There was a time where you made game buying decisions based on screenshots in a magazine. Maybe you got a demo, or trailer on a disc. But there wasn't video reviews or being able to watch the entire game on YouTube.

Devs had to work very hard to capture your imagination with screenshots, despite the now basic graphics.

What are they doing now? Spending hundreds of millions on marketing. Look at the Marathon cinematic trailer, how much was that? Now trashed because of the art theft.