Is anyone else tired of having games advertised way too early?

Depends if the game doesn't even have a release date, then yeah it can be annoying, but if its just a few months before the games release I don't mind some advertisements to get the word of the game out there.

Yes, It is extremely frustrating. Just look at FFversus13, that game has yet to have a release date. This is too common for a lot of games actually. I would prefer they only start advertising when it is onlymonths away from release.

I agree. Especially about Final Fantasy Versus XIII. That game was first announced in May 06 I believe, and unlikely to come out next year. That would be 2012 at the earliest, which means at least six years between the game was announced and made. It is completely unnecessary to announce something so eariler. I would prefer games to not be announced or shown until they are coming within a year or year and half of the announcement. Of course, unseen developments arrive, hampering the developers, which is understandable; however, when they clearly know that the game is several years off, then they should just keep it to themselves until the appropriate time.

Yes I agree. It's like "oh cool they're advertising for this game, when's it out?... 2 years!? Wtf?! You got me thinkin about this game way too early and by the time the game releases I'll be over it".

No. The sooner you can get word out, the better. People who say yes have no real reason other than they're impatient and getting anxious for a game they don't have, when they've already got plenty of other great games they can be playing.

It is a double bladed sword. The sooner you get the word out the better. Knowing about if for a month or to before the release is not good.

I am sure that there are some that like to try to learn as much about the game before it is release.

The sooner they publicly talk about the game the more the can promise something they can not keep.

of course im tired . I've been waiting for a game for 3 years and its not out yet . But there are not much we can do about it

I agree that it is a bit irritating, but over the years I've learned to largely ignore the preview section of gaming magazine and just concentrate on articles featuring on-hand experiences and actual reviews. I've seen far too many games almost completely change by the time they finally get released so I find it best not to bother with hype for games a year away or more.

A little status update once in a while is nice,but when some of these developers start putting out videos and screenshots on a weekly basis - a year before the game is even scheduled for release - I get really sick of hearing about it and that's not going to have a positive impact on my desire to buy it.

The opposite is true as well: some games seem to drop off the map and then when they're ready for release I'm like "Huh? I thought that got canceled like...two years ago?"

Just because it took forever to get MGS 4 doens't mean everyone doest it, oh wait can somebody say GOW3.:P

Oh man yes! A month before release is fine but a promo movie two year early is absurd.

I know almost everyone hates it when the release date is more than a year away, but I'm kind of okay with it sometimes. I think half the fun of getting a game is the hype. You know when a game has made it after you spend months talking about it, then an hour or so after firing it up and playing, you say to yourself or your friend "This was totally worth it".

What I don't like is when the devs throw out a release date, then refuse to give us any more info. I'd rather they not tell us when it was finished, but instead every few weeks show us the progress they're making. I'm eagerly awaiting Heroes of Stalingrad. John Gibson does a bunch of interviews, so sometimes there'll be new information to be picked up and I'm happy with what I'm hearing each time. Then there's stuff like Saints Row 3, where I'm hearing if we are lucky, we'll see it at the end of 2011 or 2012? And we have no info on the game whatsoever, I hate that.

Steady stream of info please. If a game takes 5 years to make ship-shape, as long as I know it's not going to become vapourware suddenly, I can deal with the wait.

I don't mind at all, as we get treated to a lot more great game trailers.:)

Omg, BioWare makes epic game trailers.:)