer's original vision

It looks like publisher Electronic Arts and developer Maxis are tacitly admitting one of the biggest mistakes they made with SimCity.

EA and developer Maxis revealed today that it will release an offline mode for SimCity, the city-planning and management simulation. It currently requires a connection to a server that hosts some of the game’s data. The Internet-free feature is coming soon as a free download in the next update.