The way I see it is this. I really doubt Kazunori would make a statement, confirming the discs were being pressed, especially to somebody in the media, if it were not true. This much he probably knows. But I doubt he himself is really sure when the game will be on store shelves.
And likewise, I'm sure a lot of folks at Sony, responsible for the production and distribution of the game were not too happy that he made such a confirmation. If the game is in production, than various teams at Sony are probably right now busy at work, gathering information from their production facilities, distribution channels and wholesale/retail vendors. And during this process, holding countless internal meetings and conference calls, trying to get a handle on unified release dates that are realistic and plausible. Organizing a world wide release schedule and trying to do it under time pressure with the busiest retail window of the year closing in, must be an enormous task. I'm pretty sure they would have preferred that Kaz said nothing. With the 'going gold' announcement now viral, I'm sure big corporate retailers (Amazon, Gamestop, GAME, Bestbuy, etc) are reaching out to Sony and trying to put pressure from their side as well as they also have to schedule floor space, advertisements, etc. And it probably just makes Sony's job a bit more difficult.
I'm guessing at this point, we'll probably have an "official" announcement from Sony within the next week. And I would be surprised if the game wasn't out between the last week of November and 2nd week of December. It's certainly realistic. But we do have to give Sony a little time.
None-the-less, for the sake of fans everywhere, I'm glad the GoldMaster status was confirmed.
