yeah, except the “idea” is that this is the OS the steam-boxes they plan to sell to people who probably would like to pick where audio goes without having to enable desktop, run a terminal, you know normal linux stuff. If you bought a new PS4 but you have no choice but to use audio via the HDMI you might get a tad upset. like with my setup, my HDMI tv only has 2 speakers so I use my bluray player that has 7.1 surround with optical inputs.
