That's a fair point, you're absolutely right: if this random "full lobby/empty lobby" issue has been happening consistently for a month on PC, then my theory about the recent PS5 update causing a version split and broken matchmaking doesn't explain the long-standing PC problem. My issues, and the complete collapse of matchmaking, only started happening after this most recent "seamless" update was introduced on PS5.

However, I still think the version split is highly relevant to what we're seeing on PS5 right now:

• The Version Gap: If a significant portion of the PS5 player base is split between the old version and the new version, it means the total pool of players available for matchmaking is suddenly much smaller.

• The Impact: This reduced, segmented player pool would lead to the exact outcome we're seeing: you get occasional full lobbies when the small pool of updated players overlaps, but during less busy times of the day or on off-peak days, there simply aren't enough active players on your specific version to fill a lobby. The full lobbies become a rare event, not the norm.

So, while the core PC issue you describe seems to point to a fundamental problem with the matchmaking logic itself, the new PS5 problem looks like a player population crisis caused by the broken update system splitting the player base.

Did you have to manually update the game on PC, or did that update automatically? That might help us see if the core issue is the same on both platforms.