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I suddenly find myself concerned with how much this could end up costing

Actual backwards compatibility as well. I wonder if it will work exactly like the PS2 and first-gen PS3s did where any previous-gen disc will work, or if it will be more like Xbox where they're constantly adding more games to the list of BC games.

Because of the... unique way Sony built their database when the PSN was first released alongside the PS3. Nearly everybody else on the planet would have used a system where the first person to create an ID would have been given the (hidden) key value of 1. Then the next person would have been given 2, and so on and so on. They would have then had an additional field in the database labeled something like 'Usernames' for... well, the username of each person. This method allows everyone to be given an unchanging ID (the numerical value) that is unique to them and their account, and then a second ID that everybody sees, but can be changed as many times as needed and won't impact the account in any way, because all of the games developers would use the numerical ID to link you to any DLC you may have purchased. Sony, on the other hand... didn't do this. The 'unique ID' that they gave everyone was literally the usernames we all chose, so every piece of DLC that we bought is directly tied to what our name is. So if you change it, as far as the game servers are concerned, you're playing on a completely different account. The only way to fix this would be if every game made before 2018 was patched to use the 'unique ID' as a license check, and not the 'display name' (as even if you change your name, your database entry will still start with your original usename). Even IF Sony tore down the PSN and rebuilt their database in a way that actually made sense, all the games would still need to be patched to accommodate it.

The Surge is actually pretty decent. It's a Souls-like that's set in a dystopian future. It's getting a sequel some time this year, apparently.

If it means we get more updates on different things more often, I am absolutely fine with this. Doing it live though, that's gonna be interesting. I wonder how much planning/practicing they'll be doing to make sure there aren't any technical problems