I’m guessing you weren’t around for the “arrogant sony” phase of late PS2/early PS3 where they thought/knew they could do whatever they want and they’d still be the kings of the market?
This is just a return to that (not specifically this though, since as others have pointed out it’s a direct result of GDPR etc laws). It’s because Xbox has basically been killed. Sony have no competition, so they don’t have to pretend to be a pro-consumer company anymore. They know they have an army of fans that will swallow up whatever they serve them, and they know that the people who don’t like it will end up buying it anyway since there’s no other option.
I’m guessing you weren’t around for the “arrogant sony” phase of late PS2/early PS3 where they thought/knew they could do whatever they want and they’d still be the kings of the market?
This is just a return to that (not specifically this though, since as others have pointed out it’s a direct result of GDPR etc laws). It’s because Xbox has basically been killed. Sony have no competition, so they don’t have to pretend to be a pro-consumer company anymore. They know they have an army of fans that will swallow up whatever they serve them, and they know that the people who don’t like it will end up buying it anyway since there’s no other option.