You know what I see when I read that statement?

An excellent argument AGAINST digital download games.

Annoying advertising wouldn't be a part of any game that you buy on solid media, who's gonna pay for that? When you don't own the game though, when it's a digital distribution updated/patched by the platform it's run on, they can get away with this kind of thing: modify the game after you've already bought it.

First time I've seen such conclusive evidence/proof that digitial download really has a serious downside.

Well, at least it's currently a choice about whether or not you're installing the update, right?

I hope so.

Not having a PS3 I don't yet have to worry about this kind of problem, first time I've been happy about that. 8 )