Does sound somewhat foolish doesn't it? More likely it is a rumor started after some found a quote by Phil Harrison: "Imagine Gran Turismo shipping on a disc with one car and one track. And then you can browse, online, a dynamic circuit of vehicles that's growing every day because either the car manufacturers are adding new vehicles or we're adding new vehicles. And you can see a specific-type car that's being called up and say, 'I think I'll play with that one. Let me download and play it.'"
People probably read a bit too much into that and the snowball started.