Its getting a bit ludicrous though, man.
I just dont understand the point of announcing something like this, at all.
They have nothing to show. Nothing to report. Just... nothing.
I mean it's another thing when you announce a game 1 year or so from possible beta/release - to say "Hey! Look at this! Check these kwai pics and vids! You might play this soon!"
These 2 years+ crap is literally the opposite. "Uhm, yeah, so... we're totally gonna do X and Y. And dudes A and B will be doing it. And uh, we have nothing else to show or say, except some PR spin..."
Besides, at this point its safe to assume that every single game in existence is going to be sequeled as soon as possible, to feed the whores that are the wallets of corporate fatcats...