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by LoveMortuus 1221 days ago
Yeah... So many people miss the: "Show don't tell" That's for visual medium, for software it would be more like: "Touch, don't show"

Especially with software, pretty much every programmer knows that sky is the limit, and that's why promises mean so little.

In a way it's a similar problem to pre-orders.

People need to try it to truly understand it and its value.

Eg.: That new MMORPG looks amazing, but what's the gameplay like, because at the end of the day gameplay > graphics, if there's nothing to do except just the visuals people will get bored.

And people usually forget the boring stuff.