My god, it's brilliant.
How is this a surprise to anyone. Sony was really going to sit there while publishers made greater profits from MS Xbox One. Who do you think would get the greatest software support of the two systems?
And for those declaring PC is their go to place, steam has been doing this, very successfully, for many years now.
First of all PC =/= Steam. You do not have to buy from Steam to play games on PC.
Secondly, for those claiming PC, as well as those who are aren't necessarily opposed to DD in the first place, are probably not opposed to having no used games if prices are adjusted accordingly, at least in my case. You also seem to have forgotten that Steam, while obviously the largest, isn't the only platform you can buy games from. They have competition from other platforms as well as stores like Amazon, GMG, GOG, etc. Now you will probably say retailers will be the competition for consoles, which is true... somewhat. What happens when games go out of print? The only option will probably be to buy it from the respective console store, where Sony and MS don't have to compete with anybody. Example? The original Battlefield: Bad Company. It's out of print and can only be found used. Used price? Around $5. Not bad, and there is no online pass for it either. If I were to buy it from Games on Demand (XBL)? $15. Now honestly, that's not so bad, but it's still a $10 difference. I mean BC2 is the same price on Steam, but how often does BC1 on XBL go on sale compared to BC2 on Steam? I've never seen it on sale, but I did buy BC2, and all its DLC, for $5 when I first got Steam during a sale. How about Modern Warfare 3. New retail? $40 Used? $20. GoD? $60. LOL, I think that speaks for itself.
As for their DD services, what expectation, or precedent do we have that either A.) Publishers will offer lower prices at launch for their games, or that B.) Sony and MS will offer Steam-like sales on their stores? And by that I mean, sales across the board for almost all games, not just select ones, and whether they'll do sales often enough. What about specials like midweek madness or weekend deals? Will they allow Amazon, or anyone else for that matter to offer DD codes for sale?
And on top of that, you're also ignoring other advantages that PC has, such as it being completely BC (for the most part, I haven't had any trouble running older games that are 10-15 years old), mods, better graphics/functionality, etc.
TL;DR - So it basically boils down to the restrictions of PC without any of the benefits. This can't be stressed enough.
This probably reads a bit incoherently. I wasn't typing this straight through, I was editing all over the place. Sorry about that.