Personally it feels like later generations of Gorilla glass are more fragile. Gorilla Glass 2 on one of my old android phones survived many a drop. The iPhones the family has had with newer shatters oh so easily.
Yes, it would be nice if this was reported better. In the past, when Corning made their glass more shatter resistant, they also made it slightly softer and easier to scratch. It's probably a good tradeoff for most people, but it is a tradeoff.
What we don't know if whether this newer, more shatter resistant glass is even easier to scratch. I doubt Corning would announce that, so we'll have to wait until someone tests it.