What I would really like to know:
1. What kind of pressure is being exerted upon developers/publishers, ex., What are the requests? Are threats being used by the console holder? Etc.
2. Which console manufacturers have applied pressure to publishers for parity, and for which games?
3. Does one console manufacturer participate in this practice more frequently or to a greater extent than others?
If Sony really is intentionally contributing to a culture of dumbing-down the PC performance of games, as a PS4 owner, it would disgust me, especially since I have never heard even a rumor of Sony trying to throw its weight around to force performance parity with other platforms. I am somewhat less surprised to hear Microsoft involved in a practice like this, because it was already heavily rumored. Regardless, any company involved in deliberately holding back a version of a game because it would run better on another platform should be held accountable for such a despicable action.
I do not have a gaming PC, but it should not matter. Such a practice is toxic to gaming, and it needs to end immediately.