The last mainline game they released was an incomplete mess that they couldn’t even fix with like 5 DLC’s. Then they lead their answer with “it’s a one-off game.” The quote you posted is complete marketing double speak, and IMO it’s completely fair to criticize. Yes, fuck modern gaming.
I mean, it was in an article where they were assuring people there wouldn’t be DLC. I mean obviously they didn’t say “there will 100% not be DLC”, but why make comments to the media saying “we’re not planning on DLC” if you were still toying with the idea of DLC.