[Kipters]

Thanks for the polite comment!

> When did they do this? As I remember they did not promise free upgrades, but was forced to provide them anyway for some games because of the backlash.

It's been a while, but I think it was with Horizon Forbidden West

> PS4 controllers

I agree this one needed a bit more nuance. I understand they wanted to incentivize the new controller features, but it's the fact that the PS5 is technically capable of using those controllers (since you can use them for PS4 games) but Sony chooses to not allow it that's anti-consumer. Also since you can use PS4 controllers to play streamed PS5 games on PC or PS4 itself.

> How did they raise the price of consoles?

In August 2022 they increased the console price by ~10% pretty much all over the world except the US. Microsoft did the same in June 2023.