There have been rumors that dev kits have already been sent out. We know Sony has been sending code revisions for Ryzen. And rumor is that Navi was developed with PS5 in mind and will realease in 2019.
There is no reason why PS5 couldn’t launch in 2019.
You forgot to mention the qanon and and infowars nut jobs who will say mass shootings are a hoax by the liberals and proceed to start harassment campaigns against the victims.
No one is actually doing that, look at the claims of "people played" for SoD and SoT. It's greater than 5:1. Gamepass is absolutely cannibalizing ownership especially retail ownership.
I don't even know why Microsoft would even try to claim otherwise. Well except for PR... The truth is they are absolutely destroying ownership.
I bet it's a game about tricking an American President into giving you everything you want and giving nothing in return other than a photo of the American President saluting your generals.
Typical Microsoft take the criticisms and just say the opposite even when it's obvious the criticisms were correct.
If purchases aren't being replaced then why is it over 5 million people have played Sea of Thieves yet there are less than 1 million recorded sales? (.56m at retail)
Why even lie? It's obvious your goal is removing ownership and pushing always online. Thats what it has been since the launch of the xbox one it's never change...
EA says the same stuff and we know how that goes, Plus your history shows that Microsoft has been incredibly hands on especially when it comes to forcing devs to make certain series.
Talk is cheap and Phil more than anyone has a history of just saying what people want to hear.
SSD isn't ready for the mainstream, the sizes are way too small especially when pushing for 4k. I don't want to have to pay $1000 for a console just to have a 1 TB SSD added. If people want to add an SSD let them buy and install their own aftermarket devices.
All your plans are next gen stuff, what are you going to do for the next 2 to 3 years? I mean other than pretend that Sony isn't getting ready for the next gen also...