OP in not cherry picking, practically all AAA games are a pile of garbage on the day of release. You'd have to cherry pick the ones actually in a relatively fin

OP in not cherry picking, practically all AAA games are a pile of garbage on the day of release. You'd have to cherry pick the ones actually in a relatively fine state on launch day. Yes, it's a business decision but fuelled by a few factors that did not exist 2 decades ago: 1) Pre-orders 2) Massive marketing machinery employed to boost game's popularity 3) Shareholder value; the game studios of today are part of large media/entertainment conglomerates 4) Younger generations' "flexibility" for low-quality products. They tend to settle on mediocre quality more easily which is not helped by today's narrative that every form of critique is "toxic" or "hateful". 5) Online nature of the product allowing for fixes at a later date