Re: Why do we need to be connected to the internet now?
You don't need an Internet connection to play sims 4. You can play it just fine without. But to share your sims creations on the gallery or download other people's creations, you need the internet for that. If you want to play offline, that's totally possible. I do it when I'm avoiding an update. Just make sure that every once in a while you let your game have access to the Internet so it can download and install updates and sims deliveries.
Needing the internet isn't exactly new. I believe sims 3 requires an internet connection for the same things I mentioned. Most if not all games nowadays require an internet connection for some of their features
