On the one hand, this capability was already available to users if they connected their voice chat cable through an intermediate recording device. On the other

On the one hand, this capability was already available to users if they connected their voice chat cable through an intermediate recording device. On the other hand, two-party consent to recording is required in 11 US states, so making recordings of party chat without announcing it beforehand would be illegal (regardless of the purpose of the recording). By adding this to the TOS, Sony is theoretically gaining consent from users to allow other users to record them in a way that might have been illegal before in certain US states.