Yeah this should start a nice precedent for encouraging FC to create silly in-game obstacles to enjoyment and charge for removing said obstacles. Right now it's make us pay for access to fgrid maybe, or buy garden keys to pande, or etc. Next it'll be "New playfield/zone with no access to grid, but you can buy it" and "New perk system with PP to unlock each level" and "Remove level locks with PP"
ATE perkline was a bad idea, it should simply be switched to a questline like specialisations (ATE3 is already a quest sheesh). Don't encourage FC to deliberately introduce bad game mechanics with PP as the solution to removing the obstacles.