It definitely won’t be December, you can bet on that.
If there was a chance for them to release before Christmas, it would have been announced already.
“Shortly after” in fatshark’s tongue means you might get an update on how things are going this month, maybe January, but I wouldn’t expect the game until maybe February or March at the very least.
I definitely understand and support your point, but it would just end up being exactly like Cyberpunk. It barely runs on most PCs currently, they’ll never pass the approval process for consoles until they figure out how to make the game run in a more forgiving environment first.
Unfortunately I’d be willing to bet it will take years for a console release, on the other hand, I think the game might actually be in a decent state by then.