Except there is no evidence that Sony doesn't trust Playstation. I don't see how porting to PC, which allegedly is making them more money, is not trusting Playstation. And sure, in fact I agree they shouldn't be doing this and it shouldn't affect PS game development, but now you're deviating from the argument of them no longer being a platform into these tangents which don't have any bearing on whether or not they're a first party developer.
It would have affected ports as heavily because the development process required several teams to work efficiently, and with many in person elements (e.g. motion capture, voice recording), to have the project delivered on time and to the quality they require. Porting on the other hand has everything completed and just requires developing the software. There isn't a grand conspiracy in this, that's the reality. In fact, acting like it is some conspiracy that games, like Helldivers 2, came to PC is off the mark considering Sony execs said GAAS games would release as such. They have been upfront about their intentions, there isn't any need to secretly sabotage the PS userbase for the apparently 1-2m you say they receive in return. This is simply completely irrational thinking.
As for the devs, do we have any evidence that studios failures to produce games within a reasonable time frame is due to PC development burden? I'd love to see it. I don't think PC has anything to do with Factions development being a total mess. It's nice to blame executives and all, but the people doing the work share some responsibility too. I don't think Sony has thrown any devs under the bus and this is evidenced by the fact Factions was cancelled and there wasn't any backlash. Does Naughty Dog share any blame for that development mess?
