Yup. It's annoying but publishers will keep doing it, especially MS, Sony, and Nintendo, because future exclusives gives people a reason to go and buy their console.
I'm not sure why third party publishers do it. People forget about their games when they announce them so early.

well i got a wii u and got 3 games in 2015 so far. thats nothing i would call support. 2016 looks even worse.

R u talking about as early as Ff13 V(aka FF15) and TLG? These games deserve to be hated if it didn't turn out good(80+ metacritic score). If u r talking about game like quantum break or no mans sky, I think it's understandable assuming they can be released in 2016. It take time to develop a AAA game nowadays. But IMO publisher should at least finish 50% before announcing a game. Not just some stupid CGI which accounts for 95% unfinished with a expected date 3+ years from then.

Yes. Announce a game and I want to play it. AT LEAST have something payable, even in a raw form. Gtfo with that cgi bs.

If you enveil your game at am E3 and it comes out after the holidays of the next year you're doing it wrong. Unless there's a delay.

I'm talking about games like X and Zelda U which have been revealed in 2013 and still aren't out yet.

It's to build hype for consoles, especially exclusives. Just knowing a game will come out for the console will hook certain people. Like FFVXIII

for a majority of games i think an announcement 6-12 months ahead of time is perfect. i don't want to wait forever to play a game and frankly with big but not massive games such as quantum break a really long wait can bloat the marketing budget and frankly kill hype after long droughts of no information.

i will make some exceptions though. the halos, uncharteds, and zeldas of the world deserve a longer announcement period.

Generally yes, although I think there are exceptions (console launches and new Ips).

Fallout 4 has honestly been the most perfectly handled AAA reveal in recent memory. By launch hype will still be at peak, versus if it was coming out november 2016...

I can't believe I just saw someone asking for 2-3 year turnovers between reveal and release, thats digusting lol.

I think 2 years should be the max. Announcing to early, you can't keep the hype alive.