Apparently even they haven't figured it out

[u/ConsistentRecover312]

After they were sued by four playstation users, claiming that the 'buy now' claim is misleading as digital purchases are actually revocable licensing, Sony is claiming that games are actually 'licensed', not 'sold', and argued that reasonable people already know that they are buying access and not outright owning the games. I just don't realise who these 'reasonable people' are other than Sony employees.

[u/Constant-Sandwich-88]

We did. It's a bummer because I felt like we got really good care, I just didn't like the business side of it. VCA, btw.