It has been like that since evo 2010, if a developer is willing to put money, they will put their game, just look how games like mk9, injustice or sfxt where choosen despite them not being out yet or being barely released or in the case of injustice like 2 months after the official line up announcement, or worse in the case of shit x tekken where the game is clearly a garbagestic game that keeps being pushed because capcom puts money into it.
Evo is no longer about the games and the communities behind it.