Yoshida has said multiple statements over the years that didn't really happen. Just to name a few examples:
1. FC Housing and Personal Housing being a separate thing.
2. Free Companies being able to summon primals out in the open world.
3. Hrothgar and Viera having unique hairstyles in the future to compensate for the lack of headgear.

I can probably find a few other examples, but I remembered those off the top of my head.

Which is why I take everything he says with a huge grain of salt. Including the old "take a break" quote people like to treat as gospel.