but it's not a game dev. It's the publisher wanting to boost active user numbers for shareholder purposes, Arrowhead doesn't gain anything from this happening.
Like I think that's the thing that pisses me off the most about this - Sony clearly didn't give two shits about this game on launch with servers underprepared and overwhelmed for weeks after, but as soon as they smelled money they were more than ready to shit where Arrowhead eats with this godawful requirement.