This means nothing, there have been piles of single player games that have required a connection check before working. Sim City 4 was an example of this.
And, even buying it and not having that check doesn't mean that it won't be updated to require a server (you have an actual disk to reinstall right, because the original installer may disappear too).
do they need to list every single player game that has a day one patch not included on a physical disc? I guess we haven't gotten so far in game patching that some retro gamers buy a new copy of a game and can't update to 1.0.0 now.
Only multiplayer online games. For single player, especially on consoles that still have a bit of QA left, you can live with 1.0.0.
And look on the bright side. If you're stuck on 1.0.0 you're missing the microtransactions they introduced in 1.0.1 after the reviewers finished publishing their reviews.
Edit: why do I get the feeling most of the people disagreeing with me only play PC games from the big 4-5 names? In which case I completely agree with them.
This means nothing, there have been piles of single player games that have required a connection check before working. Sim City 4 was an example of this.
And, even buying it and not having that check doesn't mean that it won't be updated to require a server (you have an actual disk to reinstall right, because the original installer may disappear too).