This is on Arrowhead, not Sony. Sony had this from the beginning, Arrowhead ignored it. And they’re fine with you blaming Sony for it.
And the fact that everyone was so silent about Xbox/Microsoft doing essentially the same thing with Bethesda is interesting. They took an IP that was played by millions, and locked it behind their own brand.
Until being a neckbearded simp is made illegal, this will always happen. This doesn’t excuse it in any way whatsoever, but it does explain it.
Also, note that as of this writing- there are seven of these people that have downvoted this article, and at least one that has downvoted most of the comments.
Which is why Bethesda locking all current and future work behind MS/Xbox is quite possibly the dumbest fucking thing they could do.