These projects are ‘pacification projects’ wherein they show some shiny new thing to pacify you.
After more than ten years, this is not being a cynic, this is being a reallist.
A cynic is what an optimist calls a realist.
I made other comments in ‘the other thread’ regarding Nova here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rip-project-nova-again/123888/286
Enjoy.