That’s what I had heard but why on earth would Sony give developer consoles such widespread access? Download anything for free? No one has ever done that, for obvious reasons. It’s a security breach waiting to happen. Yeah it’s nice to ASSUME that no one’s ever going to get one but that’s like assuming no one’s ever going to crack your proprietary security algorithms, they always do.
Typically developer consoles have a unique serial number that is outside the normal range of serial numbers so that their online activity can be easily tracked and monitored and they’re never given preferential treatment in online stores. If they can’t even make a proper developer console they need to go back to square one and start over.