If I went out and bought a damn game as you put it so blunt, don't you think that defeats the object of having a Gateway card in the first place!
What's your "object" of having a Gateway card?
Play region free retail games? Check.
Have multiple games in 1 cartridge? Check.
Support all games? Check.
If you want the damn online, go buy the damn game and support the developers. I hope Gateway never patch online, think of it as buying for online services.