Is it me or are games being released earlier and earlier for Christmas?

It is only the second Friday in december and already there will be no more big releases until January 2010. Am I the only one that things that the industry has taken this a little bit too far? There is still plenty of time to buy presents, and with MW2 already out for a month now, perhaps gamers are itching to buy a new title to keep them going until the Christmas rush? Whilst there are still some big titles that I am yet to review/ buy, it seems like an odd pheneomenon to me.

i'm at the point now where I have some more money to spend after buying many of the October/ November titles, but as some titles like Assassin's creed 2 have now been out for a few weeks I feel like I should wait for the sales to get them a bit cheaper- they are no longer the newest, 'must-have' thing out there any more, but are still full-priced.

Does anyone else feel the same way that release schedules should use more of December?

Ian