If such happens be ready to be locked into steam, such networks will appear on next generation consoles including Origin and maybe a few others. Of course their is the issue of MS and Sony wanting part of the money allowing their networks to be utilize in such a way so I would imagine a fee would be included for you to "mod" the game with a agreements rights saying any and all mods you download can break your game and if you happen to do such your SOL
CK is more then a map editor changing files or removing them altogether.
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
God, I may have to quit gaming entirely... in the 'proper' sense if this does happen.
In which I will be forced to become a PC gamer.
Take from that what you will, but I tend to agree this is a distinct possibility for consoles.
Steam, that is.
God, that felt dirty coming out from my keyboard.