"Despite a lack of first-party games"
The whole reason Sony even mentioned it would be a light year is because of the importance Sony stans have put on 1st party games. They've never in their history mentioned "a light year"
Thankfully, Sony stans also blow whichever way Sony points them, now it's 3rd party games being the reason to own a PlayStation after years of pushing the narrative of 1st party exclusives being that main reason
*Spoiler alert*
3rd party games have always been the main reason to own a PlayStation.