That’s the thing though it’s not even that extreme any more. For the past several years it’s been Sony receiving those benefits but I think Bo4 was the last time you get actual month long exclusive shit. Ever since then the time line started decreasing and now they are at a point where they no longer happens. Sony is legit complaining about theoretically/possibly (despite guarantees to the contrary) losing unique skins on purchase, some random double xp perks once a month, and I think some extra create a class slots IF you buy the battle pass, that’s basically the jist of their “exclusives” at this point.

What it was in the past is no longer relevant to be frank, it only matters what’s been going down the last few years, and that’s what it is, some skins and other random token bull shit. It’s actually laughable at this point, people aren’t buying PlayStations for CoD for those perks any more, the days were you would get a month long preview before anyone else are already long gone…. This was also a time before crossplay and proper PC support, things have changed and there’s no way Sony doesn’t already understand this….