But that still doesn’t make this better for consumers. It still makes it worse no matter how you look at it.
Sony could pay for extra content to be made and that would be pro consumer. Sony paying to keep games and content away from some consumers is anti consumer now matter how many Sony shills want to say it isn’t.
Sony already have a string of 1P studios all working away and they’ve produced numerous excellent products.
If Sony want to create new studios, then it will cost a lot and they probably won’t see a return on that investment this generation - in fact there wouldn’t even be an actual AAA game released.
Buying exclusives is less risky, cheaper and delivers results more quickly than developing studios. MS were so convinced by this after the success of 360 they killed off their first party and believed 3rd parties would carry the xb1. That was their mistake which they’re trying to rectify now.
Sony still have their first party though and enough money to pay for 3rd parties to make games that perform well to PS5 strengths, can be delivered in shorter timescales and will influence purchasers to PS5.
It’s business - nothing is being withheld from consumers. If theres a game in a major franchise that’s coming to next gen only on PS5, just buy a PS5. That’s Sony’s offer to you.
If you’re someone who would never buy a PlayStation, then that’s your choice, but you’re not in the target demographic for Sony - they want to grow the install base of next gen early and they’ll target “undecided purchasers” by offering content.