So, 13 seconds footage for Zelda HD during 2015...

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archer9234 said:

AEGRO said:

Gamemaster87 said:
What's the point of showing game footage a year before the game's launch? They hyped everyone at TGA14 but in the end they didn't profit from them. At E3 Nintendo said they want to focus more on games which releases are closer. That's what they're doing with Zelda Wii U. It's a waste of money to promote that game that early. People will forget what they've seen and you have to show them even more later that it wasn't completely useless. In the end they would show too much from the game. And people won't have a "Wow" effect then.

Whats the point of announcing a game years before the game's launch?

Agreed. If your goal is to not give out info intill it's close to launch. Don't even tell us of its existance, in the first place. Litterly tell us half a year, or less, before actual release. But not the day of release. Like Sega Saturn.

Fallout 4 is the perfect example of how games should be revealed.

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and every developer should take notes from Bethesda on this particular case. 

"Here is the trailer guys, the game comes out in 10 months"

BOOM. They hype peaked at it highest when the release date comes.