Clearly Microsoft was thinking that too, but had to backpedal. These companies want everything online so they can increase profits. No product to ship, monthly fees, quick online transactions, microtranactions, no more piracy, no used sales. It's win win for them, but clearly the public is not ready. They are going to try hard to convince us this is the way by slow seduction. It will probably work in the long run. I'm going to wake up one day and all my games will be useless unless I'm connected to the internet.