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>The publishers wish to somehow capture the players with their own launchers, but this is never going to do them any good and is widely hated.

Nah, if it was possible to sign up for PSN accounts, people would have hated it but done it. Look at how Bethesda, Ubisoft, EA, and other enshittified game companies still sell gajillions of copies.

It's inaccurate to lump in the actual reason for change (game being unavailable in regions) vs. a reason no game company has ever been motivated to change ("we don't like making thirdparty accounts").