User blog comment:MarkvA/Gamescom - Assassin's Creed III Preview/@comment-5019018-20120818123544/@comment-3202167-20120818124704

You can debate on that for ages. The thing with yearly releases is this: The first game in teh yearly release schedule may do well, but at one point it will all break down and a huge quality drop will happen.

I hope that made sense...