yup, I replay the story again every time an update comes out. I think as long not buggy and decent amount of content then i dont care if takes while.Smaller release cycles could also mean less play-tests and more errors. not all this time is just renders and compiling.
As long as the story doesn't make a nose dive I don't have a problem with a 9-12 mouth release windows (within reason that is)
I dont like when some devs take 3+ months and only release 300 renders with so many bugs plus errors