I think that online multiplayer games does not need to exist as most games could be played offline with AI and with higher enjoyment also.
I think the reason a lot of people don’t enjoy AI offline instead of multiplayer games is because as a capitalist society we associate multiplayer games with higher joy, due to the huge amount of ads and streamers targeting teenagers to show them how much fun they are missing by not playing in online multiplayer games. I had met a variety of people with different ages and a lot of the older generations prefer offline games and consider it the norm.
You rate AI way higher than you should. Bits designed to play games have been a thing forever, but they just suck. No matter how fancy they still follow patterns and eventually become predictable.
That’s not to say it wouldn’t be good to have the option, but it’s just not the same.
I generally prefer single player games anyway coz I can’t keep up with people who spend all their time online though.