Maxis doesn't have a strong history in the online gaming market, IE Sims Online comes to mind

No because I think this idea will work about as well as SimsOnline. Not that it maters but I agree with Will Wright that there should be no interaction ingame.

ok im an going to say this since people seem to be reacting badly.....

this is not an idea for now! this is an idea that can be thought over by maxis and used any time they want! i am not saying that they must release it now and that they shouldnt fix bugs and make changes to the games untill they do this, this idea will be added in when the game is good, stable, and has alot of people playing, i should have added this in first post since i am getting millions of people complaing about the game and saying it will be worse online, no valid points and Skell you seem to just hate the game and hate anything that will improve the game....