If this really is to be the future of tv sport, then someone needs to think about cushions.
A wooden Ikea chair is not made with two hours of football viewing in idea, which meant that by the final whistle, I was hankering for the comfy sofa.
How many an other fans paid ‘tween £5 and £12 to watch the equate live was later revealed to be close to half a million. Some were angry about being asked to pay anything.
There was a lack of enthusiasm in my peer group, partly due to the fact that England had already qualified, but also because a 20-inch computing device screen does not have the same appeal as a 40-inch plasma.
Millions of people view broadcasts in this way on the iPlayer, but watching a live event for two hours would be a new feel for many.
Even with a laptop sitting in comfort, or viewing the web on your television via a PC, the picture will not usually be approaching high-definition quality.
So for most people, computers can’t yet offer the modern football experience. What they are good at, however, is forcing people through mundane processes of registration.
EA has seen the iPhone as a place to release $10 ports of its big-name properties, but a new EA studio will go in the other direction with inexpensive, high-concept titles. The first game? Yup, it involves zombies.