I imagine the problem with a project like that is that the person doesn't wanna be working on it for years only to drop it and find out nobody cares. Announcing it way ahead of time is risky, but you can at least gauge interest in the project, see if it's worth devoting time to.
I think this was the one case I don't actually blame bunlith. She didn't catch any shit for the demake and I think everyone was under the impression Sony did not give a shit about bloodborne. But yeah every other dev should follow Woolie's advice.
god fucking damnit