It's the same as when games move their launch dates because other hyped games have a similar launch date, so there is less space for them to actually get any at

It's the same as when games move their launch dates because other hyped games have a similar launch date, so there is less space for them to actually get any attention. Most recent example would be Factorio moving their launch date as it got to close to Cyberpunk 2077 (https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-349 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-349), a game people have been waiting forever for. Google wants to make sure when they do their announcements, people have "time and space" in their mind and in the media to actually talk about it, as big releases like this is usually mainly a PR effort.