Except..those are to keep things they own theirs. Which is fine. I understand that I don't own the game's code. I just own the right to play it. The Internet is a tool, just because every developer relies on it doesn't make it a service. They need to constantly update? Because they're over budget and need sales to justify the work needed to apply an update, or what would be polish if it hadn't released. Again. Take away the Internet, nothing has changed. The game is the same without its constant connection. Players can join with servers we CHOOSE to use, we can still have pvp. It's all the same. Just because Activision found a good way to screw you doesn't make it a service.