The fact the media lambasted Sony for this and don't do likewise for MS proves how many journalists are on the MS wage bill. It was an embarrassing sherade.
Since when has the media taken Sony to task about moneyhats? Damn I must have missed that. You’ll always have small amounts of one off articles or videos from media outlets criticizing this shit but in terms of general media backlash or “lambasting”, fuck no, Sony hasn’t seen anything remotely close to that.
This year they have Kena, Deathloop and Ghostwire timed exclusive, among others. No one cares. They got an exclusive character in a shitty comic book game that is starved for content and no one gave a shit. In fact, some in the media applauded that one. Last gen they had that disgusting Destiny shit where you had timed exclusive content inside of DLC that other platforms never got to properly experience.
Lots in the media regarded the FF7 remake as the biggest game in decades yet no one flinched when it was revealed as a PS4 timed exclusive. Now it gets PS5 timed exclusive DLC and apparently an extended timed exclusive duration and no one cares.
On what universe has the media lambasted Sony for this? Maybe you don’t know what that word means?