These all sound like reasons for Sony to get out of the console market. (And maybe start making PCs that go head to head with Steam Machines.)

Oh, they will.

Books like “A Canticle for Liebowitz”

Honestly, I feel like most people won’t know or care. The people driven away by the title probably aren’t their target demo. It doesn’t seem to be too focused on gunplay, other than point & shoot.

Perhaps so, but it wouldn’t be the first “fantasy round” in an RPG.