I assume people realize this difference but still do not want any multiplayer at all.
See this from another upcoming game in the simulation genre, Cities: Skylines 2
According to Colossal Order's recent Twitter post, Cities: Skylines 2 won't have multiplayer support of any sort upon launch. One of the studio's fans asked whether there was any scope for Colossal Order to work on multiplayer for the new title, but the devs have responded by saying that developing such a feature would take an "incredible" amount of time and resources and, as a result, take away from the core of the game, which is currently the absolute priority. Yet, it may be worth pointing out that the response doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be multiplayer functionality added later on, as the studio may wish to experiment with something of the type later on.
Any multiplayer functionality eats up the budget of time and money. We know Rene is spending money on hiring people exclusively to work on multiplayer (see: job postings). This is frustrating for people.
