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Because they have legally binding contracts saying they cant say. Of course they can say
vague things but nothing concrete
Nondisclosure agreements. That means they agree to not share the information. If they do they lose a lot of money and trust.
besides NDA, they don’t have access to the finalized console hardware.
They have developper kits which allow them to test their games in “close” to real conditions.
For example, [here is a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shr7kbAiyhs) about an old Playstation 3 devkit
Even ignoring all the NDA stuff that other answers mentioned, modern consoles are more or less just PCs with locked down hardware. You don’t need access to the latest consoles/dev kits in order to start developing for them. You can make assumptions about the power of the hardware, the controller button layout, what features the platform supports (multiplayer, achievements, etc), which game engines (Unreal, Unity etc) will support compiling for that platform. Graphics usually begin development at high quality then are scaled down to meet performance targets on the specific hardware anyway, you just take a guess what the console will be able to handle then adjust when you can get your hands on one.
Absolute worst case you make all the wrong assumptions, then you have to rewrite some percentage of your code to deal with it, basically ‘porting’ your game from what you thought the console would look like to how it actually ends up. And if you structure your code correctly, abstract it enough, and use third-party tools/engines that will be updated for the new platforms, that job can be relatively easy.
I mean say for PS5 they were given these to develop on:
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-ps5-will-look-nothing-like-its-dev-kit-if-history-is-anything-to-go-by
So they don’t know either, there’s not much to leak. I’m sure the interface on it is going to be equally plain looking.
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