I don't get MS's plan, announcing this early, Scrap NEO? PS5 in 2018?

[SvennoJ]

teigaga said:
Sony aren't going to cancel the Neo, MS is putting it out there that a new X1 is coming for pple who would otherwise be tempted to go to Neo

Or in my case tempted by the XBox One S...
I'm glad they're upfront about it, would have been pissed to find out after paying 399 for the slim.