Is No Man's Sky being quietly rebranded as a single-player game?

The ongoing question of whether No Man's Sky is actually an online game has seen a surprising development with the apparent removal of an online play logo from its box. The news follows the apparent discovery that players arriving at the same planet would not actually be able to meet. Prior to the its release the game's creator, Sean Murray, implied that players would be able to meet, although this would be so unlikely that the game should be considered a single-player experience. Mixed messages