Man, I'm just pointing out a fact. They have released four songs since the reunion. You can complain about it because it's not what you wanted, and say the songs are old, but it won't change the fact. Just accept it.
Things are better than you describe!
The alternative that some think is that they would've just written and recorded something from scratch, but is that the only alternative? No, realistically it's not. There's the alternative where they said "Awww, let's not bother doing anything, let's focus on the tour".
Again, your version of events makes it seem like they didn't want to do something. Is it possible they wanted to get these songs out before they focused on something else?
LOL. You're in the reality business? Essentially you really just throw theories to a wall and see what sticks. That doesn't make it reality. A lot of assumptions that sound right in your own head so they must be true. Because "I know for I told me so"....
So, the big questions are. How will the next album sound like? And when are/were those songs written? Is there a Best Before Date for the songs?
/jarmo