feel like this happens more and more. a news story hits and then less than a day goes by and it's revealed as a hoax. this story had that slant of shaming a bad company for being bad, which is like the most desired thing in online gaming culture. thus it spread like wildfire, people were all ready to blame Konami for something whether they did it or not.
glad it was a hoax tho! fwiw my friend bought his PS4 used and it has PT installed but it's under the previous owner's account so he wasn't able to play it =(