Well amazingly it’s been a whole year. That’s uncanny and considering that a majority of games don’t have any problems with the S is telling. Even when they do have a problem it might be a couple of months, not a whole year.
While I don’t have direct proof. Sony paying for a year is totally, strongly plausible. As for what the developer said, I don’t buy it.
But in the scheme of it all, it doesn’t matter anymore.