You might be right about the sim players getting stuck having to play arcade. I may be one some day soon. But still, there are tons of casual players who would not even try this game if it didn't have an arcade level. I now have over 30 friends and play every night just about. I've only run into 2 from this forum so far. Listening to the chatter on the phones, the "casual" players are having a lot of fun, me included. The patch may help this situation some.