I truly hope this is true. I have been an avid fan of SimCity since the first SimCity when I got it at 8 years old.
It broke my heart after SimCity 4 and hearing that there wouldn't (probably) be another SimCity.
I loved SimCity 4, but since Windows 7 I haven't been able to play it due to it not working correctly with 64-bit and all the graphical artifacts (was not the video cards, Dual EVGA GTX260 Core 216 cards).
Maxis, I really hope you will do your best to make this the best SimCity yet. Also, please keep the multiple region/city interconnections (like in SimCity 4) in the new SimCity. That, in my opinion, was one of the best things about SimCity 4, even more than being able to drive the vehicles around town.