Thats how it works now. Thats what that statement says. Pretty much nothing is going to change unles 3rd parties do the changing. Lets apply some logic here. If 3rd parties have this same power now, and they all don't exercise it now, why would they do it next gen? Logic says it wouldn't change without some unknown influence. How many games are going to require online on a system that doesn't require online? I don't think many publishers are willing to alienate half of the install base (if next gen is anything like this gen) by doing that.







