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Yeah, PS3 was the golden age of Sony consoles to me, since lot of the tech that is standard now didn't have the paywalls they do now. Like being able to back up saves and most importantly paying for online multiplayer.
Then starting with PS4 multiplayer became pay walled and people defended it due to PS+ saying it's a good value, but I didn't want any of that and just wanted multiplayer. And now they've moved towards gatewalling more things like even local saves to PS+ if you want to back up.
Yes, it really is sad trend. I don't mind paying for service/product with good value, how they do with PS plus and PS5 save will make me think quite a bit when they release next console. If not for their first party "single player" games, I doubt PS is going to be as popular. My PS5 usage is already much lower than PS3/4 era, I might not get next gen console unless it has good package that come with it. (oh yeah, save file back up also a consideration, since you can't really do memory card like old times. )
Happened for me last gen where I ended up only picking up exclusives for my PS4, since I refused to pay for multiplayer. I haven't liked how companies have been bundling services that not everyone wants to be able to charge more.