Just because any company gives a reason during a PR statement doesn't make it true. I don't believe Sony in the statement they made nor do I believe MS with their native 4K statement.
The bottoming is both Sony and MS chose to go for cheaper and weaker new gen consoles due to cost. They didn't want to incur huge losses again and then spend years trying to recover them via hardware. The need for a mid generation update was the only option and with phones and tablets having a similar model it became a possibility.
I don't think the Pro was a reaction to Scorpio as much as the other way round. The Pro specs are leaked way ahead of Scorpio and the console might even be released a full year before Scorpio.
Additionally MS hasn't even decided whether Scorpio is a mid gen update or a new console. Their messaging from Phil has gone from X1 family and no exclusives to part of the Xbox family, and up to developers to create exclusives. If Sony created the Pro as a reaction to Scorpio, Scorpio wouldn't be this far behind in production.
The bottom line is, both companies drop PR statements, but it doesn't necessarily mean everything within the statement holds true.
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