Patching a game into non-functionality would likely happen at the console level, rather than the game's files.
I really can't see how that could happen.
-Publisher decides that a license holder should no longer be able to use a game (for whatever reason) -Publisher determines which copy of that game license holder has (discs are uniquely identified) -Publisher gets hardware company to push out firmware update that blocks all copies of that system from being able to play that copy of the disc -Next time ex-license holder takes their system online, their physical copy of the game will no longer work
In all likelihood, what would actually happen is that the former license holder would be issued a fine for whatever violation they committed to warrant revoking the license, since that's a pretty convoluted method, but it would still be possible. It's also almost assuredly never going to happen, since taking paying customers' games away from them is extremely bad PR, regardless of the medium.
All of that would require you to accept the update - unless the console OS has some kind of function to force it, but even then, you can just avoid it by not going online.