https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2024/05/14/playstation-focus-ps5-games-sales-play-time/
Sony has said that due to changes in consumer behavior in PS4 era, Sony's more focused on increasing PS5 play time rather than selling games.
Oh.
Well here was me clicking on this thread thinking "oh! That seems like a positive shift in mentality"
Then I read your comment.
Was a fun 3 seconds
I was gonna say they'd make all their single-player games open world bursting with "CONTENT" like an Ubisoft game, but they kinda already did around the end of last gen
So basically they have had really bad sales lately and this is how they justify it to their shareholders.
Or the movement to microtransactions means prolonged time playing will lead to more income, whereas number of sales is completed.