Recently, there´s been confirmation that Lords of the Fallen (the Dark Souls like game) is also coming out in October: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/lords-of-the-fallen-launching-october-on-ps4-and-x/1100-6420990/

There are so many other games coming out in that month already, it feels like some games are sent to die.

I don´t pretend to know more than the people who work in the industry, but it doesn´t seem like a good idea.

One of my most anticipated games is Shinji Mikami´s The Evil Within, which was originally scheduled to come out next month, but it´s been delayed till...you guessed it, October.They said they needed more time to iron out the kinks, and I´m all for that, but delaying it till the same exact month that´ll be seeing so many other releases..can´t imagine it improves the chances of the game selling better than in another period of the year.

What do you think about that?

To have the games be still relatively new while still having them on the shelves for the holidays.

personally Im only gonna care for evolve assassins creed and bayonetta 2(maybe sunset overdrive)
but i am hyped for driveclub!

Its so it is in the new game section of stores during the holidays. Parents that dont know what to get their kids and people that like games but dont follow them will be likely to pick up the box at the store and potentially buy when doing holiday shopping. I do agree with you OP but this is how publishers think.

So gamers only need to take one trip to the store. It really saves on gas and the natural resources of the world.

Because not everybody is interested in the same game genre. Plus October games will still be fresh on holidays.
From Oct-Dec, I will only get FH2 and MC Collection. To complete the library I will add some smaller downloadable games to it.

October is the only Month of the Holiday season that doesnt have a mega release within the first 3 Weeks. December doesnt count, because everyone wants to have a game on the market ready for Black Friday.

September will have the combined hit of Destiny on the 9th and FIFA 15 on the 23rd. The games around these 2 wont get a great push because Destiny and FIFA (At least in EU) will dominate ad space (including in-store) at the start and end of the Month.

November has the early push for Call of Duty and Halo, which means there will be very little left for the smaller titles at the start of the Month. The end of November has Pokémon and LBP3, which will again (I assume) dominate ad space as they are the big holiday exclusives for 3DS and PlayStation 4. Far Cry 4 is releasing between the CoD/Halo and Pkmn/LBP pushes too.

Now if we go back and look at October, the only "mega" franchise releases are Battlefield and Assassin's Creed, which both come within a Week of each other at the end of the Month. The start of October was relatively free of a "mega" hit franchise, which is why we are seeing so many smaller titles releasing on the 7th. Alien, Dragon Age, Driveclub, Shadow of Mordor and Project Spark.

Realistically, developers should be looking towards Summer releases in the future. 2013 and 2014 have both shown that a game can release in the Summer to be a gigantic success. The Last of Us and Watch Dogs have both impressed greatly. The Holiday Months get too crowded and smaller games with insignificant advertisement budgets get lost in the rush for FIFA, Call of Duty, Halo, Madden, Assassin's Creed and Battlefield. They need to start aiming at July-August release windows, with a late September push being the limit. Anywhere beyond usually gets left in the dust of the mega franchises, unless they are backed by Activision, EA, Ubisoft or a 1st party publisher.

Just have self control and buy the games you really need right away and wait for the others to drop in price. Like me, I neeeeeeeeeeeed Dragon Age and Destiny in my life. Still playing DA 2 right now on The Leviathan (my pc). Evolve just seems like it's gonna fade fast given how low it's flying under the radar in combination with the other releases that are just bigger names. My holiday lineup is NBA 2K15 (yes, i'm one of the yearly releases basketball sheep) and the two mentioned before (not evolve).

I think MS should really change the release date for Sunset Overdrive to September if they want it to have a chance to sell well.

What's gonna outdo them on the advertisement department?