Games are definitely being announced way too early. At most they should only announce it if its 6-8 months from launching. 2 years+ pre-announce of when its going to be released is just annoying. Square is one of the big culprits of this,Sony does it,Microsoft with Crackdown 3 has done it. Also depending on when Yoshi releases, you gotta slap Nintendo with it too. Announced in 2017 and a possible release in TBD 2019,yeah no.

The same goes for stuff like SMT V,first revealed Jan 2017 and has BARELY gone into full development as of feb 2018. This probably won't be releasing till early 2020,that's 3 years announced too early.

Games like Cyberpunk, FF7 Remake, KH3...were definitely announced way too early.

That not even comparable with something like Cyber Punk, game was announced 5 years ago and game will not be out before 2020. MP4 was announced last year and probably it will be out next or year after next.

They are but sadly this is what sells consoles. I think 2 years maximum is a sweet spot to generate new hype.

Year 1 E3 - show a trailer and maybe some game play
Year 2 E3 - playable on floor
Release at Christmas

If studios planned their release schedules better we wouldn't need long announcements.

The problem is they release all their aces in one hit then we are stuck with droughts, so people want to know what is coming in the future.

what kind of comment is this? announce the game when its near completion 

it seems like a lot of game makers dont want to invest in more studios to make more games so they balance out the fact that every few years game are harder and take longer to make

microsoft just got 5 studios. nintendo and Sony need to ramp it up.

the fact that we got 0 games in two E3s in a row from Sony is pathetic. all we got is the same games across like 3 different conferences

its miserable. 

This as well. Last gen Bioware made Dragon Age, DA:2 in 1.5 months (although it showed) ME 1, 2 and 3. This gen we've had DA:I and ME: Andromeda, and might finished Anthem. 5 games vs 3.

Last gen 2 Tekken games, gen before, was 3, before that 3. This gen, we'll be lucky if we get 2.

If games were announced 6 months before release, then fine but that won't change the development time.

Yes especially Final Fantasy 7, Crackdown 3, Shemnue 3 and Metroid Prime 4.

FF7 is again going to be a next gen game for its 2nd time in its history.

Crackdown 3 going through development hell, hopeful Sumo Digital fixes the mess.

Metroid Prime 4 showed nothing but a heasline and nothing for this years E3.. not even a tralier.

Shemnue 3 honestly was a greenlight advertisement which is one of the stupidest announcements iv seen. E3 isnt about donations.

Zelda Breath of the Wild, Duke Nukem Forever (how fitting), Kingdom Hearts III, Tokyo Mirage Sessions... yeah, I agree. Big games with hype-build should eb announced around a year before release, smaller games should get way shorter announcement periods.

Idm it. I think in a business POV it shows that they are still supporting the console.

Nintendo announced a lot of games last year and they didn't showed us anything about these this year (Core pokemon rpg, mp4, bayonetta 3, yoshi, pikmin(?), new no more heroes game, etc.)

I know this situation is not as bad as cyber punk's. On the other hand 12+ month without any new footage is far from perfect as well.