Tell me this is normal from a big publication?
Xbox is selling like shit everywhere and they don't even get these headlines. They get praise from Wall Street Journal instead. They are redefining gaming
So what?
If there's anything we've all learned within the past couple of months, it's that access media has absolutely zero power over gamer choices and purchases.
These articles are also not going to budge Sony's decisions. Those guys kept saying Sony was going to be left behind by not offering a service like Gamepass with day one releases, and then Sony just proved them wrong. Sony only cares about their own market research for these things, they don't usually cede to external pressures.
So what are you afraid of? If you think the PS5 Pro is such a good product with nice appeal and offers decent value, then you should just buy one and be confident it's only going to improve Sony's stand in the market.
It shouldn't matter that Xbox is paying access media to shit on the new console, they're irrelevant. The only ones who matter are the gamers who spend their money.