Either they are out of touch, or they are trying to rewrite history… neither of which is a good look. The handling of Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t only change my view on them but pretty much soured me on all AAA publishers, “good” or not. There are way more than enough amazing indie games on offer and not enough time to play them.
For me it definitely reinforced the “don’t believe it until you see it” mentality to anything AAA publishers claim about their games. Just like their words in this article, they’re meaningless.