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Ok, normally I/we don't even entertain this kind of stuff. But seeing as I'm partially implicated here, I'm going to address the part where he claims Phil Spencer validated his prior reporting even though I (343) denied it.
The "reporting" at the time said "MP would not be shipping with single player this Fall." For a hot minute it was creating a storm on social until I chimed in to debunk it. The tweet that made that claim was then deleted.
Phil Spencer went on "Animal Talking" recently and while discussing the Infinite shift to 2021, did mention that separating MP and Campaign was briefly considered before the decision was made to shift it all to next year.
These are not the same things. At all.
Sams' unsubstantiated "report" in late July was 100% false and no such plan or discussion had ever happened. Campaign was never going to ship without MP, period.
More recently, as it became clear that the project needed more time, part of that assessment did entail trying to see if perhaps just MP could launch as planned but was deemed a non-starter. So even if that would've been the outcome, it's the opposite of what was reported in late July.
People can, and will, make up whatever stories they want but I have to draw the line at being personally implicated as being dishonest with the community. I may not always be allowed to say what I want to say (for example I'm probably not allowed to really get into a point by point response to this article), but I will always speak the truth.