Yep, that's it exactly. I got the Orange Box on disc earlier this year, probably the last new copy available in my city. Once it got done installing, it demanded updates before I was allowed to play - 9 gigabytes worth, mainly toys for TF2. This was when I was on a 10 gig broadband plan and had already hit my cap for the month.

"What's that, peon? You expect to use this product you just paid good money for? How about a quick game of smurf you instead?"