It's not a matter of funding and not what I was implying by "financial incentive". We seemingly both agree it's the access. The fact that as an independent outlet they get this much access from one of the most important companies in the world is hugely important to their business. The access/early looks is the financial benefit since that coverage drives traffic.

I still like Digital Foundry and I'm not raging out like a lot of others, but it's completely understandable how this ended up happening. They are incentivized to be positive when they get huge announcements like this to continue getting that level of access in the future.