It feels like they're throwing all of this out there to distract from the 3rd party discourse around Xbox.
I'll say this, the Xbox fanbase is nothing if not extremely organized. Despite being the least popular platform they have the largest and most organized group of people defending them and their interests and attacking their enemies across the media and community.
PlayStation, despite being far more popular, only has isolated, disorganized pockets of hardcore fans debunking narratives about them.
FWIW, Jez has even tweeted that it's his "job" to defend Xbox from FUD. PlayStation doesn't have people like that.