I think announcements of the games should happen as soon as there is demand. Conversely, nothing should be shown to the public until it is 6 months out.

For example, we could know for two years that Halo 6 is a thing. But we would only see anything from it 6 months out.

I think there's nothing wrong at all. These announcement of games that wont be released for awhile provides longevity to that particular system, giving buyers a better piece of mind when choosing a system, knowing that there are particular games they're looking forward to will be release down the road.

Personally, after E3 2015 I was glad to know that my PS4 was getting games in the years to come.

Also it's a marketing thing for media, you hear news about movies being made but wont be released in the next or two either. That's just how the world works in this industry.

I think its okay that you use E3 as a "this is what the future brings" platform.
Instead of a "this is releaseing in a few months" thing.

I mean the advertise for stuff soon releaseing anyways.
The "idea" of E3 to me is to showcase the future of the platform, not the now of it.

ofc there is a limit how to far out you really should be showing things.

No. The last guardian. Final fantasy 15 (13v) both games tbat arent even being releases on the same platform they were originally revealed on. Zelda U.... has more or less become Zelda NX, though they at least say it will also be on the wiiU. How many peoplw woildnt have bought a WiiU if they didnt think Zelda U was at least going to be released in 2016. 

We are still waiting for Agent......

Announcing a game 2-3yrs before the gsme is released is a veey very cheap and poor way to instill platform potential value in the eyes of consumers  

Pretty much gave the best possible response as the first comment for this topic.

I personally don't like hype because it ruins my gaming experience with newer games since it can never live up to the expectations (Uncharted 4 for me). That said, there are definitely some positives as it keeps forums and gamers discussing about the industry and generates more exposure/revenues to the industry as a whole.

I tend not to like super early reveals on release dates, especially when they get delayed..

Being able to know what's coming out is good so teasers and reveals aren't a bad thing in my opinion

Looking at the track record ratio of how many games that got delayed for a very long time (or announced way too early) compared to every game released in video game history, it's probably a really small fraction of a percent.  And when people think of these 'delayed/early announced games' I'm sure they're all thinking about the same small handful of games.  So I dont think there's really anything wrong with announcing games early on. 

Also, if every new game announced at E3 were to be released within a 6-8 month span im sure everybody's wallet will be hurting.

You know what? Honestly?

I don't care.

Like, at all. It doesn't matter to me. Why should it? When a game releases, if I want to play it, I'll play it. Period, end of drama. Did I first hear about it two years ago? Two months ago? I really don't care. My priority is playing games that look interesting. It's not announcements, it's not delays, it's not the mythical and undefined element of "hype" everyone seems to simultaneously demand and complain about--it's the games themselves.

When the game releases, at that point I will make my decision. Everything else is superfluous.

What's mythical and undefined about hype?

Considering what happened to The Last Guardian or FF15, I'd worry.