The end of Playstation 3 support.

[enthauptet]

For all the people complaining about how it is unfair, etc. whatever your invalid opinion is...

PS4 has been out for over 3 years now and you haven't been able to buy any new games for PS3 since PS4 came out because all developers drop the old console when the new one comes out. (especially universally hated development platforms like the PS3 was) Have you remained subscribed every month of the year? Do you put money toward other interests? When PS4 came out they said they were going to drop PS3 support at some point to continue to upgrade the game. That would have been my cue to start saving up for a new system. Buying a new console is like anything you have to allocate money towards it if you can't afford it then you didn't do your due diligence to put enough money aside for it. If you are not able to save up enough money then you probably can't afford to actually play the game with the subscription fee to begin with and should be funneling your sub fee into other areas like a saving fund for if something bad happens.

Another thing people seem to not understand is the more platforms you support the more time spent coding, optimizing and bugtesting that is required. Especially for the PS3 platform which uses a ridiculously bad hardware system it adds an above average amount of time required to do those things. Removing PS3 support opens up a lot of time and money that can be spent in general gameplay development for content and QOL improvements instead of making sure the game doesn't crash because you were fishing in a certain spot or walked into an invisible wall while on a 2 seater mount with 1 person on it.

Dropping 32-bit PC support in addition to PS3 also shows that this is actually the reason for PS3 being dropped more than anything. Minimizing your platforms is the best way to ensure the best experience of the end user (this is why Apple constantly drops support for their old operating system versions).