Grand strategy, turn based, commanding only very limited amount of units, these games are not in the same genre as Age of Empires.
Same with the 'other strategy games available to consoles' argument because the examples given are not really comparable to this specific subtype of RTS that Age of Empires belongs to. It would be nice of course to continue that tradition, but the landscape is so different and the game is coming pretty hot with even basic features missing. 15-20 years is a long time and that's how long it has been since those games, I don't think that argument has much relevance today.
