Did us PS+ subscribers help fund the new PSN Store redesign?

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Slimebeast said:

PS+ is not a smartest thing Sony ever did, it's actually a bad strategy. It's too valuable for the subscription rate gamers pay. Those free games PS+ members get will steal time and essentially cause members to buy less games that aren't discounted.

Also there's this non-beneficial psychology involved, lots of people will hold off from buying new games they have had their eyes on because they are hoping these games will be free on PS+. This is especially true for typical PSN games.

This could be the case, it makes sense, but in reality does that really happen? Have software sales declined since around the time PS+ was introduced? 

I can only go to myself and attest that it works like this. Being a member I simply refuse to buy anything that's full price on PSN.

All in all PS+ is great for gamers but not great for Sony.