What a nice, cherry-picked argument.
Not to throw any shade or accuse him, but this certainly wouldn't be the first time someone in games marketing outright lied to keep a reveal under wraps....
even Itsuno himself did it when talking about framerates for DmC working fine at 30fps. I'm not even blaming him, he was told by Capcom to market the game to try and save it, I assume a higher up said "idgaf, say anything to make ninja theory look good or it's your ***", and ended up making statements that outright contradicted what he said when marketing DMC4.
Katsuhiro Harada said there was no Season 2 for Tekken 7 in the works in response to the leaks/rumors, a few weeks before Season 2 was announced at EVO. Devs are allowed to lie to try and keep the surprise at the least.
Now Harada is on another level, but these denials are not putting Dante at 0%, especially with these people being known for their own teasing and misdirection in the past. They should be considered
effectively zero percent until the intern accidentally uploads the Devils Never Cry remix a day before the next Smash Direct, though.
People lie for the sake of marketing all the time.