I don’t see the big deal about headphone jacks. If you really want wired headphones, stick a dongle on the end of the cable and leave it there. It’s almost exactly the same, except you can’t charge and listen at the same time - not really something I would worry about.

I want to see the in game lore reason why Richard Ayoade is there.

It stifles innovation in the same way that museums and libraries stifle innovation ie. in no way