I'll still purchase it regardless if it had online or not. It is a shame though, but I seriously much rather be sitting next to someone pissed at me beating them than someone online who will just d/c on me cause they're losing. Or hell doing a sho-ryu-ken and all of sudden deal with the "Where'd he go?"
I mean that is what is so satisfying about playing in the arcade...too bad the arcades are slowly fading out, but I loved playing on 2 tokens (why must they always charge 2-4 tokens damn arcades) for hours because some guy thought he could take me. Now a days they probably could...didn't get into SFIII really played it like twice, but well guess I'll have some practice at home now.