OOC: Why does a new empty project ask me to save?

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Cubase 5: Create new empty project, and close without doing anything. Project closes without being prompted to save.

Cubase 7: Create new empty project, and close without doing anything. Project closes with being prompted to save. However, open a template and close without doing anything. Project closes without being prompted to save.

No big deal, but an oversight, perhaps?

Not an oversight I don’t believe.

Maybe it is to allow future functionality, such as template creation and mixer settings etc

Probably sounds crazy to an end user but maybe not to a programmer.