Lol. This would literally be the stupidest decision in the history of stupid Sony decisions if true. 100% rumor fodder though.

I think he said we would see next gen console "technologies". 

At the time I understood as Zen and Vega V2 APUs .

But maybe he was also talking about real-time Ray Tracing and other AI improvements on consumer level hardware.

I think they are making sure they will be ready to release when they have to, they don't want to get stuck on PS4 and have Microsoft release before them like with PS3.

I think still think they are end of 2019 at the earliest, probably sometime in 2020 though.

I'd prefer 2020 or even 2021, although I think 2019 or 2020 are likely (late 2020 release date is the most likely to me).

I'm not interested in VR and I'm also not ready to waste more money.

Confirmed: Microsoft releasing Xbox 2 this year, lack of exclusives due to secret game development for next gen.

Having Dev kits go out early just means that Sony wants a strong launch lineup for PS5. I'm still expecting holiday 2020 for PS5 launch.

Not while PS4 is still printing money...

2018?

Based on rumors im starting to 2019 is more likely. We started hearing about dev kits going out late 2017 and i think it would be weird for devkits to go out 3 years before a console launched. We started hearing that PS4 and XBO devkits goign out in 2011 and they launched 2013.

Yes, and the PS4 was barren of big releases for the most part for its launch. Sony wants to avoid that again I'm pretty sure. It makes sense to allow devs more time for their next console, especially since they absolutely dominated this generation so they can afford it.